The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-02-26
COUNSEL WILL TAKE UP RE-Dl-
RECT EXAMINATION THIS
MORNING.
STORY or The TRAGEDY
Told by CO.. Cooper on Examination
BY States Attorneys-Gov.
Patterson and Adj. General
to be Called.

Nashville Tenn, Feb 25.-Aftof
nearly two days under one of the most
searching. crOss-eXaminations. ever
heard in a Tennessee court, Colonel
Duncan b. Cooper was surrendered to
his own counsel tonight by the state.
Tomorrow the defense will take up
the redirect examination.
Immediately after Col. Cooper is
finally dismissed from the stand
Governor Patterson and his adiutaGt
general, Col. Tolley Brown, will be
called to tell what part they played
in this political tragedy.
Col Brown was in James Bradford 5
office at conference, which began
at 6 p. m. the day of the tragedy aud
killing. Just as the conference closed
Governor Patterson telephoned fol
Colonel Cooper. 1t is the defense's S
theory that while going to the govern.
or's mansion Copper met Senator Car
mack and that the killing resulted.
During the eross-examination off
Colonel Cooper the witness clung
closely to his original statements con
cerning the meeting with Senator
Carmack and the tragedy following
He insisted that he had no eXpecta-
tion OF meeting Cdrmack, and that
when he did meet him had no inteD,
tion of shooting him, claiming that
he only wanted to peacefully discuss
The senator's editorial structures upon
him
He persisted in his claim that Car
mack stood behind Mrs Eastman
when he drew revolver and began
shooting, and that it was after Cor
mack fired twice that his son, Rlbin
Cooper, drew his gugn and shot the
senator Ne admitted that he alsI
drew his gnn but did not shoot for
tear of hitting us son who stood be
tween him ana Carmack.
Col, Cooper's Story.
The story of the killing of Carmack
as drawn from Col Cooper by the
states attorneys is contained in tho
following excerpt from the stenJ
graphic report of the proceedings.
Q-When he was moving down,
just state what then occurred as he
moved down. A.--Well, il was all
very rapid; the mind almost Itself
could hardly keep up. can tell you
the impressions that occurred. IL
possed these people that were be
tween us-passed to the right eXcit
edly-he passed to the left-still hav
ing his gun in his hand, to those
posts and got behind-went behine
the posts. Passing the south post
not north, but passing around the
south post, and about that moment
as he got around. Robin came prac
tically between Mr.. Carmock and my
self, or between those two posts and
myself, aud quicker than | have beer
talking Mr. Carmack fired througi
between the posts and very quickly
thereafter fired another shot. and il
the meantime Robin, going southwar,
still, got around the side of the south
ern post. and then for the first time
saw his weapon firing.
Q-At that time Senator CarmaCh
shot Robin, or before that time, dio
you have your pistol drawn or II
your hand? Al did not. nor an ef
fort to it, until he did shoot Robin
and then attempted-probably gc
my pistol partially out--the firing hat
ceased. saw thot Robin had beer
shot, and | put my pistol back in m!
pocket and went TO Robin.
Q-By the time or when Carmacl
had gotten beyond this old man. how
close was he to the edge of tht
curbng? A.-Well, it could not hav,
been very many fefet, three or fou
or five maybe, not over three or foa
feet. because the passage was thert
i could not tell. didn't measure Il
Q-Well, the whole space was oni!
five or six feet?
his TltLHuStl = bbiFNi. We btl
ject to suggestions to the witness.
Al have given it as | understan,
it. that it was just a step or so,
couldn't tell. the excitement was E,
intense. give you blst the best i'm
preston that came to me.
Mr. Neutrality-suspicious. many shot
were fired2 Alive
Q.-Describe the reports A.-Oh
we'll
Carmack's Shots Louder.
Q.-That is with reference &
sound. Which we're the louder re
ports and which were the finer re
ports? A-Well. Mr. Carmack
shots were the first and were louje
than the shots of the pistol of Robir