The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-02-26

Robin Cooper. he said and Robin
then went south. while Senator Car
mack turned his face toward Robin
hut presented the left side of his body
10 receive the bullets Robin Cooper
began firing. and somewhere IN
fractional part Of the time that 1t re-
ouires to fire the automatic pistol Mr..
Carmack turned his head, Sharp SAID
away from Robin Cooper to receive
the bullet in the back OF his neck.
Senator Carmack did nothing whlle
Robin Cooper was coming around the
posts and firing, although he had his
nistol pointed toward Robin Cooper
and might have fired. Col cooper
nointed his raised arm at Senator Car
mack but the witness didn't see any
pistol in It. Senator Carmack never
pointed a pistol at Col. Cooper
Robin Cooper's statement, brought
out in his cross-examination by Gen.
McCarn Monday morning, was difer-
ent. According to Robin, the parties
were located at the beginning where
sharp first placed them. However the
first thing that Senator Carmack did
was to draw his pistol and TO SWING II
up high, almost level with his face as
if he meant to use it. He sprang In
between him and his father and then
began To shoot He was shot twice
before he reached the post, and tneA
fred at Senator Carmack. He fred
the three shots almost instantly, ana
Senator Carmack was standing erect
until the last shot was fired, when ne
fell He was standing with his back
to the southeast, with his head turned
toward Robin Cooper, his left side
presented to him, and his right hand
in front of his breast, holding the
pistol pointing at the witness.
It will be remembered that MRS.
Eastman's statement was still another
way.
But fully as strange as the contra
dictory stories of the killing was the
remarkable change of intentions and
/ designations of the part Of Sharp. He
/ left the Arcade coffee parlor to go
to democratic headquarters. He fell
in with Col. Cooper and started to go
to the governors mansion. He saw
that Col. Cooper was going to have an
Iunpleasantness and started to go
home. abandoning both of his former
nlans as well as his friends, he turned,
and saw that Robin Cooper had killed
Seantor Carmack. That didn't stop
him. He kept on going home, unuI
he met Miss SkeffingtOn and made his
remark to her. He declares that he
did not use the words Dune or Col
oneF in his remark He was on his
way home to tell his wife there had
been a difficulty between the Coopers
and Senator Carmack. He was then
going to return to the scene and see
exactly what had happened, and
whether Senator Carmack was dead or
not.
But as he met Miss Skefnngton he
remembered that his wife was not at
home and came back towards the
scene OF the tragedy. From there he
went down through Union street, Fifth
avenue, the Arcade and Fourth avenue
to the Maxwell House and thence back
to the scene Of the tragedy by way
of Church street and Seventh avenue.
He was at this time looking for his
wife to tell her the news.
He didn't remember meeting H. B.
Miller, ]. B. Newman and Ed Thomas.
and contradicts Ed Thomas testimony
that he denied any knowledge Of the
affair. He stated that ne did not say
to Frank Avent in response to ex-
cited questions: Don't ask me,
Frank. I'm not talking about this
affair now" He stated that the reason
that he was not talking was that he
didn't want 1t known that he was an
eye witness, because his story would
be perverted by the public and the
newspapers. However he did state to
one of the city detectives, William IT.
win. that he had seen 1t. and also to
Dr. Duncan Eve.
He denied the statement of Judson
Harwood, made on the application for
bail, that he smiled as he heard the
shots. Harwood is a cousin OF Sharp's
and was unable to be present at the
trial of the case on account OF his
health