The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-10
SENATOR CARMACK
 SHOT AND KILLED
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 something to that effect. | can't say positively what the exact words were. IL never occurred that 1t was anything | more than friend speaking. MT. 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 your Senator carmack Jumped out So as to get clear of me and jumped into a gateway. saw that Mir. Carmack had a pistol I turned and said, For Gods sake, don't shoot I saw Mir. Car mack wheeR and fan in a heap in the | gutter"
 Mrs. Eastman said she saw the young man standing over Mir. carmack. and that he put something into his l pocket
 A statement issued by friends of the | Coopers tonight says that Colonel Cooper had recently talked with E. A |. | Craig of Chattanooga. a close friend of Mr. carrnack. regarding The Ten nessean editorials. Colonel Cooper had told Craig, the statement says, that be wanted the reference to himself stop 1 ped. that he was a private citizen and Carmack had no right to discuss him In the manner he had adopted MT. Craig, 1t Is said. saw Mir. Carmack about the matter and reported that
 
 with Cooper, MT. Craig. however. is said to have expressed the opinion that the editorial references would cease Colcnel Cooper Warned.
 Cooper had a letter which he de- sired to send Carmack. but friends advised against him. and urged him l to take no notice of the editorial of this morning. shortly after this con- versation of Cooper and his friends. the former was requested, the statement says. by Governor Patterson to come l to the Executive Mansion. which is on Seventh Avenue. north. for consulta- ton of a matter not connected with carmack, and to bring with him Aus tin Peay. chairman of the Democratic ment was made. continues the. state ment. James c. Bradford and Gen. Tilley Brown again referred to the l Carmack matter and advised Colonel l Cooper not to go on the streets in such directions as would make prob able a meeting with Mir Carmack. To l this Colonel Cooper assented. He and his son Robin then left the office to l go to the Governors Mansion To avoid any possible meeting with Mir. Carmack, they went through the arcade l and then up through Vine Street Their 1 purpose in taking this route was to avoid a meeting on the streets.
 Colonel Cooper and his son went through the arcade. through Summer, then to Union and up Union Street Turning into Vine, Colonel Cooper and his son saw Mir. CaFmack walking up Vine Street, going north on the west side of the street and in the direction of Colonel Cooper and his son, though on the opposite side of the street.
 Colonel Cooper thereupon said he would go over and speak with Mir. Car mack and see if he would not agree to stop making the annoying news paper attacks on him.
 Colonel Cooper walked across ths street and approached Mir. carmack who was coming facing him at thS time, Colonel Cooper had just begur to speak with Mir. Carmack when MT Carmack drew his pistol and began trying to fire 1t. while a passing lady was between Mir. Carmack and Colone Cooper and his son. who had run ovel when Mir. Carmack began to draw hii pistol. It is said that Colonel Cooper asked MT. CarmaclS to come from be hind the lady, when Mir. Carmacl thereupon fred two shots. both strik . ing Robin Cooper. who had inteTvenet In his fathers protection. Then it wa after being shot. that Robin Coope ] fired the fatal shot. Colonel Coope never using . pistol at all.
 After the shooting, Colonel Coope, accompanied his son into Dr. FOFt'l sanitarium. from which place he wal taken to St. Thomas's Hospital aftei the. arrival aof his brother -in-iaw. Df Luctus Burch. II was discovered tha' one bullet had entered Mir. Cooper right breast in the region of tn, right shoulder, inflicting a dangerouI wound but 1t is- thought he will re cover. The other bullet from Mir. Car | ga Sat- aa1 t n-y4 AnAh overcoat and undercoat sleeves of Mir Cooper near the left shoulder.
 Shortly after Robin -Cooper's Wount Fl had received attention, Colonel Cooper who had surrendered to police off cers. accompanied them to the station ? house.
 "ColoneI Cooper refused to consent tt ahs effort being made to secure hi release upon bond for the present. He said it was understood. that he desiret the matter thoroughly investigated, st that it might be seen he was entitled to bond before he would ask for 1t a all" - b
 Laps G. McCord, IT., city editor O
 The Tennessean Is quoted as sayini
 that Several friends of the Senate
 had advised him to be careful and t
 all of these admonitions the Senate
 replied that he did not intend to shoV
 the 'whAhe feather"
 Mir Agcord also said that in reply
 Ing to these admonitions Mfr Carnaci had remarked that he did not thinl Colonel Cooper intended to harm him
 The editorial in this mornings Ten
 nessean referring to Colonel Cooper,
 one of several which have mentione
 Cooper in an uneomplimentary man
 ner since Mr. Carmack assumed sdito l Nf The TannPRgHlr If has reference to a recent conferenc
 between Governor Patterson and form
 CT Governor John l. Cox. between
 whom. because of past political con
 tests. 1t has been alleged the feelini
 was anything but cordial. The edlto
 rial is headed "The Diplomat of tn
 Zeweibund" and reads as follows:
 ITO Major Duncan Brown Cooper
 who wrought the great coalition; wh
 achieved the harmonious confluence O T incompatible elements; who welded tn
 pevpter handle to the wooden spoon