The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-11-13
TRAGIC KILLING
!,
Of Senator carmack in Streets
Of Nashville
BY POLITICAL RIVAL

|BY PUIgtaOAl BaSvAI
He Is Shot Down in Business Sec.
ton Of the City by Robin Cooper,
Whose Father Mr.. Garmack Had
Criticised in Tennesseean Of Which
He Recently Became the Editor. !.
Nashville, Tenn, Nov 9.-As
seqnel to the recent bit"er Democrat
ic primary for the Gubernatorial
nomination in Tennessee, the Hon.
Edward Ward Carmack, former
United States Senator from Tennes-
see, was shot and instantly killed
in q Street duel here this afternoon
by Robin Cooper, young attorney.
Young Cooper was wonEde'l In the
shoulder by bullet from Carmack' S
reyo .ycr and Is tonight under police
surveillance in a local hospital. His
condition is not serious. Carmack
was wounded three times, in the
neck, the breast and the left shout
der.
Col. Duncan B. Cooper, father of
| the young man, was with lis son
during the affray, but did not fire a
shot. 1t is said he stood ny with
pistol in hand. He is detained to-
night at police headquarters.
The direct cause of the killing is
recent series of editorials in the
Tennesseean, a daily paper of which
Mr.. Carmack became editor after his
defeat for the nomination for Gov
ernor.
The editorials in question had
been vigorous in their comment en-
Colonel Cooper and his alleged con-
nection with what Mr., Carmack
termed the Democratic machine anu
it's methods"
Colonel Cooper, who is well known
in business, newspaper and political
circles in Tennessee and in the
South, had, it is said, notified Mr..
Carmack that the reference to him
must cease. Another such editorial!
iappeared this morning.
:S5 ssThe men fought at close quarters
and there were but few witnesses.
It was past o'clock, in the dusk or
the afternoon. They met on 7th
avenue, North, directly in from of
the Polk flats, a fashionable apart
ment house. .,.
Mr.. Carmack had just lifted his
hat to Mrs. Charles H. Eastman,
friend, who was passing. In a mo-
ment the firing began and Mrs. East
man was Mortified witness at close
range.
So close was she that one of the
Coopers is said to have charged
Carmack with being coward and
hiding behind a woman. Cooper's
friends charged that Carmack fire1
the first shot, but the dead mans
friends stoutly protest that his op-
ponent was the first to shoot.
The tragedy created the most in
tense excitement throughout the
city and within a short time the
streets in the neighborhood were
thronged.
The combatants were evidently
close together when the firing be-
gan, but the question of who fired
the first shot is in controversy. Mrs.
Chas. H. Eastman, of this city, and
J. M. Eastman, of New York, were
nearby when the tragedy occurred.
Mr.. Eastman's hearing in not good
and he declared he knew but little
of the affair. Mrs. Eastman said:
Story of Bystander.
1--WE were walking down 7th ave-
nue., in the direction OF Church
street, and had just passed the en-
trance to the Polk flats. Mr.. Car
mack came up the street towards
us, smiling as he recognized US. lie
was some steps away and there were
very few pepole on the street. Mr..
Eastman and / were near the edge
of the sidewalk and Mr.. Carmack
would have passed between us and
the fence. 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 can't say positively what the eX-
act words were. 1t never occurred
to me that it was anything NOR
than friend speaking. Mr.. Car
mack raised his eyes, instantly put
on his hat and ran his hand back.
when the same voice said: You
coward, you are hiding behind 4
woman, are you? Senator Carmack
jumped out so as to get clear of me
and I jumped into a gateway. saw
that Mr.. Carmack had a pistol.
turned and said: For Gods sake
don't shoot. saw Mr.. Carmack
wheel and fall in heap in the gu.-
ter"
Mrs. Eastmen said she saw the
young man standing over Mr.. Car
mack and that he put something in
to his own pocket.
Shot From Behind.
DR.. McPheters Glasgow, who ar