The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-12

clared open war He did it 10 declare
open war aud to compel Colonel Coop
er either 10 let him alone OF to ap-
prOach him upon the street He
knew that with those crumpled fin
gers, Colonel Cooper could not pull
aY2RepY. ~ ANeN 81 Us sASe
General Washington TOOK the re-
vOlVer ana showed 17e jnTy hDN hard
il would be for Cooper 10 shoot. We
can only conjecture what WAS i'm Car
mack > mind. But il was one OF TWO
things. He would either blUf Cooper
OF force an assault. CaTmRCk was a
man FIVE feet eleven and three-quar-
tiers Of an inch in height and perfect
~ prOpOrtiOned.
"COEOlel Cooper saw i'm Craig eyes
mat there was danger, that Carmack
was in an ugly mood. So ne armed
himself and if he had not done so. he
WOUId have been in his grave today.
General Washington saw the error
here - the defeHse's contention
being that Colonel Cooper never
even drew his gun until the shooting
was Oyer-sO he said. If Robin
Cooper had not armed himself. they
would both he dead today
Now they say that Miss Lee was
shocked at what the colonel said.
Well. ! do not want TO say anything
mean about Miss Lee But when she
said she couldn't oh, just couldn't
repeat the words, aud he court let
Ter write them. ] thought We were
going to hear something awful. but all
she wrote was
General Washington repeated tle
Nashville were wont TO near il daily.
The epithetS used inCfude1i- most
vile that one man can apply TO an
other.
General Washington then returned
TO the case and discovered Colonel
Cooper at the Maxwell House talking
10 Mrs. Williams. sister 10 Colonel
Taylor of ReelfOot Lake fame. than
whom there is no better family OF bet
ter blood in the world He described
ne conference. the efforts of Brad
ford. Robin and Governor Patterson
to maintain peace and the result Next
de took up the , o'clock conference
in BradfOrd's office. attacked Miss
Lees testimony and Cxtolled General
Brown and Judge Bradford.
oh. what has become Of the men
OF honor of Nashville of the gallant
old blood. that attempts should be
made to diScTedit such men sS Brad
ford and Brown, than whom no more
honorable. better bred ever lived. And
Miss Lee impesches them, | do moi
want TO charge Miss Lee with manu-
featuring testimony. Yet there was
something strange in her demeanor as
she left the stand, and she never re-
turned 10 her position. gentlemen,
she never returned 10 BTadfOrd's Of
fee after sac testified here. Miss Lee.
though says that Bradford lied and
Brown lied when they say Governor
Patterson called Colonel Cooper on
the phone and she SWearS that this
gallant. splendid lawyer, Judge Brad
ford. said he could have killed Car
mack himself with as little remorse
as he would kin a Tattlesnake. | do
not doubt that some HOT mead in that
office did say it. but not Judge Brad
ford. Miss Lee -well-mistaken.
And they bring a newSbOy here and
lie Swears he heard Colonel Cooper
say 10 Robin. we viii get him. or we
viii catch aim. The boy vas mis-
taken. Robin had just said he wanted
Coca Cola and what the boy heard
Colonel Cooper say was wen get it
Commenting upon the states failure
TO cross examine Governor Patterson.
Washington said The state didn [
dare. They knew better than to bump
into buzz saw revolving at the rate
OF 120 times a second