Show UCH INTEREST I II I IN MURDER CASE State Claims to Have Proved I Conspiracy on Part of Coop Coopers ers and Sharpe DEFENSE WILL PROCEED THEN THE PROSECUTION WILL OFFER MORE EVIDENCE Nashville Tenn Feb Fob IS Absence of some state witnesses and a desire on the part of ot tho the defense to arrange Its plan pl n of procedure caused an nn adjournment to today today today day Saturday in the trial l of the Coopers and John Sharpe Sharp charged with murdering former Senator E Eo W V Car Carmack Carmack Carmack mack The TIre state has hits satisfied Itself lf with offer offering offering ing testimony to prove that Senator Car Carmack Carmack Carmack mack was murdered in Nashville by b Rob Robin RobIn Robin in J and Duncan R II Cooper that John Sharpe when he lie heard beard the shots knew what they were without looking around and that prior to the killing several con conferences conferences had been held This the state contends Is the foundation for proof of conspiracy Witnesses Held in Reserve Tho rho state stops here hel and waits walts for Cor the defense to offer Its case Attorney Gen General General eral McCarn has subpoenaed witnesses and has ha used scarcely a score The others will be held In reserve resene for rebuttal The defense has not Issued a summons but says Its witnesses will wilt be present without court process By B not issuing It prevents the state from knowing the names of the witnesses of tho the defense The only incident of testimony was the states attempt to provo prove by im implication implication that the pistol holster found lound in inthe Inthe inthe the dead senators overcoat pocket pock t was as put there by b one of the attorneys for Cor the defense when a few tew weeks ago he went to the morgue and examined the overcoat Two witnesses testified the holster was not in the pocket when the senator was killed It was found in tho the pocket by General Washington of counsel for the defense when he tried on the overcoat Excitement at Fever Heat The sensations se of the first two days testimony In the trial of the Coopers Coop rs and John Sharpe for slaying Senator Carmack have sent local excitement to fever heat and attracted today toda the largest crowd yet That the state does not Intend to let the finding of the supposed pistol hol holser holser holser ser in Senator Carmacks overcoat pocket go unchallenged was proven today toda Finley Dorris a member of the tile under undertaking undertaking taking firm which embalmed Senator Car Carmacks Carmacks Carmacks macks body bod testified that be e examined the pockets of the overcoat the night of the killing and again at the request r of the states attorney before the hearing for forban ban ball and was positive the scabbard was not h 11 then Has anyone else elso examined the cloth clothIng lug Ing Yes sir General Washington and Mr Meeks counsel for the defense examined it with my m consent Since the application for fot ball bail Can that holster be crumpled up and concealed In the hand band bandIt It can readily General Washington the witness who said the article was a R rubber robber shield worn on the end of a 0 revolver to prevent the barrel from rom wearing the pocket William Murray bookkeeper for Dorris told how General Washington and Attorney Attorney Attorney ney Meeks examined Senator Carmacks clothing a II few days das after the application for tor ball bail for the three prisoners General Washington then brought from the witness the statement I am satisfied you had nothing In your our hand when you ou put it In the overcoat Dr R It E Fort io to whose infirmary the two Coopers walked after the shooting detailed how bow the defendants came to him Robin Cooper had a pistol shot wound In the right shoulder just above the eel col collar lar bone said the witness I f dressed the wound There was no point of or ex exIt exIt exIt It and I assume the bullet Is still In the young oung mans shoulder When hen I J started to dress the wound Robin asked for to tobacco tobacco tobacco bacco and Cigarette tte papers I got them out of his pocket and found In his over overcoat overcoat overcoat coat an automatic revolver A bullet had passed through the left sleeve of his overcoat but had not touched his per person person person son |