Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-13

est master of invective that the
South has prOduced?" asked Ander-
son
Colonel Cooper. he said, determined
that these attacks should cease. so he
! wrote a note. All he asked was that
he. private citizen, be permitted
to live out his life in peace.
| Driven to Desperation.
! What il Colonel Cooper did say
One OF as must die The man had
been driven to desperation. Did Car
, mack. when he got that message re-
' call the day when Cooper gave him
the only opportunity he ever had?
Did he remember the colonels fam
lily? His beautiful. sensitive daueh
tiers. his Young son? Did he recall
the old days? Oh. why. did h" not
say 10 Ed Craig. Tell my old friend
| that | did not mean to hurt him: that
| was only having Il little honest fun.
But the news brought to him by
| Ed Craig that his old friend was he
/ ing tortured to death by his merci.
less pen delighted him so that he
| looked pleased. Think of it. he look
ed plea sed You remember that the
State brought it ont. Yes. so pleased
, over his old beDefactor's agony that
he teleph0ned out in an hour and Sc
cured a revolver That's how pleased
he was"
Says Meet no Accidental.
Judge Anderson secuted the con
! spiracy theory.
He said he would not insult the in
telligence of the jury bv arguing that
the meeting on seventh avenue on
that fatal dav was other than acci-
dental He declared that Colonel
! Cooper had a right to cross the street
, and address Carmack.
The Interpretation You put upon
! Colonel Cooper's action depends upon
, his character and his purpose in co
| ing over there not upon the faci
. that he did go over there. II Robi"
; Cooper had gone over there and
struck Senator Carmack with his fist
| and If, after being struck. Senator
! Carmack had drawn revolver Robin
Cooper would have had legal and
moral right to kill Carmack. That.
gentlemen Is the law of this State
Quotes Many Decisions.
Judge Anderson then devoted nearly
an hour 10 nuoting decisions. reading
in many instances the entire case re-
! ported.
when man has abused You and
YOU go to him and demand that he
stop it, and YOU fear yOu may OffenA
him and that he may assault, you de-
clared Anderson. "yoI have ri@h'
. to put a pistol in YOUR pocket. II
YOU have this right and the. law says
Won have. then Won have right to
defend Yourself. if in the exercise or
that right your opponent assaults
yOu.'
Judge Anderson then returned his
argument to Mrs Eastmans testi-
mony He said Mrs Eastman's mem
orv and her condition mentally when
she witnessed the shooting were re-
sponsible for the inaccuracies of her
testimony O..
Admres Mrs. Eastman.
Mrs. Eastman is beautiful. an eN-
/ quisitelv beautiful and surprisingly
charming woman" said Judge Ander-
SON u Weld to no one in my admi-
, ration for her. but she is a delicate.
| nervous excitable woman. Let us
see something Mrs. Eastman did not
see She did not see Robin at all
| until it was nearly over. She did
not see Colonel CooperS revolver. yet
he SAYS he had drawn one. She said
Carmack staggered into the street
and fell. 1t could not have happened.
II he reeled out into the street his
/ head would not have been to the
| north. as he was found but to the
east. She says she did not see Car
mack fire. vet We know that he did.
And | still believe that Mrs. Eastman
believes every word she told YOU was
a statement of what she saw. She
! thinks she saw it, but she was OK
cited and frightened and nervous.
Analyses SIayer's Story.
Judge Anderson then analysed Rob
ms story. and declared every word
OF ii was reasonable
He contended that the wound
| through Carmack's neck was the last
shot fired. and that it was fired as
Carmack fell.
But F'itzhugh would have you be-
lieve that it was inflicted first How
| ever. the surgeons tell you that the
! instant it was inflicted there would
| be instant paralysis. and that Car
mack's gun and cigar would have
dropped at his feet and not been
found at his hand"
When Judge Anderson rested the
court thanked the spectators again
for their coed behavior
Advice.