Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1909-03-04
ASK AUTOPSY FACTS
Defense in Carmack Trial
in Novel Plea.
CASH PRICE ON EVIDENCE
Counsel for State Brings knowledge of
Dr.. Glasgow Down to Matter OF Dol
lars and cents-Judee Disguised at
Procedure. -

Nashville, Tenn, Mar I'm the
Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder OF
former Senator Carmack, the defense
yesterday made a strong effort to Sc.
cure the evidence CLEANED by DR.. elias
gov, who performed an autopsy over
the body of the slain man.
In the heated controversy between
the court and counsel the attorneys
for the state came out with a state
ment that if the defense would pay the
state the money which had been ex-
pended in securing the evidence which
DR.. Glasgow held the physician would
be allowed to go on the stand at this
time.
Confer with Medical Man.
Then the counsel for the state took
possession of DR.. Glasgow and went
into consultation with him, the physi-
clan claiming that while he was per-
sonally willing to testify, professional
ethics compelled him to await the call
of the state, which had employed him.
AS soon as Judge Hart raped for
order, Judge Anderson of the defense
said:
IF your honor pleases, we have a
matter to submit to the court and we
deem it best to present it in the alb
sence of the jury"
"Take out the jury" said the court.
Dr.. Glasgow Is Called.
"Call Dr. Glasgow" said Judge An
Y,1n
the defendants are informed that after
a few days-after the burial of Sena-
tor Carmack, some time, we do not
know when, an autopsy was performed
by DR.. Glasgow We have asked DR..
Glasgow to tell us what he knows. He
has refused. He says, to his credit,
however, that he is personally willing,
but that he has been instructed by the
state not to talk. We ask that he be
instructed to talk to us-not to volun-
teer information, but to answer our
questions"
Then Attorney General Mccain
said:
1--WE have instructed DR.. Glasgow
not to talk. We retained Dr. Glas.
gov to get certain facts for us. These
facts the defendants knew. They put
those bullets into Carmack's body,
they shot the bullets into the dead
man.
No Witness Of Killing.
"They were there and we were not
We have no living witness to that kill
ing. The defense simply wants to
know how much we know and we OBJ
tect to their trying to get at our evil
dence. If they want to put DR.. Glas.
gov on the stand, under oath, then all
right. We are willing, but they have
no right to try to find out just how
much of the truth we know. We
would have the same right to call Dr.
Lucius Burch and question him as to
the wound inflicted upon his brother.
in-law, but we did not have the nerve
Some papers said that we had decided
not to put DR.. Glasgow on the stand.
That is untrue. We are handling the
case in our own way and we propose
to follow our own methods.
you will reimburse us before you
talk to him. said the attorney general
to the defense.
"Now that you have gotten the dis
pute down to commercial question of
dollars and cents" interposed the
court, in a disguised tone, "the de-
fense's contention is that it wants to
see the goods before it buys them.
The state, however, wants to sell them
in bag"
1--WE had to buy them in a bag, your
honor" said Attorney General Nc.
Cam.
II am very much ashamed of the
transaction-the whole transaction"
said Judge Hart, quietly, to the press
table, "but it is out of my jurisdic.
tion."
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