The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-11-13

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Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 12.-Forber
United States Senator Edward Ward
Carmack. editor OF the Tennesseean.
was shot and killed late yesterday aft
ernoon on Seventh avenue north, in
front OF the Polk fats. by Robin Coop
err, a son of Colonel Duncan b. Cooper.
Mr.. Carmuck was going north on
Seventh enu in front OF the flats
and Colonel Cooper and his son. Robin,
were approaching Seventh avenue on
Union street. Soon after they came
In sight of one another the shooting
began, Robin Cooper, 1t is said, firing
three shots and Senator Carmack two.
Colonel Duncan Cooper, 1t Is said. drew
his pistol but did not fire. Senate
Carmack fell to the ground nearly
Instantly. Robin Cooper was shot in
hurt.
1t is understood that the trouble Is
one of the results of the democratic
gubernational primary in which Car
mack was defeated. Carmack had,
since he became editor of the Tennes-
what III called the democratic ma
chine, and a printed several edi-
torials about Colonel Cooper.
Within the past few days. II Is as
serted, Colonel Cooper notified Carmack
that these editorial criticisms aus
in reference to the colonel appeared
in the paper and this is supposed to
have been the immediate cause OF the
tragedy.
AS Senator Carn,ack fell at the edge
of the street. Colonel Duncan Cooper
--A vtc r-1 .N,,r ZpcI{rE Cnnnpr and
walked a few feet down Seventh av-
enue to DIR. r. d. Forts office. where
the slight wound in Robins shoulder
was examined and treated.
Young Cooper was later carried to a
hospital and Colonel Cooper is held at
police headquarters. He has made no
statement. Robin Cooper is a prac-
ticing attorney at law. % years old.
and single.
Who Fired First?
The combatants were evidently very
close together when the firing began,
but the question OF who fired the hTst
shot is in controversy. Mrs. Charles
II. Eastman, of this city. and j. M.
Eastman. of New York, were nearby
when the tragedy occurred.
Mr.. Eastman's hearing is not good
and he declared he knew but little OF
the affair. Mra. Eastman said:
MIR. Carmack came up the street to-
ward us, smiling as he recognized me-.
Mr.. Eastman and l We're near the edge
Of the sidewalk, and Mr.. Carmack
would have passed between us and the
entrance. He raised his hat as we
spoke. He had his right hand up and
was about to make a remark when
somebody said-it was the older voice:
We've got you. all right or something
to that effect. I cannot say positively
what the exact words We're. 1t never
occurred hat 1T was anything more
than a friend speaking: Mr.. Carmack
raised his eyes, instantly put on his
hat and ran his hand back when the
same voice said: .You coward, you
are hiding behind a woman are you?
Senator Carmack jumped out SO as
to get clear OF me and l ran into a
had a pistol. I turned and said: For
Gods sake don't shoot Then 1 saw
MI. Carmack wheel and fall in Il heap
in the gutter"
Mrs. Eastman said she saw the
young man standing over Mr.. Car
mack and that he put something into
his own pocket.
DR.. McPheeters Glasgow. who arrived
at the scene of the tragedy soon after
It occurred. said:
"There were three bullets in the body
of Mr.. Carmack. One entered the left
side about two and one-half inches be-
r. low Il0 nlppAC dllO JuSS IL cAoAS
below the heart. and stopped n short
distance from the right side. under the
akin. crossing the median line Of the
anatomy.
.Another bullet entered h left Shout
der and lodged about four and one-half
inches below the righs nipple under the
skin. Bota these wounds wer- clean.
The third bullet, which l conceive to be
the fatal one, was in the neck. The
wound was cne Inc one-half inches tC
the left of the median line anG m inch
below the hair line on the neck The
bullet entered h neck and made ar
exit from the mouth Of the deceased
Death had been instantaneous. appa-
rently."
Cooper's friends assert that Carmacl
hred the first shot. but the dead mans
friends stoutly protest that his OppO'
nent was the first to shoot. The trag'
edy has created intense excitement
throughout the city.
A statement issued by friends of thu
Coopers gives this version:
The Copers' Version.
.Colonel Cooper walked across TIN
street and approached Mr.. Carmack
who was coming facing him at the time
Colonel Cooper a just begun 20 speal
with Mr.. Carmack when Mr.. Carmacl
drew his pistol n began tryinG to fir
Il while a passing lady was between
Mr.. Carmack and Colonel Cooper an
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