New-York tribune., 1908-11-11
TENNESSEE Is STIRRED
Restraining HOTHEADS.
Ex-senator Carmack's Body Taken
Home 1cith Impressiue Ceremonies.
IRv Telegraph 70 The Tribune.


horse, prevented the circulation Of to-day's
Nashville American. alleging that its account
of the tragedy biassed against Carrack
The feeling against the Coopers and other
leading political opponents of Carmack was fur
ther aroused tonight by scathlng eoitorlaI IN
this afternoons Memphis Newrs-Scinlitar, IN
which Governor Patterson is charged with com
plicty in the assassination. The Tennesseean
of which Carrnack was edtsor, charges the Coop
ers with assassination. Tt would not be sur
prise other political leaders are slain as a re-
suit of this excitement and attempts are pelnS
made to restrain hotheads
Colonel Duncan B. Cooper waived examination
in the Justices court to-day, when charged with
being an accessory TO the murder and with
CARRYING concealed weapons. He was committed
without bond and is strongly guarded TWO
warrants were sworn out to-day against Kopiii
Cooper one charging him with the murder anu
the other with carrying concealed weapons lie
is stil1 guarded at the hospital, and it is not
known when he will appear for preliminary eX-
animation. His wound is just above the colar-
bone and his brother-n-law, DIR. Luclus T.
Burch, who is the attending physician says
complications may
BODY TAKEN TO COLUMBIA.
Mr. Carrack's body was taken te his home in
Columbia this afternoon. accompanied by MS
this morning and the funeral viii be held at the
Christian Church there tomorrow. The ser
vices viii be simple. The departure OF the body
from Nashville was made very impressive. A
large crowd was at the Union Station. includ-
ing many members Of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, wearing white ribbons
They formed an aisle with white streaners,
down which the coffin was carried Lead.
Kindly Light and Nearer, Ny God. to Thee"
sung
After the departure Of the body DR. Ira Ian
drith addressed the women who gathered In the
waiting room of the station. He said the blood
of ex-senator Carn1ack must be as productive
| as the blood of the martyrs Of old
Mayor Biddle of Columbia, issued procla-
ma ton calling on all business houses to close
from II o'clock to / O'Clock tomorrow The
obsequies by request of Mrs Carmack, will be
simple The pallbearers win be friends and
neighbors of the dead statesman
! Mrs Charles H Eastman who with J. NJ.
Eastman witnessed the killing of CarmacE. said
to-day: I never anything so dastardly
as the murder of Senator Carmack He was
looking at me and speaking to me when they
attacked him. If / had not been talking to him
they would net have surprised him and he
would have fought for his life ] knew both
Senator Carmack and Colonel Cooper SOCIALLY,
bun was not enough OF a partisan to take sides
between them"
E B. Craig, Of Chattanooga. said to-day that
he had conferred both with Mr. Carrnack and
Colonel Cooper regarding the editorial references
to the latter in 'Tht Tennesseean," but he had
not as reported said to Colonel Cooper that
Carmack would not again refer to him editorl-
ally.
II is said that the other members OF the edI-
tcriaI staff of THE Tennesseean' were fully per
wa
1,pon one excuse and another they kept Mr..
Carmack in the office nearly all day yesterday,
but avoided however, letting him know their
purpose.
Shortly before 4 O'Clock Senator Carmack left
| the Office and started 10 his room Seventh
avenue North 1t is said that some one in The
Tennesseean' office induced him to take pistol
with him.
| GOVERNOR PATTERSON'S STATEMENT.
Governor Patterson is quoted as follows in re-
gard to the killing of ex-senator Carmack:
u deeply deplore the unfortunate tragedy 1
/ saw both young Mr.. Cooper and his father in
| the morning and nothing occurred TO cause me
to suppose any alteration would take place with
! Senator Carmack any one else. Colonel
| Cooper had been very much aggrieved by the
| use of his name by Senator Carmack, and
learned that he had prepared note TO send
| Senator Carmack demanding that in future his
name should not be used in editorials, as he was
! a mere private citizen and should not be sub
! jected to public attack or ridicue.
Il strongly advised against sending the note.
as did Mig SON. Robin Cooper, and also Mr. Brad
/ ford, believing it might difficulty and
urged him TO take no notice of the Objectionable
| editorials Colonel Cooper assured me that he
would not send the note and there would be
nothing more of it.
Robin Cooper left the Maxwell House with
! me in the morning and promised to stay with
his father who seemed TO be excited, and pre-
vent any possible trouble I thought the whole
matter was ended until my return from the
! Capitol in the evening when l was shocked TO
! learn Of what had occurred"
The police are investigating numerous stories
which gained circulation to-day among Car
mack's friends and were cited by them tend
ing to show that the Coopers had previously
determined to attack the former Senator and
were searching for him when the tragedy oc-
CURED. In addition TO the statement made by
| Governor Patterson, which is of the few
positive bits of evidence so far. the police are
| at work on reports that Colonel Cooper had
| sert written as well as verbal messages to Car
! mack warning him TO refrain. pain of death,
! from using his (Coopersj name in editorials.
/ The police are attempting to confirm rumor
that Colonel Cooper had told his married
daughter OF his intention 10 kill Carmack,
whereupon she is alleged TO have called UP the
| Governor by telephone and asked HIM to use
| his good offices with her father They are also
trying TO ascertain if it is true that the con-
versation had by the Governor with the Coop
ere in which he played the part of paacemaker
| and TO which the Governor refers in his state
ment. was the direct result of the warning he
is said to nave received from Colonel Cooper's