Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-03-09

tirely in their own hands.
Craig says he never said it and could notN
have said it because there was nothing
to warrant such statement. Why should !
Colonel Cooper swear he did say it? I'll !
tell you, gentlemen, because he had TO
have some excuse for going out and arm
ing himself an hour later. And the only |
excuse that would have even semblance |
of Justice was an implied threat"
During this bitter arraignment of
Colonel Cooper the old defendant sat
quietly, with his eyes smut and his !
hands folded as though asleep. Not so
his daughters. Stately Mrs. Burch, F!
with tear-hlled eyes, cast down, sat
with clasped hands close to her brother. !
Mrs Wilson, petite and active, watched |
the prosecuting attorney intently, her
| black eyes flashing angrily, her lips
curled scornfulIy and her small hands
clenched as though she could tear him
to pieces. Robin appeared composed
and smiling. John Sharp was uncon- !
cerned-no mention had been made OF
him yet.
What next?" queried Captain Fitz-
hugh Cooper says Craig came back ana
told him That his name would not appear
again This would mean that Colonel !
Cooper's end had been attained and that !
the trouble was over. Yet what does he
do? He goes out and arms himself with
a deadly weapon. And where does he get
it? At the Tulane hotel. Where did
Robin get his revolver? At the Tulane
hotel Where did Cooper meet Craig? Al
the Tulane hotel. Where is the Tulane:
| Across the street from Senator Carmack'3
office. Anything significant in this?'
Fourth Editorial
Captain Fitzhugh then took up the
| fourth editorial entitled 1.-The Diplomat
Of the Zweibund." 1t was introduced In
! the case by the state. TINS edltorlal creu.
/ its Colonel Cooper with bringing about
the great coalition;" with welding the
! newter handle upon the wooden spoon,
I With ''sraf fling the dead bough upon the
living tree and making it bloom and bour-
geon with golden fruit with making
s'playmates of the lamb and the leopard
| with making ''boon companions of the
\ sn'5ar and the f1y," with making soda
and vinegar 20 dwell placidly in the same
bottle" and with teaching oil and water
how thew might agree" and closed with
Inc exnression-''to Major Duncan Brown
| Cooper, the great diplomat of the political
Zweibund, be all honor and glory for
| ever" ,,...,
CAPTAIN Fitzhugh explained the editorial
| word nv word and showed that II was
humorous and bantering.
! .And gentlemen, this editorial appear
ed on Monday morning. November 8, ana
before the sun had set that night, the
! brilliant Edward w. CarmacK hau Oeeh
slain for writing it,"
Did Not Send Note
CAPTAIN Fitzhugh called the jury's at
| tention to Colonel Cooper's exclamation;
..Tben. by God. this note goes
"But it did not go. Why? Because they
/ wanted to catch Carmack off his guard,
declared the attorney dramatically. ROD
/ in Cooper reading that note, told MS
/ father Senator Carmack would resent IT,
and the colonel, running his hand down
/ into his pocket, said, L have this to pro-
tect myself and displayed ms truSty
! aun. But he didn't send the note, pe-
cause II would have made Carmack be
| lieve that there was trouble ana woulu
have put him on his guard.
| They tell YOU that they wanted peace,
though at noon that day, Colonel cooper
own daughter frantic with terror ana
wild with anxiety, telephoned DR.. With
erspoon that her father was armed and
threatening to kill Senator Carmack on
sight and the young woman did every
/ thing in her power to avoid the trouble
he it said to her credit. She even APP
pealed to her father and said she feared
for his safety What was his reply to
that girls appeal? He said: He is like
" to get hurt as 1 am All, gentlemen,
there is a note of confidence all through
the defendants talk-a note of confidence
not based upon chance.
/ Language of Cooper
.'They do not dare have the colonel
back at Bradford's office that day at IL
O'Clock, so they had him at home, bu'
they forgot Miss Lee a pure, good girl,
who gave up a splendid position rather
than that truth should be trampled upon.
She saws Colonel Cooper was there, and
used language so vile that she would not
soil or pollute her pure lips by speaking
it, and wrote it only under compulsion.
And you saw how she shrank and covered
her face as the words We're read. Those
are the words used by this spark of the
old chivalry, this type of an old south
ern gentleman in the presence of a vir-
ltl,ous. helpless girl God! Are you not
ashamed Of such man?
But the significant part i'm this stage
of the affair was that the only thing at
tempted was to keep Cooper from send
ing that note. Was any attempt made
TO disarm the Coopers? Was any attempt
made to notify CarmGck of the change of
heart? Was any attempt made to notify
Carmack that the note Craig told him
would be sent to him was not to be sent?
No. The sole effort was to keep that
note away from Carmack."
Conference in BradfOrd's Office
Captain t1tzhuCh next TOOK up tho
conference in Bradford's Office and
analysed it. He laid especial stress
upon the testimony that Colonel Cooper
! was not recalled to the telephone after
he had left the office. that there was
: no telephone from the governor and
} that thereafter there was no excuse
for the Coopers to be on Seventh ave-
nue. that afternoon, unless they went
up there to lay in wait for Senator
I 4 Il 1,r hot
: way about p. m. every day on his
: way to his apartments. The attorney
then followed the Coopers up the
; street, commented upon the significance
of their meeting with John D. Sharp
and the incredibility Of the story that
they invited him to accompany them
TO a private conference with the gov
ernor. He also pointed out how, after
Colonel Cooper had promised his son.
his brother-fn-law and Governor Pc -