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Show IN A STREET DUEL Tragic Close to Career of Edward Carmack, One of the Most Notable Figures of the South. In a Pistol Duel Which Was the Outcome Out-come of Caustic Criticisms of Political Po-litical Opponent, Former Sen-" Sen-" ator From Tennessee Is Instantly Killed. Nashville, Tenn. Former Senntot Edward Carmack, editor of tho Ten-tiessccan, Ten-tiessccan, was shot nnd killed Monday Mon-day afternoon about 4 o'clock on Seventh Sev-enth Aventto north, In front of tho Polk flats, by Ilobln Cooper, n son of Colonel Duncan II. Cooper. Mr. Carmack Car-mack was going north on Sovonth Avenue In front of tho flats, nnd Col-cnel Col-cnel Cooper nnd hla son Itobln wero approaching 8evcnth Avenuo on Union street. Soon after they camo In sight of one another, the shooting began, Ilobln Cooper, It Is eald, firing fir-ing two shots and Senator Carmack ono. Colonel Cooper, It Is Bald, drew his pistol, but did not fire. Senator Carmack felt to tho ground, dying Instantly. Ilobln Cooper was thot In tho right shoulder, but was iiot badly hurt. If Is understood that tho troublo Is cne of the results of n recent Democratic Demo-cratic giiocrnatorlal primary In which Carmack was defeated. Carmack had, j,lnco ho beenmo editor of tho Ton-ncsseean, Ton-ncsseean, been quite caustic In criticising criti-cising what ho called tho Democratic machine nnd had printed sevornl editorials edi-torials about Colonel Cooper. Within tho lost fow days, It Is as-Ferted, as-Ferted, Colonel Cooper notified Carmack Car-mack that thoBO editorial criticisms must cease. Monday morning another an-other editorial referring to tho colonel col-onel appeared In tho paper, nnd this Is supposed to have been tho Immediate Imme-diate cnuso of tho trouble. Former United States Senator Edward Ed-ward W. Carmack was born near Castllllan Springs, Sumner county, Tennossee, Noyomber 6, 1858. Ho hnd an academic education, studied law, practiced In Columbia, Tenn., end was n member of tho legislature In 1SS4. Ho wa a delegato to tho nntlonal Democratic convention of 189G nnd n member of congress 1897-1901, from tho Tenth congressional district of Tennesson. Ho Bervcrt with distinction distinc-tion (n the United Stntoa sonato for six years, being defeated for re-election In tho primary Httlo over u year ago by former Governor Tlob-'Ort Tlob-'Ort Taylor. Last spring he opposed Governor Patterson for tbo Democratic gubernatorial guber-natorial nomination, championing the cause of Btato-wldo prohibition. Ho v.ns defeated. Shortly nfter his defeat Mr. Carmack Car-mack was offered tho editorship of tbe Nashville Tcnnesgoean. Ho accepted ac-cepted nnd since then has been nt tlf head of that paper. |