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IN TRIAL OF COOPfRS
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to Ruth and Naomi. and told the beau
tiful biblical story in his own original
way with revolver i'll one hand.
And like Ruth and Naomi he con
cluded this scabbard and this pistol
Glove together You cannot separate
them. and this is why We can identify
the Carmack pistol SO Absolutely.
Robins Right to Shoot.
At another point Washington OK
claimed: 1T is coward> 10 Skulk IN
a room and write editorials. 1t is not
cowardly to go oIt into tn" sunlight.
bare YOUR breast and demand an in
terview that you have a right TO ask.
Why. Robin would have had right
10 kill Carmack the instant he made
step towards his father.
Washington concluded at 1l:l5 a.
m. having spoken II hours and -
minutes.
Judge Anderson then logan the
final argument for the defense. He
said in opening:
The deceased was a great man. a
United States senator and a man or
national prominence. TIL" defendants
are known all over the State. Sena-
tor Carmack had the same right to
live as the hlmbIest citizen. no more
or les- Robin Cooper had the same
right . XIII Carmack as the poorest
humblest citizen had a right to kill
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why the case is q grea' one.
AIiudes to States Attacks.
Anderson touched tactfnlly upon
the attacks made by the State upon
the credibility of certain witnesses
for the defense.
+ heard during this trial some
thing never heard l.fore in a court
of Justice. ! heard the lawyer for
the State charge General Meeks with
wilfully falsIying the record"
He said MeekS would not do such
a thing, He then referred 10 the Oc'
casion when General Garner quoted
from the testimony of Governor Pat
terson which the court excluded ad'
ding: Il am going to be more CHAR
liable TO General Garner than ne was
TO General Meeks and say I believe
he was mistaken.
And General Garner says. too that
we say Mrs. Eastman faisifies. You
know that is false. There Is no man
on the defense who would be guilty
of such ungentlemanlv and unethical
conduct.
Was Fond Of carmack.
Those CT you who know my per
sonar and political fOndness for Sen,
ator Carmack. know that regretted
his death. Nv sincerest prayer Is
that the God Of the widow and the
orphan will tenderly guard the gen
lie woman and the beautiful boy who
are left TO mourn
The state cannot dispute. ne
said. that Carmack had a revolver
secured from Major Vertrees. that ne
had il at the moment Of his meeting
with the Coopers that he dreSa that
revolver and that he fred 1t. Nc
one can saw that Carmack had right
TO draw or fire that pistol. The state
insinuates that an honorable and
honest Young man. a retired army Of
ficer. tempered with the Carmack re
volver or substituted discharged
shells for loaded ones. I will prove
TO yo, that Carmack brought on the
difFiculiy that ended with his death
He traced the early relations be
'ween Cooper and Carmack and said:
De.t o. Graf tude Unpaio.
There was debt cwed BY Car
mack to Coope- mot money. bu; the
debt tina; hurts and stiugs ard burns
.--sf IN
debt OF GRATITUDE"
Irdge Anderson rcconnted the story
~ Carma6k's youth Coopers patro
mage. the political success Of the dead
man. tho cortinu"d friendship Of the
pair the political campaign Of Car
mack and TaN!nr the break tn the
: friendship and IN" quarrel that ended
in the killing
There is no contention that edfo
rial utteranCes oyer justified the TAX
ing of human life u has teen chars
ID that General N""ls has applied th'
unwri'ten Law to 'h's case. Now. M
! understand H. General Mceks sim
NV said hat men had been kiIle'
Tor loss orrnsr Els IL not General?
Genera Mc"L nod led assent
The sn'nq editorisis.
Iudrc Anderson newt took IN 'h'
editorials "a D"isonod arrows.
Hc sad Colonel Coope- we just
f"i IN saving NJ Carmatk that tn
ofT"nsiV" MS. Of his name shoni'
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