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then, so Judge Hart ordered court ad-
5ourned rntil a. m. tomorrow.

Nashville. Tenn. March ..-Thc
defense rested Its case in chief today
In the trial of COL d. B. Cooper, Rob-
In ]. Cooper and John D. Sharp for
the Staying of former United States
Senator Carmack. reserving the right.
however. to introduce new witnesses
on any issue which might develop. A
moment later Attorney General Nc
earn for the State asked an adjourn.
ment to a. m. Thursday in order
that absent witnesses might be
brought on. which request was grant
ed.
The testimony today was very tech
nical. DR.. Glasgow was recalled to
describe again the wounds on Senator
Carmack's body. DR.. Duncan Eve
was then called to say whether or
not the wounds described by DR..
Glasgow would have been instantly
fatal. He said they would.
Adjutant General Tully Brown. who
attended the conference in Judge
Bradford's office an hour before the
shooting. described what took place
there. as did Judge Bradford himself.
Gen. Brown was not cross-examined,
but the State did noe ct Judge Brad
ford escape. The prosecution concen-
trated Its fire upon the part he play !.
ed In preparing the famous statement
for the press the night Of the killing
Judge Bradford said he was at the
police station that night, saw w. J..
Ewing. editor Of The American, there
with stenographer and heard sew.
eral men giving information. He de-
clared. however. that the only part
he took In the affair was to write out
In long hand all the facts In the case
of which he had a personal knowl-
edge. This memoranda he gave to
Ewing for use In the press. Later
he prepared q brief which contained
the theory Of the counsel for defense
as to how the shooting occurred. He
claimed he always was friendly to
Caraiick and denied that he was
waiting at the telephone that after
noon for a message to come telling
Of Senator Carmack's death.
The first witness, today. DR.. r. L.
Thompson. testified that Carmack en-
tered his drug store for soft drink
and a cigar about Ave minutes before
the shooting occurred. The State did
not cross-examine.
w. M. Setter. an expert on firearms.
testified that the bullets of the Colt 3
automatic revolver were not steel.
jacketed but were covered with cop
per and then with some hard COM
position. On cross-examination he
was asked whether the cylinder Of a
Smith & Wesson revolver can be
turned by the finger without pulling
the trigger.
Some can, some can not" he said.
He examined Senator Carmack's re-
volver and said it could be turned
only by pulling the trigger.
This fatty contradicts the testimony
Of s. J. Binning. who yesterday swore
that he saw Senator Carmack testing
his revolver few minutes before the
tragedy by whirling the cylinder with
his finger.
w. 8. Morgan testified that he met
Mrs. Eastman Immediately after the
shooting and that she was hysterical.
He said Mrs. Eastman did not tell
him that Col. Cooper said to Car
mack, "Now We have the drop on
YOU"
On cross-examination Morgan said ::
Mrs. Eastmn was crying and
grabbed the lapels of my coat. She
said that Senator Carmack jumped in
front of her and that Col. Cooper then
said: That is like a dastardly cow
ard. hiding behind a woman"
He said Mrs. Eastman gave him
the impression that Col. Cooper had
shot Senator Carnack without giving
him a chance. Morgan heard only
three shots.
DR.. Duncan Eve, in describing Sem
ator Carmack's wounds. said:
IF the first wound described-the
one In the left side-did not kill him
at once and fell him insanity, he
would be prostrated at once by the
shock and would soon die."
The second wound. also through
the side, the doctor said. was mortal
The third, a wound through the spin
al cord near the base Of the slull ba