The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-03-08
BIT ERLY
TACKS
COOPER
Prosecuting Attorney
Does Not Spare the
Enemy of Carmack

Nashville. March S.-A large aud
ience, half Of which WAS composed OF
women. was present today to hear
the closing arguments in the Cooper
Sharpe murder trial. Judge Hart
warned the audience against any dem
onstration. 'i have been told,"F he
said, that some people have been
brought here to express approval OF
disapproval. l can scarcely believe II.
but l want TO say that anyone who
applauds OF Kisses or comments upon
the argument will wish she or he ha1
never done it." a5
Captain Fitzhugh began The open
ing argument to the jury for the state.
He said:
II appear before you with mingled
gret that l should have to aid in the
inquiry into :he cause of the death OF
my dearest friend"
Continuing. he said:
'On the afternoon of November 8.
there was enacted upon the streets of
this city a tragedy which robbed Il
woman of the tenderest and most de-
voted husband; boy OF loving faith
er, and the commonwealth of bril-
liant statesman whose achievements
have added lustre and glory to the
state. To you has been charged the
duty of fixing the responsibility.
1T is murder when man takes IL
life upon sudden impulse. How much
more is 1t murder when a mans heat
is so full OF malice and revenge that
he spends al day Sunday and most
of Monday devising the ways and
means of taxing the life OF the man
he hates SO bitterly
Next Fitzhugh explained how, on
Sunday night. Nov s. Col. d. B. Coop
er was at the Tulane hotel to NEE.
Z. b. Craig and how Cooper made
threats about Carmack to Craig AMI
how these threats were transmitted
to the dead senator.
Col. Cooper met Craig on personal
business, but he pressed the business
on the side and revealed what was In
his black heart. He owed his friend
Craig money-he owed all his friends
money and he never bothered about
money owed. This did not bother him.
But be broke out and said: If my
name appears in the Tennesseean
again, Carmack or / must die
"Thls man who Is a self confessed
lobbyist for O railroad; this man who
is charged by reputable men with
having embezzled money entrusted to
his care; this man whose name had
been banded about the state; this
man whose dark and devious ways
have now been uncovered, dared to
send 10 an honest and upright journal
ist the threat that If his name appear
ed in the Tennesseean again, one OF
them must die.
"And when the tragedy was over,
the defendants began to look for a
cause, for an excuse. What did they
do that Carmack had referred TO that
little bald-headed angel. Dune Coop
err? He had asked, Did the angel
come from above or below and Was
there the smell Of sulphur on his
wings?''
rs that reason enough to kill a
man?
"Why gentlemen, Hartman. Rookie
feller and Morgan are representative
citizens. They never held an office.
but we know they exercise a powerful
control Of affairs. Their names ap-
pear daily In, the public press. Yet,
whoever heard OF one OF these men
demand that his name be omitted?
Whoever heard Of one of these men
hunting down an editor and assassin
ating him on the street? Why. gen.
uemen, they have never even chal-
lenged the right OF the press to use
their names. for they know better. 1t
is the duty OF the press TO keep the
public informed. and Col Cooper. when
he went into politics, made 1t the duty
OF the press to watch him."
F1tzhugh said other papers had
printed the same things to which Col
Cooper objected In CarmacRs paper,
but that he never grew angry At any
other editor.
During this bitter arraisnment, Col
Cooper sat quietly with his eyes shut