Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-11
W.C.T.U. HONORS
MURDERED MAN
BODY OF FORMER SENATOR
CARMACK SHIPPED
Burial Will Take Place In Columbia.
Victim of Nashville Mans
Bullet Champloned Tenn
perance
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NASHVILLE, Tenn, Nov. 10.-The
body of former Senator e. w. Carmacks
who was killed here yesterday in q
street duel with Robin j. Cooper, was
sent to Columbia this afternoon. I'M
pressive scenes at the union station
marked their depar.. 3.
Members of the w c. 7. u, whose
cause Mr.. Carmack had ably cham
pioned gathered at the station IN
numbers, and as the easket was borne
in joined in singing Lead, kindly
Light" and stand for Jesus
A brief address was delivered by
Rev. Ira Landruth.
Mrs. Carmack and few of her clos
est friends were on the special car
which conveyed the body, and the pro-
fusion of flowers was but another OF
the many testimonials of grief from
hosts of friends and sympathizers.
All during the morning hours
stream of callers had entered the home
of Frank Lander, where the body lay.
The funeral party reached Columbia
about 4 o'clock this afternoon and was
met by a large concourseN of friends.
The body was at once taken to the
Carmack home, where the funeral serV-
ices will be held tomorrow morning at
IL o'clock.
Thousands Discuss Tragedy
The tragedy was the absorbing topic
in Nashville today and many sensa-
tional rumors were in circulation.
Robin o. Cooper, who .-red the fatal
shot and was himself wounded, is un-
der arrest at q local hospital. He Is
doing well, but his physician stated
today that the wound, which is near
the collarbone, is in a dangerous place
and complications are not unlikely
Col. Cooper, who was with his son
when the shooting occurred, was trans
fn TOnftOa ha16nnaTtArS To the
Jail today He had nothing to say.
Friends of Senator CGrmack are loud
in their condemnation of the Coopers
and the Tennesseean, of which Mr..
Carmack was editor, this morning, both
editorially and in its news columns,
made the unqualified charge of muir
der.
The police are investigating numer-
Gus stories which gained circulation to-
day among Carmack's friends and were
cited by them as tending to show that
the Coopers had previously determined
to attack the former senator and were
searching for him when the tragedy oc-
Cured.
Governors Statement
In addition to the statement made by
Governor Patterson this morning,
which is one of the few positive bits
of evidence so far, the police are at
@~~~N-
sent written as we'll as verbal messages
to Carmack, warning him to refrain on
pain of death from using Coopers name
in future editorials.
The efforts of the police in connec-
ton with Governor Pattersons state
ment are directed toward a rumor that
Col. Cooper had told his married daugn-
ter of his intention to kih Carmack.
whereupon she is alleged to have called
UP the governor by telephone ana
asked him to use his good offices with
her father. 20
The police are trying to ascertain II
it is true that the conversation held py
the governor with the Coopers, III
which he played the part of peace
maker and to which the governor re-
fers in his statement, was the direct
result of the warning he is SAID 70
have received from Col. cooper
daughter. s,...a
e. B. Craig of Chattanooga, credlted
with having had conferences with poth
Mr.. Carmack and Mr.. Cooper regarding
the publication of the editorials. IN
question, said today it was true he had
conferred with both, but that he had
not, as reported. said to Col. Cooper
that Carmack would not again refer to
him editOrially.