Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-02-16
COOPER JURY COMPLETE.
Taking Of the Testimony Commenced
This Morninq.

To the programme agreed upon IN
tbe court Of general sessions at Nasn
willie last Saturday, has been foiioweo'
the taking OF the testimony In the case
of Col. Duncan B. Cooper, ROBIN :;
Cooner and John D. Sharpe, charged
with the staying Of former Senasol
Edward Carmack. was commenced 'n'0
morning. ,,,r,,
After twenty days Of wearisome 1ury
drawing, the decision was somswma' trr
Unexpectedly reached on iasl
day. rr;ao,, The
nrosecution asked that the jury De not
sworn until the State had cnatl"e ~,
to investigate charges against ewU i
&c when court convened SATURDAY
morning Attorney General McSaLi
made no reference to these charges
but simply said: .,,r,, 20 no
sworn, your honor. 49, ~. o,arr
Repeating the oath after the eiei ~
the Jurors then swore; % ,rv the issue
,o;ned between the state OF Tennessee
and the defendants" Then eacn Ju.
ror kissed the Bible in turn. II was
solemn ceremony, solemnly perforiheu.
Tha state next asked several DAYS
In which to gather its witnesses. Inc
court suggested that the taking OF tes
timony begin at 3 a. m, Tuesaay anS
counsel agreed. Then court aoJourh'"
until today. ,, .ho law
made those incompetent who had taiK-
ad With a witness to the murder OF
taIrsd with some one who had talked
with the witness. On the appncatioh
For hail the local papers printed stem
oora nhic reports of the testimony y.
Witnesses. The supreme court mas neio
that a newspaper printing Verpatini
testimony becomes a witness VINO mas
talked to a witness. Therefore eVeS
one in the county who reao tne tesI a
nony became incompetent 10 st
the case as a juror; Inns ei n,,iaens
at once the most Intelligent cltizehs
of the county.
40 a result II was necessary 10 uraw
avs, venires of 500 names each anu one
of b1e. a total of 3,019 before the jury
uas secured. Four Of the jurors ac,
caniad can neither read nor write ana
two others understand English only
indifferently. All except one Oh tne
twelve swore he had not read news
naper since before the killing, ana soile
had not read one for ten years. Bier.
naan the only exception, had been out
~ the state from the week before the
si,Iine until the day he was summon
Hows. the last man chosen: was
foreman of the jury in the famous
Cox case. Cox was charged WIN tne
murder of a policeman. Tne July
found him guilty Of murder IN tne
frst degree, but recommended nhercy'
Judge Hart refused to heed the recoiii-
mendation and sentenced COX 70
death. Cox had powerful friends anu
the night before he was to be execuL,
ed some one slipped poison into MS cen
with which he committed sulclae.
Judge Anderson, chief counsel for the
defense in the case, also defended COX.
The fact that Anderson accepted hows
created no little comment.
The completed Jury, with their ages
ma occunations: z. M. Burke, car
nenter, aged AZ; Robert Mcpherson
farmer. age 40; G. A. Lane, farmer,
aaed ba. w. A. Adcock, farmer, age
9S. casper Schnupp, farmer, age Al:
III Vaughn. farmer, aged 49; 5. Nd.
Hvde farmer. aged 55; Gus kniper,
farmer, age Al; F. o. Blermaa, req, osa
estate, age AZ; j. A. Wooorun, ae: ae.
So: Jacob Frutiger. FARMER, age no.
william Hows, farmer, age 90;
The state has not yet decided upoh
its procedure in opening the case to-
day. Mrs. Eastman, VINO was laih,us fA,m
to Senator Carmack when ne was XIII
ed. probably will be the first Wlthess'
The attorneys for the prosecution eA-
pected to put in Sunday and yester-
day arranging the order OF thelr wiz, VIII,
nesses. The course Of the defense VIII
depend upon that OF the state.