The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-02-24
COLONEL COOPER IS
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and made his home with his daughter Mrs. Burch. That he had four sons and two daughters. For half an hour Gen eral Washington had Colonel Cooper de- tail all his relatives, who they were what positions they held and where they lived now. He had the witness give his war resord with Forrest. The state fin- ally objected and was sustained.
 T met Senator Carmack years ago at Columbia, when he was quite young brought him to Nashville as editor of the American and he remained with me until 1892 when he went to Memphis"
 Were your relations friendly?r
 More than friendly-they were cordial Taylor, four years ago. Then we dis agreed
 Did Carmack ever give expression to sentiments of gratitude to your"
 "Yes, when he went to Memphis in 1892 he wrote an editorial thanking me-"
 Editorial Offered.
 The defense offered the editorial and Judge Hart asked to see It. He marked part of it and said he would permit that portion to go to the jury. It was signed by E. W. Carmack. The state next ex- amined 1t and agreed to let the entire editorial go in The court agreed. It was in the paper of February 12, 1892 and was headed, "A Card From E. w. Carmack."
 It was Carmack's farewell, in which he expressed regret at leaving the American and gratitude to the paper and it's friends It closed with these words:
 T desire to express especially the re- gard I feel, and the debt l owe to Col D. B. Cooper, under whose direction I entered journalism. It is pleasant now to be able to say that I cannot recall a word or an incident that ever marred the pleasure of our association"
 Cooper told how Carmaek moved to Memphis and entered politics there; went 10 Congress and was elected to the United States Senate.
 Did you after he left maintain friendly relations?"
 Absolutely so. We corresponded, and the last very friendly letter I had from him was in December, 1904. Our relations were pleasant after that however. At that time he was in the Senate.
 Have you that letter?'
 T have,' and the witness produced it.
 Letter Identified.
 General Washington took the letter and described it's appearance for identifica tion Then 1t was passed to the states at torneys. They objected to it's introduce ton in full but consented to the read ing Of the first paragraph as the only part Of 1t bearing upon the friendliness between the two men. The court sus- tained the states contention. The par agraph admitted read
 Dear Colonel:--I have been trying to get Senator Mitchell or Oregon to locate some good place for Van in connection with the Panama canal, as he is doing something for someone else. I am in- clined to think the best thing Van can do is to tackle the President himself and tell him what he wants. However, l will do anything l can."
 The letter was signed:
 Sincerely your friend'
 General Washington attempted to get in the rest of the letter but failed The Van referred to is friend of Col onel Cooper
 '1 notice you are referred to as Colonel Cooper. How did you earn it?'
 Tn the army, If I ever earned it. I was commissioned as a colonel to go into the federal lines and raise a con federate battalion Since then l have been called colonel"
 First Discordant Note.
 What was the first note of dscord between you and Senator Carmack?" SsTba relations were not cordial dur