| Show SINATOR EX KILLED IN A STREET ST BEET DUEL tragic close to career caree r of edward carmack Carmac lc one of the most notable figures of the south lit in a duel which wai vas the out come of caustic criticisms of political opponent former senator from tennessee Is instantly killed nashville tenn former edwall carmack editor of the text ten nes ness was shot and killed monday afternoon about 4 1 on sov anth avenue north in front ot or tho the polk flats by robin cooper a son eon ot ol colonel duncan 13 cooper mr air car made macic was going north on seventh avenue in front of tho the flats and do onel cooper and hla son robin were approaching seventh avenue on union street soon after they came in ili sight of 0 one another the shooting began robin cooper it Is said firing two shots and senator carmack Carma elt one colonel cooper it is said drew his pistol but did not fire senator Carn carmack rack fell to the ground dying instantly robin cooper was lot in the right shoulder but was not badly hurt it Is understood that eliat tho the trouble to Is cne of 0 tho the results of a recent democratic gubernatorial primary in which carmack Cari nack waa defeated carmack had fince lie he became editor of 0 the coan been quite caustic in criel alsing what he called the he democratic machine and had printed printe d editorials about colonel cooper within the past arast few days it Is assorted colonel cooper notified carmack that those editorial criticisms must cease monday morning another editorial referring to tho the colonel appeared in the paper and this thir la Is sumio supposed sed to have been the immediate cause of the trouble former united states senator edward W carmack was waa born near castillian springs sumner county tennessee november 5 1858 lie had an academic education studied law practiced in columbia tenn und nd was a member of tho the legislature in 1884 lie ile was a delegate to the national democratic convention or of find and a member of congreso con gresa 1897 1901 from the tenth congressional district of tennessee ile he served with di distinction in the united states senate for or fort ro elec allon ton in the primary a little over a year rear ago by fornier former Go governor vernoi robert taylor last spring he opposed governor patterson for the democratic gubernatorial nat orial lal nomination championing the cause of statewide state wide prohibition lie he vas vaa v aa defeated shortly after hla his defeat mr carmack mack wits was offered the editorship of the nashville eean ile he accepted and since then lias has been at the ho head of that paper |
