Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-20
Jury STILL "1leO UP"
As TO COOPER VERDICT
Continued from First Page)

amusing themselves with cards and
| sOn2s.
| The Cooper. Sharp trial. just com
| pleieL, has been one OF the most ~
markable mui der cases in the hiStor!
| Of the South not only because Of the
| prominence OF the p:incSipa in the
| tragedy, but bccaus. of the reasons
thai led to the killing.
| Colonel Duncan u. Cooper for,
| m.r Confederate officer In the army
under Forrest and II man very prom
| linen, in Democratic Stat" politics
once lived at Columbia. Tenn. In
| that town also resided Howard Ward
Carmack, Young lawyer. who also
did some newspaper work. cooper
| bought the Nashville American ana
I induced Carmack to come TO Nash
| Vile as its editor Whether the men
eyer were in thorough accord Is a
| disputed point. Carmack's TiehdS
say not. colonel Cooper swore on
the stand that they wer" close
friends until Governor Taylor opposed
| Carmack for reelection to the Senate.
This fight was long and bitter.
feature - it was series of joint
Gebates and Carmack lost. cooper
supported TAYLOR. but Robin. III" boy
who killed The Sena' r. supported
| the latter
Malcolm r. Patterson. Sas COVER
! nor of the state al the time CT the
! Carmack. TAYLOR fight. and he annouh-
red his candidacy for reelection
| CarmaCk, just beaten for, the Senate.
was urged into the race for Governor
against Patterson. This was last
June and the fight between the men
for the Dem1cratic nomination was
the mos, spectacular ever seen IN
| Tennessee. Again joint debates were
arranged and again the feeling be-
| tween the factions grew very bitter
| In these debates Cooper charged that
Carmack assailed the COloneis good
| name. Cooper was an ardent Pat
terson mantle Governor on the
stand described hun as my cEsest
personal and political adviser.
Again Carmack lost. and month be-
fore the election, became editor OF
the Nashville Tennessean. He had
made the race on the prohibition
| platform, and while he did not get
| the nomination. he did secure enough
| representatives 10 assure the passage
OF the so-called- Stale wide liquor
bill.
| T., A.. ,,,n,n,tn,o (,nyern0r patter-
son and former Governor Cox. once
| deadly enemies, were reconciled the
Tenne ssean charged that Colonel
| Cooper brought this reconciliation
| about, and referred to it in humor'
OILS and sarcastic vein in its editorial
| columns. Carmack also intimated
| that. to save Governor Patterson. the
Democratic leaders were preparing
to trade Bryan for the governorsh'p
Colonel Cooper was chatting under
the comment, and becoming more In
censed every day. On Sunday. NOV
s the day before the killing the foi
lowing editorial appeared In the Ten
neesean:
-Across the Muddy Chasm."
We trust there will be no unseen.
" ribaldry on the part OF the base
vulgar concerning the happy reunion
of lcng sundered hearts wnich waa
| accumulated In the joyous reconct
ia,ion of His E.xcellency. Hon. VI. X
Pate rson. and His Excellency. Hon
John Isaac Cox. All honor to that
noble spirit. Major Duncan Brown
( ooper. who wrought this happy re-
union OF congenial and confuxible
spirits separated by evil fates. al,
though both for each other All
honor to Major Dune and may the
blessing of the Peacemaker be upon
him. May he be heir to all the beat
itudes. and especially to the blessing
reserved for those whose hunger aT
| thirst after righteousness. And there
goes also a blessing to His Excellence
for as he has been mercifni 10 Gox
so shall ne obtain mercy.
But the choicest blessings. as Is
right and proper. are for Governor
| Cox himself For IL there be any re
| ward for meekness, and any for en-
during persecution for righteousness
sake he shall inherit the earth and
his IL the Kingdom Of Heaven YET
such IL the meekEess Of his s3iri'
that We doubt net that Governor Coz
would be entirely cOmfor'ed with the
meek mans reward
III We pause here briefly to rev'e"
the unhappy differences that nave
1 armed these valiant souls againS
each other. Il is for no purpose Of re
newing the strife, but rather OF en-
phasizing by coniras, the felicity OF
the present situation. Il will serve
also. to bring cut in bold relief the