Show YEARS WE TUE PENALTY ramin fOR COOPERS t Slayers V of Carmack Found Guilty of Murder in the Second Degree DEFENSE MOVES THAT V VERDICT BE SET ASIDE ARGUMENTS TO BE HEARD LATER FATHER AND SON RE RELEASED RELEASED RELEASED LEASED ON BAIL DAIL DAILI BAILa I a Nashville Tenn March 20 Aft After er filing a bond totaling nearly a million and a half haf dollars Colonel D B Cooper and Robin J Cooper convicted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to twenty years In the penitentiary for the killing of former United States Senator E W V Carmack retired r to the home of Judge J C Brad Bradford Bradford ford Cord tonight Although Judge Hart fixed the bond at for each defendant there was a rush to sign It on Oil the part of ot the wealthy citizens of ot Nashville In vain the clerk pro protested protested proC C tested that nore than enough sureties had signed but the th in invariable invariable Invariable variable answer er was We want to put pt our names on that bond too When there was no more room for names at the foot of ot the docu document document ment merit the new bondsmen endorsed 1 j it across the face Cace until it was dlf dit to decipher the signatures V I Nashville Tenn March 20 Guilty of ft If murder in the second degree with tw twenty only years ears imprisonment as the pen penalty penalty alty was the verdict of the jury this morning In the case against Colonel Duncan B Cooper and his son Mn Robin Cooper charged with the murder of former United States Senator E W Yo Carmack Carma k yesterday acquitted John D Sharp a codefendant Immediately i the he defense moved to set aside the ver verdict diet dict because of the verdict of disagree disagreement di disagreement agree agreement ment o yesterday and asked the th court to declare re it a mistrial Judge Hart said he lie would listen to arguments on this motion later He then fixed the de defendants bonds at each which amount was acceptable to both sides The verdict coming as it did upon the heels of Foreman Burkes declaration esterday that we 0 are hopelessly tied up 1101 as to the Coopers caused great sur surre re CALM I AND COOL edoL The defendants took It cooly almost without emotion Mrs Burch and Mrs Wilson the young oung daughters of ot Colonel were brave and aside from frome e eyes ees restrained their emotion gamely gamel Mrs Irs Burch sat with her arm around her brother Robins shoulder and amI Mr h Wilson was vas at her fathers right The suspense su for the two young women had been heartrending and any anyA an A verdict however unfavorable was a re relf rek 1 lf f f k The Tho The jurors were and die and when the remarked ur I thank you gentlemen for your OUr pa patience patience tience tien o and devotion to the state and dismiss you OU to your homes and your personal avocations the entire twelve sprang from their seats as aa one man and hurriedly left the court room The rho de defendants and counsel remained to complete the bond preliminaries and nd motions for a new trial COURT ROOM ROO CROWDED Various an Insistent rumors that the jury had agreed were responsible for Cor a crowded court room this morning and for the presence of attorneys att for both sides long before b fore the usual hour for convening As soon as Judge Hart en cn entered entered even before he removed his coat he ordered the jury jur and the defendants brought into court I understand they have agreed he remarked to the tile press table and am sending to see v vIn In almost a moment to be exact the twelve men entered the room and took the same seats they have occupied for nearly nine weeks Have you OU agreed upon a verdict gentlemen said Judge Hart HartWe HartYe HartWe We Ye have replied Foreman E M 1 Burke hoarsely V Advance Mr Foreman and read the verdict VERDICT READ BY FOREMAN We the jury jur find the defendants Duncan B Cooper and Robin J oJ Cooper guilty of ot murder in the second degree and assess their punishment at confine confinement nent ment in the state penitentiary for Cor a period of twenty years So say you ou all 11 gentlemen So SU say we all in chorus Then after the court had dismissed Continued on Page 7 TWENTY YEARS THE PENALTY FOR COOPERS Continued from Page 1 the jury Judge Anderson of the de defense defense defense was on his feet exclaiming Your honor hono we move the case be de declared declared dared a mistrial because of the verdict yesterday esterday We contend that yesterdays verdict was the only one and that It not only acquired acquited aCquI ed John Sharp but de declared d dared a disagreement on the other de defendants defendants defendants We also ask that the de defendants defendants defendants be admitted to bond BONDS BO DS FIXED FL D AT The verdict of the Jury makes it a case Case was the courts retort Hence I will wUl fix the bond of each de defendant defendant defendant at unless there Is some objection In that event I will wUl hear ar arguments arguments arguments I It is satisfactory to us said s ld At Attorney Attorney Attorney torney General McCarn And to us retorted Judge Ander Andes Anderson son There seems t be nothing left but for tor the court couri cour to pass sentence added Judge Judee Hart HartI I dont think that necessary said Judge Anderson We Ve move that judgment be suspend suspended suspended ed and that we be given a new trial We will be prepared to argue the mo motion motion motion tion later probably next week All Ali right Judge remarked the court I 1 know Qu will not delay dela un unnecessarily unnecessarily unnecessarily necessarily and r will take tako It up at your own convenience Bring In Jn the bond book said Judge Anderson COLLAPSE OF OP DAUGHTER It was done and the defendants signed the bond and returned with their rela reJa relatives relatives tives and friends to the room they have occupied in the jail building Mrs Burch who stood bravely and even smiled in the court room collapsed as she reached the narrow corridor lead ing to the jail and had to be supported by her ller husband Mrs Wilsons eyes were streaming with tears Both young women have counted confidently on an acquittal although even their counsel advised against building too many hopes on the result The jurors were not inclined to talk but one of them said HOW THE JURY STOOD On the first ballot we acquitted John Sharp and disregarded the conspiracy theory On this same ballot we stood six for guilty of ot murder In the first de degree degree degree gree with mitigating circumstances five for murder in the second degree with twenty years ears the maximum pen penalty penalty alty aU and one for acquittal The bal ballots ballots ballots lots all day Wednesday and Thursday showed the same result Yesterday the theman theman theman man who voted for tor acquittal went over Oer overto overto to murder in the second degree but de demanded demanded demanded that only ten years ears be assessed The rest of us did not deem ten years ears as anything like adequate so we dis die disagreed disagreed agreed again Of course cours course this all re referred referred referred to the Coopers and not to Sharp Whom we had acquitted Early this morning the man who was holding out for ten years rears agreed to tot twenty t enty years and the six who were voting for a verdict agreed to this verdict ONE O E MAN FOR ACQUITTAL While the jurors will wUl not say who the theman theman theman man was who ho held out for tor acquittal It Itis ItIs Itis is known from rumors overheard from the deputies be lie was S J Hide John Sharp hurried to the court house kouse ouse when he heard of the verdict and was vas soon closeted with the defendants and their counsel Mrs Sharp was in court when the jury JUl reported and comforted the daughters of Colonel Cooper Sev Several Several eral other friends were with them and accompanied them to th room of the defendants where they awaited the ar at arrival arrival rival rhal of bondsmen After the bondsmen had signed the party was whirled away awa In the Burch automobile to the Bradford home There will be no further proceeding in the case for about a week |