Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-11
MENACE OF CIVIL WAR
All Tennessee in Ferment Over
Carmack Killing.
CLASH is SURE TO COME
State Divided Into Bitter Factions
of Armed Men.
RIVAL CLANS. MOST BITTER
Dead Man Made Many Enemies.
Friends Accuse Men in High
Places of Conspiracy.
RIVAL CLANS. MOST BITTER

Special Dispatch to The Star.
NEW YORK. November 1.-THE most
striking contribution to knowledge OF
the situation in Tennessee arising from
the murder of ex-senator Carmack is TO
be found in special dispatch to the
Globe OF this city from Columbia, Tenn.
1t says:
Tennessee is fermenting like a pot of
yeast over the Carmack killing. Not even
the fact that the funeral is held today
| at the earliest moment which convention
makes possible has served to allay the
bitter feeling between tn rival political
| clans.
mo one will say that other shootings
will follow the death of Senator Carmack.
But when the governor of the state is so
bitterly assailed through the public prints
that only the fearful entreaties of his
friends kept him from sending chal-
Ienge to the vituperative editor. other
lesser men may not restrain their anger
No one can question that the situation s
a dangerous one.
Cooper Faction Big.
Because of Carmacks prominence. and
the fact that the church element of thN
state is largely enrolled among the dead
senator's friends. the impression seems
| to have gone out that the Coopers are
| friend.ess in their cells. The contrary Is
| the case.
For every man that walks through
| the streets Of Nashville and Memphis
| today exulting in his loyalty to the dead
senator and open to proclaim h vengeamen ann
against his slayers, there is another man
who declares himself friend TO the
Coopers and to Gov. Patterson and 10
| the. faction that of late years mas op-
posed Carmack politically.
| ''It is too much to hope for tnat tnese
ardent partisans will not CLASH sooner or
| later especially in state Where every
| business man and professional man car
ries gun as haoitnaiiy snds a. ds b;mseif
nv bullet and knife against assault, ds
| in northern states he would use cane.
| at must not be forgotten that Carmack'
| while alive boasted as large and prosper
NC = cron IF enemies as any man in Ten
nessee He was tremendously poWeriui
man Intellectually and politically. ne
| was proud Of his unsparing VII ana OIL MS
gifts of invective. -
| content to make the simple announcement
| of that fact. He crucified MS oppohens
on the cross of his sarcasm ne "hhppeu
| his adversary with scorn. -,
| "No weapon was too vicious or Drutai
| IN he made use of. strong man, nrm
| in his conviction that what he did was
| rioht he became a bully in some reia-
tions."
Character of Carmack.
| TIE article then proceeds to review Car
mack's career and sums up his cnaracter-
istics thus:
| .Man of high private character and per-
| haps the greatest advocate OF proliiDilio. p,
ever in the south, he won 10 ms suPpol.
| thousands of the strong churcn elelnent
/ Tonn
t,ic domiueering habit, his lntempeTdice
| Of speech, his brutality In debate an9 ne
| editorial, he alenated other thousanus u
| men of equally high character Wno uliiet
"a IRON, him on matters of politics
After discussing the Coopers and .aI
| mack's special relations with 'hehi' 1'e
article concludes: ;a;o+a
| trouble is feared by the leyel-heaoed men
of both factions. without attempting 10
| indorse the action of the Coopers' ,,e
| leaders among Cooper's 1rienas .ta, nae
| found plenty of excuse for their action,
and have not failed to promise resistance
to any attempt to extort vengeance.
"As Carmack carried war In ms packs
during his life, so Will tne ho"e'' "
hatred spring from his grave
Conspiracy Is Charged.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, November IL
The excitement in this city over the ter
rible tragedy Monday afternoon IN
| which E.. W. Carmack, former United
ctatas senator from Tennessee, and editor
| of the Tennesseean. this city. was shot
and killed by Robin Cooper. young
attorney of Nashville. and son OF COL
Duncan B. Cooper. close personal ana
nolitical friend of Gov. NJ. M. Patterson,
| is not abated.
| %, Cooper. who was with his son when
he shot Carmack. has been remandeo 10
iajl without bond charged with muroer.
Young Cooper remains under guard at
a Nashville hospital. where his wounded
arm is being treated. His physician says
be ia getting along as well as couiu DC
expected. 20
| His preliminary trial on the charge OF
murder will be held as soon as he -
| able to leave the hospital
Conflicting Statements.
Roth the Coopers and Carmack have
MANY friends here and throughout the
state. Cooper's statement is that the al
fair was merely a street duel. In which
both sides met and both began firing.
The friends of the Coopers claim they
had tried to avoid a meeting with Car
mack and were on their way to the
state capitol in response to telepnone
message from Gov Patterson. when the
tragedy occurred; that Carmack hau oeeh
warned and was expecting trouble
Friends of Carmack strenuously claim
that the killing was the result of a con-
spiracy, pure and simple. in which men
in high authority We're implicated: that
when Carmack left the Tenn esseean Of
fice for his boarding house the fact was
telephoned from a house near the Ten
nesseean office, and the Coopers were
notified that Carmack was on his way
and to be on the alert.
Developments Promised.
1t now develops. according to friends
of Carmack. that there was third par
ty with the Coopers just before the
shooting. former county official who il
a close personal friend of both the
Coopers and Patterson. Friends of the
dead man intimate there will be sensa-
tional developments within the next day
or so regarding the affair.
Neither Col. Cooper nor his son will
give out a statement for publication.