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Show STORY OF KILLING Tfti n " Col. Cooper Graphically Describes the Fatal Quarrel Nashville, Feb. 24. The usual big crowd gathered at the court house to- Hoi in hftflp ihc ftTVtad.AVQmfriatlnn Col. Duncan B. Cooper In the Cooper-Sharp Cooper-Sharp trial for the slaying of forroei 1 Senator Carmack. General Washington took, up tb lino of questioning where be lert of last night Col. Cooper said as thej approached Seventh avenue, Kobii and Sharp were lu front of him. "Robin turned and urged me to hur ry. I told him to wait a minute. H and Sharpe stopped and 1 caught up. Then he grabbed me and said, 'Let's hurry, papa.' The nervous grasp or his arm aroused my suspicion, and intuitively, in-tuitively, I turned and saw Senator Carmack. Instantly I decided to go over and have ai plain talk with Carmack Car-mack to see l this affair, which Tas worrying my friends, my Children and myself, could not be stopped. "Whon you started out did you propose pro-pose to meet him?" "No, sir. The impulse came ove: me at once when I saw him, to go over and talk to him." "Now, tell what happened." "Well. I saw Senator Carmack com-, ing up. First I thought I would wait for him. Then I thought that it might carry somo significance- so I walked toward him. I sawr him speajc to Mrs. Eastman. I 6ald 'Mr. Cannock Jin threw up his head as though he had not seen me.- and flrew nxs revolver and stepped la front of Mrs. Eastman, pulling her between us and stepping toward the curb. 1 He was five or stx feet from the curb whn I called hi name. "What next?" "He had his pistol la hs hd and pasped In front of Mrs. Ewtman. Mm, Eastman bocomo wildly excited and grabbed, the old man "with her. I had . made no hoBtll movement." , "What did you say7" - . - T said, I think, th&t it was damuwl ( cowardly to get bbind a -woman Trim a pistol in his hand." "Did you have a wvolver out?" "Not at that time." "Did you have any purpose or shooting or killing him?" "No, sir. Senator Oarmaclc got around the post, and at the sama time, -Robin got In between us. In a second. Carmack shot between the pole and Robin got around them. Then for tho first time I saw Robin's revolver, and . saw him shoot." "Did -you have your pistol out?" "Not until after Robin was shot. Then I drew my gun, but I saw Carmack Car-mack was down and that Robin was shot, so I put my revolver back in my pocket." (Continued on Pago Five) did you observe In Caimack's attitude towards you?" "Well, there were articles In the papers. That Nows-Sclmltar article" ar-ticle" The state objected, and demandod thut the article be Identified. .Tn? Nows-Sclmltar of March 15, 190S, was Identified. "Was that editorial written by Senator Sen-ator Carmack?" "I waa bo Informod." "If you do not know that Carmack wrote the article, It is not competent," said tho court. ceivor Tuesday. In Judge Armstrong's division of tho Third district courc Tuesday afternoon, Hyrum Christert-een Christert-een waa appointed receiver, under a fVSOOO bond. The receivership is tho direct result ol tho Jmrnenso fire of the nlht or November 12, 1907, in which tho com. pany's barns and warehouse wero burned, with approximately $100,0ui) worth of household and other personal effects, wagons and tho like, and when forty horsee and several valuable valu-able dogs wero incinerated. i do not know, but havo rellablo authority for my belief that he did." The state objected to the ontlre editorial, ed-itorial, but the court considered part of it competent, if proven that Carmack Car-mack wrote it. The colonel said he was told by an employe of the News-Scimitar News-Scimitar that Carmack wrote tho ed itorial. Then the court ruled that, aa showing Colonel Cooper's mental condition, con-dition, one paragraph of tho editorial should be introduced. Gonoral "Washington read the paragraph. para-graph. It referred to Colonel Cooper and Colonel Gates as "consistent bolt-ors, bolt-ors, who got together In eupport of the only governor the Louisville and Nashville railroad, in Its history ot crime and debauchery, ever owned." Colonel Cooper was questioned about the Joint debate between Carmack and Patterson, and asked if he ever learned that Carmack was using his name In them. "Yos, very often. He began in a spirit of ridicule, and he later charged me with corruption." Cooper said, in response to questions, ques-tions, that he was a private citizen at that time, and had said or done nothing noth-ing to provoko tho attacks. "Was Carmack defeated?" "Ho was," "What became his occupation?" "Ho became tho editor of the Nashville Nash-ville Tenne.B8ean." "Did his attacks continue in that