The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1908-11-13

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His head was in a pool Of blood.
which had run from his mouth. There
was a bullet lying just under his
mouth. This bullet had come from
the back of his neck. and had Ioos.
ened his front teeth so that they were
hanging.
I'VE removed him TO the undertake
ing establishment of DoRis & Karsch.
and there made careful examination.
There were three wounds. There
was one on the point of the left shoul-
der, a clean wound There was a
second clean wound two inches and a
half under the left nipple. Four inch
es and half below the right nipple
and six inches back of that, around
ON his side, we found another. These
bullets apparently ranged down his
side, and did not penetrate his ribs, |
as sometimes happens.
An inch and a half to the left of |
the center line Of the back of the neck /
and about an inch below the hair line /
was wound that was powder burned.
It went through his neck and came out
under his tongue, breaking his teeth. -
All last night there were crowds
gathered around the scene of the
tragedy, going over its details. There
was a pool of clotted blood about two
feet from the curbing and eighteen
inches north of the telegraph pole,
around which he fell. Attorney-Gen-
eral Jeff McCarn was one of the early
visitors to the scene of the accident
and went over the ground carefully.
The grand jury will begin the inves- J
tigation of the crime tomorrow morn
ing. The investigation would have
been started this morning but it was
feared that many of the women who
we're witnesses of the killing would be
unable to undergo the ordeal of an
examination.
From the undertaking establishment
Senator Carmack's body was taken to
he home of F. D. Lander, from whence
It will be conveyed to Columbia at
935 o'clock today. The funeral will .
AXE place at Columbia at noon tomor-
'ow. :
Sees Lawyers.
After arriving at the police station
Col Cooper Immediately went into =
conference with ]. C. Bradford and K. =
T. McConnico, his attorneys, and after =
hree hours of comforting announced I
hat he would have nothing to say in =
egard to the tragedy last night He -
vas not locked up in one of the regu- u
ar cells, but was confined on the sec
nd floor of the station under the Gus .
ody of Detective Woosley.
AS the news that Senator Carmack .
7as dead spread over the city yester- u
ay there was great excitement, and ct
arge crowds gathered at many points
) hear the news. Vague and contra
ictory rumors were heard all over
ne city, and one that was especially
irculated by the enemies of Senator al
armack was that he had jumped be- =
ind Mrs. Eastman to save himself w
here was other wild stories floating WI
round and it was several hours be- III
ire anything like clear understand 70
lg of the real facts was arrived at. vi
But in all the stories that were cir &c
,loted tbare moe nono tbo+ ot+emn+ed fig
show that the Coopers had acted in
or that they had had any ?"
lcuse for their cowardly conduct 9TH la
than the editorials that had APP NJ
cared in The Tennesean in regard to ioi
d. Cooper.
There has never been case like it WI
az ht,+o - rona.oo - az ISL
d border days, when men settled diff 'n'
rences with the pistols, there were .n'
casionally editors shot by their enc -"
les, but it was always in fair fight "
d man against man. In this case iii'
ere were two assassins, catching 'ne
e man off his guard. and shooting n"'
n down in cold blood, without Civ 'i''
: him a chance to fight for his life. !.
Indignation. =
There has never in Tennessee been VI
III strong feeling over any crime as 'ne
s shown last night. When Gov. I
ebel, of Kentucky, was assassinated L"
e years ago, there was intense ex- oeh
ement all over Kentucky, but it did quo
surpass the feeling that was ex- o"i
ssed all over Tennessee last night. MAJ
3 streets of Nashville were crowded eis'
oughout the night with excited 'ul'
IT'S of men, and The Tennessean
ce was overwhelmed with tele- que'
ms and long distance telephone 'oe'
s from points all over the state, ~
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