The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-02-25
WASTING TIME.
The Court Will Hear No More
Long Arguments
By Opposing Attorneys in the
COOper-Sharpe Case.
CALLED HIM A BOLTER
Aged defendant Describes Car
mack's First Attack on Him.
Many Sharp Passages of Words
With States Attorney.

Nashville, Tenn, Feb. 25.-It was
thought last night that the limit in
crowds had been reached in attend
ance at the Cooper-Sharpe murder
trial, but the throng that surrounded
the court house almost before dawn
today made the other crowds look
like a mere handful. The deputies
at times had to use force to keep the
eager men and women from pushing
into the court room.
The cause of the excitement was
the well defined rumor that Governor
Patterson would take the stand on
behalf of the defendant as soon as
Col. Cooper was excused.
AS soon as court was opened Judge
Hart announced that he would ex-
clude the Lancet editorial which the
state had offered to prove that the
Lancet, in which Col. Cooper was in
terested, printed the original charges
against Governor Cox, which, when
repeated by Carmack in the Ten
nesseean caused Col. Cooper to say
that either he or Carmack must die.
do you want to hear any more
argument?" inquired states counsel.
Bang, came down the judges gavel.
Il not only do not want to hear any
more but do not propose to do so,
he will die unless he gets the speech
out of his system. And I want to say
that lengthy argument must stop. We
are wasting the public's time"
Col. Cooper again took the stand
and Captain F'itzhugh resumed the
cross-examination, commencing with
the state debate between Carmack
Patterson during the last guber-
national campaign.
The witness was asked if the Nash
vile papers did not report this debate
in full and if he ever read Carmack's
attack upon him in the American. He
said he had not read it. but he be-
lieved the papers did not publish the
debate in full.
"Didn't you say he attacked you
nearly every day in this debate?''
81 said practically every day."
Witness Is Cool Headed.
he meant by practically, but refused to
say unless ordered to do so by the
court.
"I know what it means" he said,
land SO does the jury. If you do not
it's your fault
"Do you remember what he said?''
''I can refer to my notes and tell"
You have notes?"
Yes, SIR
Where did you get them?"
From the stenographer who took
the debates"
you got these notes since the trial
began?"
Yes. SIR
who else told you of the attacks?'
John Sharpe and Governor Patter-
son and hundreds of others told me-"
why there were only 45 debates"
But 1 heard from hundreds of peo-
pie of the attacks. | scarcely met a
man who attended the debates that
did not tell me of the attacks"
What were the facts of this attack
the words?"
Il do not recall except the one about
the Angel with the smell of hell upon
his wings
Don't you know he never said helI?"
Yes
You put it in-you use the word hell
often?'
His FavOrite Word.
81 certainly do. It's favorite word
of mine and I use it whenever 1 want
to-
Didn't counsel tell you to look this
expression up in the stenographer's re-
port of the debate?"
mo, sir. l told counsel to nave IL
looked up for me"
Fitzhugh was on his feet, firing
questions rapidly and Judge Anderson
said:
II wish counsel would keep his seat
and avoid these exciting demonstra-
tions.''
Let him alone" said Col. Cooper,
'let him alone. He can't frighten me-.
ed practically every day?"
"YeS, sir
Now didn't you say they happened
every day.
Il said so practically"
You are just testifying practically,
are your
Let it go at that and pass on" re-
torted the witness.
so you are anxious to pass over
this feature of your examination are
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mo. sir, I can stand it a week if
The witness was next asked to read
the schedule of joint debates in mid
die and eastern Tennessee
what was the first attack? :?
Called Him a BoIter.
"Carmack called me bolter.''
"Didn't YOU bolt the ticket and vote
for General Fussell against Governor
Bates for governor? ,.,,.
my life. I did vote for Fussell and
against Bates"
what else did you object to?"
'HThe statement that 1 dominated
ger man than 1 am and who was my
friend. It was aimed to hurt and slur
1T was a compliment to you, was it
mo. sir; it was not. 1t was meant
as a slur. l was a private citizen and
lad no mouthpiece, no Office and no
way to protect myself"
''You saw YOU are not in politics |
Did YOU not tell the proprietor of the |
Maxwell house that unless a certain !
picture was removed the Democratic |
committee would change it's headquar-
ters %
After a request from the manager
of the Maxwell. went to see him |
The pictures of the Democratic state
candidates We're put up Also was one
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