Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-03-05
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. 2.-IE the
Cooper-Sharp trial for the murder OF
former Senator Carmack, the defense
yesterday made strong effort to Sc
cure the evidence CLEANED by DR.. Glas-
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 state
ment that if the defense would pay the
state the money which had been ex-
pended in securing the evidence which
DIR. 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 q
matter to submit to the court and we
deem it best to present it in the abb
sence of the jury"
"Take out the jury" said the court.
DR.. Glasgow Is Called.
"Call DR.. Glasgow" said Judge An
derson. "Now, if your honor pleases.
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
but that he has been instructed by the
state not to talk. We ask that he be
instructed to talk to us-nor to volun
teer information, but to answer oul
questions"
Then Attorney General Mccain
said:
I'VE have instructed DR.. Glasgow
not to talk. We retained DR.. elias
gov to get certain facts for us. These
facts the defendants knew. They pu
those bullets into Carmack's body
they shot the bullets into the deaf
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 tt
know how much we know and we OBJ
ject to their trying to get at our evi
dence. If they want to put DR.. Glas
gov on the stand, under cath, then al
right We are willing, but they hav,
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 tt
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 tn
case in our own way and we propos
to follow our own methods.
You will reimburse us before yol
talk to him." said the attorney genera
to the defense.
Now that you have gotten the dis
pute down to a commercial question O
dollars and cents" interposed tn
court, in disguised tone. 1.-The dc
fense's contention is that it wants t
see the goods before it buys then
The state, however, wants to sell ther
in a bag"
I'VE had to buy them in bag, you
honor said Attorney General Nj
Cam.
Il am very much ashamed of tn
transaction-the whole transaction
said Judge Hart. quietly to the pres
HE, but it ia out of my jurisdi
ton"