The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-03-05

for the purpose Of using it, did not Dc
, so. and replied: God In heaven
! kuGWs: don't"
II As Senator Carmaek moved past
| Mrs. Eastman. Colonel Cooper re-
] marked thar It vas damned eowardly
TO get behind a woman with pistol
But. Colonel Copper; weren't you
On a peaceful mission Why didn't
YOU say: We don't want to have
Idifculty. Senator Carmack. We want
| peace" was the question.
4 didn't have the opportunity to
do so, replied the witness.
Bat you had the opportunity to
tax about towards, didn't you?"
And Colonel Cooper's answer was
that he didn't have time to say it.
Not Peaceful.
Further inquiry as to the peace
full mission" brought forth the infor-
nation that the mission was not a
peaceful one at all. but was to try TO
see If he couldn't stop the use of his
name. and if he would not agree to
this. to "retaliate in kind" He de-
MED that he had any peaceful object.
Colonel Cooper continued to tell his
story. AS Senator Carmack went be-
hind Mrs Eastman he made the re-
mark about the coward" and stepped
forward and to the left one or two
steps. Meanwhile, just as Senator
Carmack went around the south pole,
Colonel Cooper's son sprang in be-
tween them, and then, for the first
time, Colonel Cooper saw him.
Col. Cooper states that Senator Car
mack pointed his pistol between the
posts toward him, but that his son
was between them and prevented Sen
ator Carmack from shooting. He did
not admit that the north pole was a
little to the west of the south one, and
that it was physical impossibility for |
Senator Carmack to point his pistol at
him standing where he was. He also
disposed of John Sharp's statement as |
to the relative position of the three
men by stating tnat it uId nUl accord
with his recollection. John Sharp
testified that they were posted at the
three angles of a triangle, and that
Robin Cooper was not between them.
He and John Sharp and Robin Cooper
all differed from each other as to the
time when Robin Cooper sprang upon
the pavement.
The question of why he turned south
and walked down the street behind a
was also discussed. Col.
Cooper stated that waiting on the cor
ler would, in view of his message to {
Senator Carmack of the night before,
,e pregnant with meaning which he
Wished to avoid To avoid it he t
walked down the street. '
Evades Reply.
Weren't you behind a woman?" 9
.sked Mr. Fitzhugh. q
Well, she was in front of me-" he
eplied after evansions.
The witness had no defined words Il
0 say to Senator Carmack but was n
lerely going to say to him that if it .
i'd not cease he would retaliate in G
ind. He denied that he ever had
he impulse to kill, and stated that he $
as not on peaceful issue but was ii
My after a cessation of the attacks r'
n him. u
Col Cooper exposed the origin of g
The Story of the Tragedy" as pub al
shed in the American of Nov. 10, u
Id showed that it was written by al
irties to whom he had never he pc
i'd, made a statement of the trou-
es, and had made only very brief ct
atement of the actual events of the
ling, and that was privileged con- "
rsation with his attorney. fir
There was a general opinion abroad pl
at this story was unauthentic in
any respects, and Thursday Col. 70
'pper denied making the statement,
i'd he had never read it, and de- tn
lred that the only statement that he do
l make on that night was a very ag
lited one to counsel. tol
He was asked if ]. G. Bradford did on
dictate the story to w. j. Ewing,
tor of the American, and he replied mi
1t he did not see him do 1t, but
1t both men were at the police sta a
n on the night of Nov. 8. He de- his
ned to read the statement before it Gig
S published and has not since read pos
and for several days after it was I
,lished did not read any newspaper cor
all. The gentlemen who prepared acr
statement, he said, did so without Jut
lying to him for the facts, and he fro
not agree that it should be put $2,(