The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-02-19

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. K-Contrsry 70
general expectation. counsel for the State,
fn the case OF Col. D. 2 Cooper. r J
Cooper, and J D. Sharp. charged with
the murder Of ex-senator E. ". Car
mack, after summ0ning fifry-tvo wit
nesses. temporarily rested this afternoon,
and Judge Hart adjourned court unit.
Saturday, al which tine the defense viii
begin the introduction OF its testimony.
Col Cooper viii. in all probability. be
the first TO take the stand, and his son
Robin and Mr. Sharp VIII follow
= notable feature Of the proceedings to-
day was the presence Of women, there
being more than 100 in the rotunda and
gallery
Considerable time was lost during the
day BY the failure Of witnesses to appear.
Excitement Created.
The sensations OF the three days testi-
mony in the trial OF the COopers and
John Sharp for Staying Senator Carmack
have sent local excitement TO fever heat,
and there turned out to-day the largest
crowd yet attracted TO the court room
That the state does not intend to let
the finding Of the supposed pistol holster
IN Senator Carmacks overcoat pocket go
UnchaHenged was proved this morning
when the first witness was called. The
witness was Finley Doris. a member OF
The undertaking firm which embalmed
Senator Carmack's body.
Doris said he examined the pockets Of
the Cvercoat the night OF the killing and
again al the request Of the States attor-
ney before the hearing for bail He was
positive the sCabbard was not in ths over
coat pocket either time.
City Fears New Killings.
With intense action a constant feature
Of the hearings. II is freely predicted on
every hand that there VIII be one or more
shootings In Nashville before many hours
have passed.
William Murray. a bookkeeper n the
employ OF Mr.. Doris undertaking firm.
said that he had seen NJ Carmack-s 5
clothing when the body was brought 10
the establishment, and had had custody
OF It ever since. but he Rad never ez-
amined Il He remembered counsel for
the defense looking al the overcoat but
was positive there was nothing IN the
hands OF either OF the attorneys when
they looked through the overcoa1 pockets.
Robert Vaughn, q member Of the police
department. saw Col Cooper soon after
the tragedy, by request Of Robin Cooper.
gave him a -S2-caliber automatic pistol
which Col Cooper took from his sons
oveTcoat He did not know how many IN
fired cartridges were in the weapon. but
when handed an envelope containing six
cartridges, steel jacketed. he said they
were Of the same character and caliber as
those used N a revolver Of that size and
pattern He further stated that Lieut.
Fltcner handed him pistol which he
said he had found near the BODY Of Car
mack Two Of the chambers were empty.
and IN the weapon were three loaded cart
ridges.
Empty She'll Found.
Dr. Vaughn stated that he picked I'D an
empty shell near the telegraph post where
Mr- Carmack fell when shot. The shell
was identified by witness as q .s2-caIiber
the same size and make as the loaded
snell taken from the weapon. This shell
was found three-quarters OF an hour after
tie shooting had taken place
Dr. R. f Fort. the proprietor Of an in
irmary. told Of examining the wound re-
ceived by Robin Cooper, and cf The de-
livery Of pistol found in Robin Coopers :
overcoat 70 an officer. He described
ROBIN Cooper's wound. and said mat
While n his infrmary Col. Cooper was
there Col Cooper called his daughter
Mrs. L. E B1rch. on the phone. and said
70 hsr:
Daughter, 1t Is all over. Robin has
killed Carmack.-