Evening star., 1909-02-18

Lucius Burchs housekeeper, was sworn.
Domie's manner caused many smile.
She only supposed" that DR.. Burch is
Col CooperS sOn-in-laW.
She was in Mrs. BurchS employ. she
said. the day Senator Carmack wrs killed.
and saw Col. Cooper there. She presumed
that the colonel lived there. b. cruise e
took his meals and slept there 20 nights.
''The colonel was there to breakfast
that morning." she went on. He went
out into the city between and ~ o'clock.
He first went away about O'Clock. !
heard him talking to Mrs Burch- | heard
Mrs Burch says, He will kill you, papa
The colonel said. He is as likely TO be
killed as l am Do you want me to lay
down my manhood?
"Then Mrs. Burch said, When ii comes
to a question of life and death She
broke down then and cried. The colonel
said something about note. but L don
know whether he sent u note. | knew
there was some trouble between Senator
Carmack and Col. Cooper but | didn
know what it was.
Mrs Charles II. Eastman testified yes
terday that she didn't believe that Senator
Carmack ever reached his pistol with his
left hand when she saw the weapon
doubled in his right and evidently caught
in his pocket.
Had Cigar in His Hand.
Cowan Beene. little boy. testified
yesterday afternoon that he was in the
crowd that assembled around Senator
Carmack's body after the killing. and that
he saw cigar clasped between the first
two fingers of the left hand.
W. c. Jones. an empalmer, who pre-
pared the senator's body for burial. pro-
duced the dead mans clothing and de-
scribed the position of the three wounds
in the body.
The senator's overcoat and long frock
coat and his undergarments We're pro-
duced. and the holes in them coincided
with the embalmer's description The
state drove al the point that the wounds
indicated that they had been inflicted
from the rear.
Jones was told TO stand aside. and had
been off the witness tand full! half an
hour when tho defense recalled linn and
asked him if he had examined the pock-
cts Of Senator CarmackS coats
He said that he had and that he had
found d magazine. d newspaper and Il
rubber contrivance for exercising the
hands and overcoming writer's cramp.
He said he had given these things to Luke
Lea, a friend of the senator. and had not
seen them since.
Finds Scabbard in Pocket.
"Wcll go through those pockets
again." said Mr.. Anderson for the de-
fense Jones ran his hand. into the
right t-hand pocket of the overcoat and
drew forth rubber pistol scaobard.
such d scabbard as is used for keeping
the point OF pistol barrel from wearing
through pocket.
Was thai thing there when You eX-
amined the coat pockets at the time OF
the killing demanded Attorney General
Garner. NO, sir; we didn't find it.
Jones said that the clothing had been
in the custody of Doris karsch & Co,
the undertaking establishment which
employs him. since the time of the trag-
edy. He sWore that all of the clothing
bad been locked up in the wardrobe III
Doris private office.
Edward w Thomas. clerk OF the state
senate, said that shortly after the kill
ing of Senator Carmack he met John ID.
Sharp down town. Thomas was accom-
panied by a number Of friends. They all
asked Sharp. Thomas said, to tell them
something about the TRAGEDY. and his
answer was that he didn't know any
thing about il.