The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-05
JUDGE HART HAS
ADJOURNED COURT
UNTIL THURSDAY
AT REQUEST OF PROSECUTION
RESPITE is GRANTED IN COOP
ER-SHARP HEARING.
DEFENSE HAS RESTED CAST
Brought Out in Tuesdays Testimony
That American Published Copy
of Bradforu's Copy Of Cooper Note
To Carmsck.

To Carmsck.
At 1902 O'Clock Tuesday afternoon
Judge Anderson arose and announced
to the court that the defense in the
Cooper-Sharpe murder trial rested its
case at that point. After a short con
ference the state requested the court
to adjourn until Thursday morning
since several of the rebuttal witnesses
are out of the county and it would be
impossible to properly prepare for pre-.
senting this portion of the case be-
fore that time The request was
granted by Judge Hart, and court was
adjourned until nine o'clock Thursday
morning.
The chief witness for the defense
on the stand Tuesday was j. c. Brad
! ford, brother-inlaw of Col. Cooper,
| from whose Office the two Coopers
started on their mission of death. He
told his story of the events of that day,
leading up to the murder and of the
conference at the police station after
the murder. His explanation of some
of his conduct was disjointed and un-
satisfactory in the light of testimony
given by the other witnesses.
The disappearance of the original
note Col. Cooper wrote to Senator Car
mack, which was delivered, unsigned
to Mr.. Bradford, was one of the inter
esting questions of the day. This orig
inal note has never been seen by any
one but the defendants, their attor-
neys, and those connected with the |
case. At the preliminary hearing for
bail a copy of the note, made by Mr.. |
was shown to the state. Mr. |
Bradford stated on the stand that the
original had been SHOWN 70 them, and
instantly almost, the states attorneys
protested that it had not The orig !,
inal, Mr.. Bradford says, was turned
over by him to counsel for the defense,
and has been mislaid by them, but 1t is
not known which one of them had pos
session of it.
The note that was offered in evi-
lence was printed in the Nash
lille American from a copy of the
original made by Mr.. Bradford, and
S, therefore. a copy by the American
# copy by Mr.. Bradford. The orig
nal has mysteriously disappeared.
The note read Thursday was addressed
o Senator Carmack, and stated that
he writer was an old man and a pri-
ate citizen, and closed with notifica-
ion that the use of his name must
ease.
Mr. Bradford's explanation and testi-
lony in regard to the statement pub
shed in the American on the day af- :.
or the tragedy which was supposed :.
} contain the facts of the case, was
OF altogether clear Mr. Bradford
as asked if he dictated this state +
lent to Mr.. Ewing editor of the Amer ;,
an and stated that he did not. Fur
Ter on he stated that he didn't think
ny statement at all was prepared at !
le police station on that night, and !,
ill later he explained things In
easure by saying that he wrote out :,
his own handwriting memoranda
things which he personally knew :,
)out the case, and furnished these
emoranda to Mr.. Ewing He also =,
i'd Mr.. McConnico assisted with this -
ork He stated that from this Mr..
wing prepared the statement, or
'meone did but that there we're
,ints embraced in the story which n
ere not included in his notes. Among cl
ese was the statement that Mr. 81
'aig had assured Col Cooper, as So
ming from Senator Carmack, that II
: name would not be used again in he
g columns of The Tennessean. an
Mr. Bradfords testimony in regard
his friendly feeling for Senator Car ne
ick was also interesting. He stated OF
At, although he had not supported us
n in his race against Governor Pat sis