paper?" "They did, uninterruptedly." Hero General Washington produced a copy of the Tennessean of October 1, 1908, containing the first editorial attack on Cooper. This is the editorial which made tho situation serious and it was followed by others. It was headed "An Awful Threat," and concerned Governor Patterson's Pat-terson's chances of election if Bryan wero knifed. It closed by "directing "direct-ing tho attention of the Hon. Duncan Cooper and other honorables," naming them, to the threat to knlfo Bryan. I Among the honorables named was Solomon Cohen. "Who was Solomon Cohen?" "Ho was a black bottom dive keeper, often convicted of crimes. "Here is a copy of the Tennessean of Sunday, November S, 1908. Has it an editorial in it about you?" "It has." Thi3 editorial is the one entitled "Across thA Muddy Chasm," which so enraged Colonel Cooper that he told Craig that cither Carmack or he (Coopor) must die if his name again appeared. "Here 19 a copy of tho Tennessean of November 3. 1908. Has It an editorial edito-rial in it about you?" "It has." It was entitled, "Tho Work of the Machine." It was a bitter attack upon machine politics, but no names were mentioned. Next Judge Anderson read the editorial edi-torial of November 8. entitled "Across the Muddy Chasm." In it. Colonel Cooper is referred to as the peacemaker peace-maker who reconciled Governor Patterson Pat-terson and his old enemy. Governor Cox. Next, Judge Anderson road "The Diplomat of the Zweibund," previously introduced by the state. "Did you read these editorials?" "I did." "Before or after the killing of Carmack?" Car-mack?" "Before. I read the Sunday editorial, edito-rial, "Across the Muddy Chasm." be fore I sent word to Carmack by Craig." Col. Cooper said that on the day of the tragedy he went from Robin's office of-fice to a stable to look at a horso his son-in-law, Charles Burch, contemplated contem-plated purchasing. "When I returned home about noon. I found my daughter hysterical and crying because of Robin's telephone message. She feared I would be shot down on the street. "I knew there was no cause for fear, but her tears made me anxious, and to please her, I tore up the note I had written In Branford's office, and wrote another. I struck out one sen- j tence that was In the other note, i had written that Carmack had no more right to abuse me in the paper than he had to abuse me to my face, 'and thus far you have not had the temerity to do this.' It was this sentence I struck out." "When you left your daughter where did you go?" "At 3 p. m. I went to Bradford's ot-flce. ot-flce. Before I left. Governor Patterson Patter-son called on me; so did Bradford and Robin," . "What did Patterson want to seo you about?" "He talked to me about my strained relations with Senator Carmack." "You had a conference at Bradford's Brad-ford's office. "What waa Its purport?" "It was to dissuade me from sending a note to Mr. Carmack. I went to learn what were tho rosults of Mr. Bradford's efforts to settle tho difficulty. diffi-culty. I found Col. Tully Brown there." "Did Robin attend?" "Ha did." STORY OF KILLING TOLD. (Continued From Page One.) "How many shots were fired?" "Five in all." "What next?". "Robin attracted my attention. Ho was leaning against the post," Yesterday Afternoon's Proceedings. "What was the first, note of discord between you and Senator Carmack?" "The relations were not cordial during dur-ing the Carmack-Tay lor senatorial contest con-test The first offensive note appeared in the Memphis News-Scimitar In 1908." "Who started the change of relations?" rela-tions?" "Why, I supported Taylor in that contest, and Senator Carmack took offense. I regretted it very much." "Whom did you support for governor?" gover-nor?" "Governor Patterson." "After that, did you notice any further fur-ther change in Senator Carmack's manner?" "Yes, sir; he ceased speaking to me." "Had you done him any wrong?" "I had not" "What other Indication of hostility "Did you agree not to send the note?" "I did." "While In the conference, did you receive a mossage?" "I waa called to the telephone by 6omo one who said Governor Patterson Patter-son wanted mo. He requested me to come to tho mansion in about 28 minutes. min-utes. I told him I would go." "When you left for the governor's mansion, did you tell Robin not to come with you?" "Yes." "Did you. or Robin expect to meet Senator Carmack?" "No. In fact, Robin urged mo to take the route least likely to bring me in contact with the senator." "So far as you know did you or Robin Rob-in Intend to go on Seventh avenue until you got tho request to meet tho governor?" "No." Court adjourned until tomorrow. |