The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-10
SHOT DOWN IN
Street FIGHT
IN NASHVILLE
Former Senator Edward Car
mack of Tennessee Victim
of Political AnimoSity.
SLIGHTLY WOUNDS ONE
OF HIS ANTAGONISTS
DEAD STATESMAN A NOTABLE
FIGURE IN SOUTH AND DEM
OCRATIc LEADER.

Nashville. Tenn. Nov. 9.-Foraner
Senator Edward Carmack, editor Of the
Tennesseean. was shot and killed this
afternoon about o'clock on Seventh
avenue north in front of the Polk
flats, by Robin Cooper. a son of Colonel
DuDean p. Cooper. Mr.. Carmack was
going north on Seventh avenue i'm front
of the flats and Colonel Cooper and
his son Robin were approaching Sew
enth avenue on Union street Soon az
ter they came in sight of one another.
the shooting began. Robin Cooper. it Is
said, firing two shots and Senator Car
mack one.
Colonel Cooper it is said. drew his
pistol, but did not FIRE
Senator Carmack fell to the ground.
dying instantly Robin Cooper was
shot in the right shoulder. but was not
badly hurt.
Origin in Politics.
1t is understood that the trouble is
/ one of the results of a recent Demo-
cratic SUPERNATURAL primary in which
Carmack was defeated Carmack had,
since he became editor Of the Tennes-
| seean been quite eaustic in criticising
what he called the Democratic machine
and had printed several editorials about
| Colonel Cooper.
| Within the past few days it is as
serted Colonel Cooper notified Carmack
that those editorial criticisms must
cease. This morning another editorial
referring to the colonel appeared in the
paper. and this is supposed 10 have
been the immediate cause Of the trou-
BILE.
Father and Son Walked Away.
AS Senator Carmack fell at the edge
of the street. Colonel Duncan y.
Cooper put his arm around Robin
Cooper. and both walked a few feet
down Seventh avenue to Or. r. G.
Forts Office. where the slight wound in
Robins shoulder was examined and
treated An ambulance carried the
body of Mr.. Carnlack TO an undertaking
establishment. The pistol of Carmack
a thirty tWo-caliber. was lying at his
side with two of the chambers empty
when the body was picked up. and was
turned over to an officer. The stump
of a cigar Mr.. Carmack had been smok-
ing was also i'm the street beside him.
Young Cooper was later carried TO a
hospital and Colonel Cooper is held al
police headquarters. He has made no
statement.
Robin Cooper is a practicing attorney
q years old, and single.
Statement OF Physician.
DR.. McPheeters Glasgow. who ar
rived at the scene of the tragedy soon
after it occurred. said tonight:
Il found the body of Mr.. Carmack on
the right side of Seventh avenue as
one walks to Church street from Union
street. He was lying with his head
facing north and with his right arm
under his head. His pistol was jus
out of reach Of his right hand. and tn
ing paper was lying near his left hard,
which held a crushed stump of a cigar.
III Immediately Summoned an ambu-
lance and had the body carried to the
undertaking establishment Of Finly VI.
Doris The body was without signs
of life when found by me and appeared
to have been so for about five minutes.
There were three bullets in the body
of Mr. Carmack. One entered the left
side about two and half inches below
the nipple and just short distance be-
low the heart and stopped a short dis
lance from the right side under the
skin. crossing the median line of the
anatomy.
Another bullet entered the left
shoulder aud lodged about four and a
half inches below the right nipple. un-
der the skin. Both these wounds vera
The Fatal Bullet.
The third bullet, which / conceive
| TO be the fatal one. was in the neck.
The wound was one and One-half
inches TO the left Of the medisn line
and one inch below the hair line on
the neck. ,posteriorly. The bullet en-
tered the neck and made an exit from
the mouth of the deceased II was
found on the street under his tongue
, at the exit Of the wound. Two front
teenth were also broken loose i think
there were two bullets fired from Car
, mack's pistol
The body of Mr.. Carmack was pre-
!, pared for burial and removed to the
home Of r~Sauk Lander, general man
: lager of the Tennessean. and VIII De
, taken IN Columbia. his former home,
! tomorrow.
The combatants We're evidently VerT
lalose together when the firing began.
9but the question Of who fired the hrst
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