Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-12
WASHINGTON REACHES
NINTH HOUR or ORAT0RY
Defender Of Carmack's SEayers Has
Mt Yet Finished ArQuman!
10 the Jury
sk|lfUllY HANDLES IMvEcT|vts
Adept in Word Painting and Meta
phors-Savasesy Attacks States
counsei-Dweils Upon Breeding ana
Social Standing Of Aceused-case
May Reach jury Saturday.

NASHVILLE FEM. March H.
Tlr four,h day ot IA" argument lie
the lsr-Sharr ,,ia! for ;hc murder
OF fC:mr l'n!trA STATE, Senator r.
w. tarmark c!L~,t tonight w,il G".'-
cral Wa Ih'r%i0n 4! ;ur del, aSe "a
the mi; lie OF hi a:su!n' II. 4 "a tw"
ElOrr "A, Drncys u ,ilnA h.m.
A. this ia.r il is d initial II IN"
case will 20 / ,hc jay h".,rc sltm
day.
General Washington finished MS
ninth hNir OF argument wiicn cour'
adjourned n; ! p. m. and M aano'tnc-
ID that he would conclude som" THE
,mIriCw.
He will be :olIowtd by Judge
Alt. rstLs, who is eXpct cd t. make
the main argument for the defense
Then Attorney General MeCarn
will close for the State.
Anderson viii Talk Long.
Judge Anderson says he will rc-
u,ire about six or eight hours Tor
his speech while McCarn declares
that fo,sr hours will do him: -
Judge Hart today again requested
the ait~rn+ys 10 submit, Instructors
! for the charge and complained thai
! trey were slcx about conn hing.
| Gene al Washing Oh argument 70
da, was brilliant In wSrd painting
metaphors. APPEAL and i-vec'ires. H.
, made savage attacks II on the States
CON- and singled out General ,
b. Garner as his special victim
Garr.er is re'puted TO have neari,
as fiery a temper as has Washtngt1n
SO counsel for the State insisted up2n
Gamers Withdrawing from the room
during Washington's address.
! Breeding ard Crime Strangers.
! The speaker laid special stress up
! ca the social Standing and breeding
i,f the defendants. and declared THAI
men ct such families killed only IN
ueitnse OF life or honor.
1 His speech was 4 masterpiece %
cra,ory I'D had a noticeable ehec;
rpoa the jury.
General Washington. speaking Of
the effect Of the Carmack editortai;-
said: When a men Of nationa
reputation emblazons his name al tn.
lead Of the saper. then TeoDae de
read ami believe
He said that men with any rec
.,lcod IA their veins would resent
having their names put on the sams
pagc with the name Of o hftSe THE
or convict.
The Group Of HooorabIes-
or the editorial Of October q me"
i:oning Cooper's name with c'heIs
G.neral Washington vigorously 2.
pIa'ncd hat tw, q the "honolablcs'
: named were disreputables and tina
VIXEN Carmack associated Cosone
|! Coo,sr's name with theirs. he com
mtteJ the gravest oYense a NH
caHld commit. and that no editoria
ever written justi6es killing. bu
that he was trying 10 show that Colo
ri Cncpers anger was amused.
We contend siid Washington
that Colonel Cooper had as mTcs
| right IN Seventh avenue THAI day a.
J CarDu OK had He had As muci
righ, to turn arou-ld and walk I"
ward Carmack as CarEIack had e
wt,ik towards him. And COione
' Coo2cr had a right 20 go NJ 10 Car
m,ck and demand that the filthy Al
tacks upon him ~ sep Cd. just a
I belier. any man On this jury ~ouIt
have dine"
Reduced cooper's MiIitary Rank.
"Yon can drive a man insane W.T.
! RI t~uic." said WhShirS - n fo'
can send a mans son into frenz,
! Nv Tidiculing Carmack refers u
COX rel Coopcr "a Major: whci
he w-~te 90 Colonel Cooper as :
friend 20 called him 'coloncI'
When :" ~@.,s 10 insult and Dc
g-adc hin l.. calls him 'majo-. 4
was a grs.uitous Insult
Iu!.caiine Cooper. IN" attorney .,
claimed: Thai man u NJ murderer
you ku t. Murder does NOT ru'
in tahc brcei. an sris,ocra;ic al,
blue " 1o-icd family.
/ Maybe Colonel Cooper did say u