The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-12

next day that the man he swore was
indicted had not been. And as for
the gambling, why, the colonel has
been a gambler himself. But it is
not on record that he ever paid a debt
out of his large winnings.
"Now the second editorial appear
ed the same day and it never mention
ed Cooper's name-it simply attack
ed the machine. Cooper, in his note
to Carmack, said: Il am private cit
izen,' yet as soon as the machine is
mentioned this private citizen roars
out in anger.
"The third editorial produced by
the defense appeared on Sunday, No.
vember s, and was entitled across
the Muddy Chasm.' This editorial
simply repeats the charges that Gov.
Patterson and Gov. Cox had made
against one another and says Col.
Cooper is entitled to credit for bli:!g-
{ ing the men together.
Angry With Carmack Only.
"All these things had been printed
in other papers and Col. Cooper ad-
mitted it. Yet he never grew angy
at any other editor-only Carmack.
"But we come to the day before
the killing. Col. Cooper wrote some
notes-but the defense does not pro-
duce them. They lose them. There is
no original but an alleged copy of
copy for your Inspection -
Fitzhugh passed to the interview
with ex-Treasurer E. B. Craig and
after further bitterly arraigning Col.
Cooper took up the fourth editorial
entitled "The Diplomat Of the Zwei-
bund." This editorial credits Col.
Cooper with ''bringing about the
great coalition,' with "grafting the
dead bough upon the living tree and
making it bloom and burgeon with
golden fruit,' etc. Capt. Fitzhugh
explained the editorial word by word
and said that it was humorous and
bantering.
"And, gentlemen, this editoria. ai>
peared on Monday morning, Novem-
ber 9, and before the sun set that
night the brilliant Edward W. Car
mack had been slain for writing it,
After ridiculing the conference in
Bradford s Office and extolling Miss
/ Lee as "a pure, good girl; who gave
up a splendid position rather than
that truth should be trampled upon,
Fif1hugh continued:
"Senator Carrnack was coming. up
the street totally oblivious of the
danger. When in the act of paying
chivalrous homage to az lady he sees
the father, who had threatened to
kill him on sight, approaching him
from behind woman and the son
cincling around to get behind him.
Now, gentlemen, would not you have
felt that your life was in danger? He
hears voice and it says: There you
are, sir. We have the drop on you. >
Of course he made movement to
draw a weapon. Who had told him
TTCol. Cooper had changed his mental
attitude?"
John Sharp's Share.
John. D. Sharp next came in for his
share of Capt. Fitzhugh's brilliant
satire.
"Listen to Miss Skefington. She
says, and her character is unimpeach-
ed and unimpeachable-she says when
she asked John Sharp what that
shooting was. Before he turned
around, he said: That is Col. Cooper
shooting Carmack.' Why should he
say that. Because he had knowledge
in advance that Col. Cooper was to
do at least part Of the shooting. He
was brought along to be witness to
the killing, to testify for the defense,
and he is as guilty as a principal"
Fitzhegh described Sharp's walk
ing back to the scene of the crime, his
leaving it, and again returning, and
attributed his action to the strange
fascination which draws a criminal
back to the spot upon which the crime
was committed in spite Of himself.
He next attacked the defense:s the
ory. He declared that they first tried
to urge justification on the ground
that the editorials were provocative
Of trouble, then abandoned it and
pleaded self-defense.
He attacked the story Robin Coop
err told of the fatal shooting and
claimed it was physical impossible
ity for the dead senator to have been
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