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Show was not testified to on direct examination. examin-ation. "Were .you armed at that time?" "I was." "Did you talk with the governor about the troublo?" "Yes, sir." "And you talked with the governor gover-nor about the senator, with a weapon in your pocket, and knowing your I father was armed?" " "Yes,- Bir." "How often had you talked to Governor Gov-ernor Patterson thai day?" "Twice. Once in front ot the Tu-lane." Tu-lane." "And were you armed then?" "No, sir; I got the revolver alter 1 saw the governor that 11 rat time." "You had an animated conversation with Governor Patterson across from Carmack's office, after which you went and armed yourself?" "Not animated; Just a conversation." "You suggested your uncle, James Bradford, to arrange the difficulty?" "Yes." "You knew Bradford hated Car-mack?" Car-mack?" "No, sir. I knew he did not admire him." "You know the newsboy, John Tyn-dall?" Tyn-dall?" "I do." "Do you know of any motive why he should perjure himself to harm you?" "I don't, but we made no remark to the effect that 'we will get him or 'ho will catch it' " "Do you know whether there Is any reason why Mrs. Eastman or Charles Warwick of Carrie . Folk should perjure per-jure themselves to deprive you of your life or liberty?" "I do not." "So when Carrie Folk says you said 'let's go up here' and your father replied, re-plied, 'No, let's wait here awhile,' he is mistaken or swearing ralsely?" "Yes. He misunderstood the conversation, con-versation, I think." CROWD AT CARMACK TRIAL States Batteries Brought to Bear Upon Young Robin Cooper Nashville. Feb. 22. The fact that this is a holiday-, together with the knowledge possessed by the public that all the guns of tho. state's batteries bat-teries would be brought, to bear upon the young man who swears he shot and killed Senator E. ,W Carmack,. combined to draw an Immense audience aud-ience in the Cooper-Sharpe trial today, and for the first time during the hearing, hear-ing, the lunch box was in evidence. Robin Cooper seemed rather to wei-' come the ordeal. Before cross-examination begun, Judge Anderson asked young Cooper if he knew Senator Car-mack. Car-mack. "Yes, sir. I knew hlra and he knew me." "That's all." The witness settled back in his chair and turned toward the attorney general. "You have read your testimony since Saturday?" was tho first question. , "Yes, sir." "And discussed it with counsel?" "No not tho testimony. Counsel asked ask-ed me Bome questions." "When were you introduced to Senator Sen-ator Carmack?" "I do not remember whether I ever was introduced to him. I have known him all my life. Just before the shooting he was frequently In my un-clo's un-clo's office on business connected with the campaign. I spoke to him several times Just before the shooting." Attorney General McCarn then asked ask-ed young Cooper a number of t questions ques-tions as to his practice as a lawyer, and especially along the lines ot pardon par-don work, the purpose apparently Doing Do-ing to show Cooper's connection with Governor Patterson, how influential it was with the governor, and thus to strengthen the conspiracy. Attorney General McCarn suddenly switched then to the day or the tragedy. trag-edy. "When did you - telephone Mrs. Burch, your sister, to" find your father?" fath-er?" ' "About 9:30 a- ni." "And you wanted your sister to keen him off the streets?" "Yes, sir." "Still, your. father had only left you a moment before?" '. "Yes, sir." "When did you learn that your father fath-er was armed?" "When he reached my office that morning." "Did you see the gun?" "I did.", "Bring in the revolvers, all of them," said McCarn. "Is either of these your father's revolver?" "I don't know. The nickle-plated one looks like it. I only glanced at it." The state's object was to identify the revolver Col. Cooper carried. Its contention Is that tho gun said to have been found near Carmack's body was in reality Col. Cooper's substituted for tho one Carmack carried. Young Cooper said the automatic revolver he shot" Carmack with, was the first of Its kind ho ever held in his hand. He denied that he ever practiced with one. It developed, too, that while looking for his father, the day of the tragedy. Robin Cooper met Governor Patterson and walked through the Arcado. with him at the governor's request!;1 "i'lUs. |