The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-03-03
PISTOL EXPERTS
WERE ON STAND
-
pEFENsE's TESTIMONY WAS
FLATLY coNTRApicrED
YESTERDAY.
Court Took Recess Until Tomorrow
When the State Will Again
Introduce Witnesses-state
Scored Point Yesterday.


Nashville. Tenn, March with
the reservation that if the pros sacution
examine any witnesses which were
passed on the direct examination, it
would have the right to introduce new
evidence before closing the case in
chief, the defense in the Cooper-Shcrp
trial this afternoon rested.
Judge Hart then granted the state
until Thursday to get its witnesses To-
gether. when the examination will
continue.
Yesterdays Proceedings.
The fact that rebuttal witnesses for
the state had been summoned to be
in court today in the Cooper sharp
Carmack murder trial, indicated that
thu case in chief for the defense was
almost completed This did not augur
an early termination, however, as
probably the bitterest fight Of the
case will come in the offering OF re-
buttal testimony.
The state proposes to make another
attempt to get before the jury the fact
that Senator Carmack, so far from
feeling angry or belligerent, scoffed
at the idea OF trouble. and armed him
self only to relieve the anxiety of his
friends Judge Hart ruled this tes-
timony out upon cross examination or
the defense's witnesses. but the pros
ecution viii offer it as part OF Its re-
buttal testimony. e-s~@
The crowd today was smaller than
it has Deen any day since the case
began. The defense called DR.. X. l..
Thompson, a druggist, who has store
at church street and Eighth avenue,
across the street from the Tulare Ho-
tel and The Tennesseean offices.
Thompson was in his store the after
noon of the tragedy and heard of 1t
about five minutes after it happened.
Did Won see Senator Carmack be-
fore the tragedy"
"He came into my store about ten
minutes before | heard he had been
killed"
What did he do?'
He bought a drink of soda water
and cigar"
Then WHAT"
He left the store and went east on
Church street, towards Seventh
Expert on Pistols,
William T. Setter was then called
by defense.
The witness said he was assistant
superintendent Of the workhouse, and
was an expert on firearms. He had
carried an automatic pistol for some
time, and declared that bullets fired
from one were not steel jacketed but
were covered first with copper, over
lead and then with some hard COM
position He said he could cut one
sof these bullets with knife, and did
so.
That's all, said General Washing
ten.
You are an expert on firearms and
know their mechanism inquired
General Garner for the state.
Il am"
Can you tell whether the cylinder
of a Smith & Wesson 38calibre re-
yolver can be turned by the finger
without pulling the trigger"
Some can and some cannot"
Il hand you Senator Carmack's re-
volver Examine it and tell whether
or not the cylinder can be revolved
without pulling the trigger
The witness experimental and said:
1T can be turned only by pulling the
trigger"
This fatty contradacted the testi-
rnonv of S. ]. Benning yesterday, who
swere he saw Senator Carmack test
ing his revolver a few minutes before
the tragedy By whirling the cylinder
with his finger. The witness showed
the Jury how rapidly an automatic re-
yolyer can be fired and explained that
black powder cartridges left smoke
The defense said: I'VE concede that
Senator Carmacks gun was loaded
with black powder.
"Do YOU concede that Colonel Coop
er's pistol was loaded with DlacK
powder, too.
"Not YETI we may later
The witness was excused and W =
: Morgan was sworn He was in hlS
rooms in the Polk apartment over
looking the scene of the tragedy tne
afternoon of the killing,
HE rooms. however. were not on
Seventh avenne side, and he couio no'
see the affair from his windows ne
heard the shooting and went TO tne
front of the building. He reached the