The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-02-19
Very Interesting.


the first three coming very close to-
gether and the last two at longer in
She stated that the first three
were fired from the same gun, and
the last two from different gun.
Miss Mary Skeffiington. state libra
rian. who was on the stand at the
preliminary trial for bail, also testi-
fed Wednesday, and her testimony
was of the utmost importance in its
tendency to establish the charge that
there was a conspiracy and a premed-
itated plan to kill Senator Carmack
She was coming from the capitol,
having left there at two minutes past
four. and had passed Gov. Patterson
and Gov. Cox in conversation at the
capitol entrance, when she met Mr..
Sharp. somewhat less than hundred
feet north of the corner Of Union
Street and Seventh avenue. Just as
she met him she heard the shots and
said:
What is that, Mr.. Sharp?
ITS shooting" he replied.
who's shooting?" was asked.
IT'S Col. Dune Cooper killing Sen
ator Carmack," answered Mr.. Sharp.
While this colloquy was going on
Miss Skefington saw the figures about
the telephone poles, but was not able
to recognize any of them on account
of the exceedingly murky atmosphere,
although she knows them all well.
Another witness who saw John
Sharp shortly after the killing and
talked with him was Ed w Thomas,
clerk of the senate Mr.. Thomas, &C
companied by other gentlemen, was
on his way from the Tulane Hotel TO
the scene of the tragedy when ne met
John Sharp, who was going in the
same direction and one of them asked
him to tell them something about the
killing. He answered that he knew
nothing of 1t.
Shoot Another Man.
Immediately after the tragedy the
Coopers proceeded to DR.. Forts In
frmary, and there made statements
which was testified to by witness
es. These were Miss Theresa
McKeon. a teacher in the Nashville
public schools, and H. s. Van Deren
clerk to the board of education and
the Superintendent of schools. Tney
were entering the infirmary to WISH
a sick friend when they stopped ano
called DR.. Fort from the library tc
fell him that Senator Carmack was
dead a fact of which he was ignorant
at the time AS they were Taking
with him outside the half-opened dool
Col. Cooper was pacing back and fortf
inside and called out to DR.. Fort
Doctor. don't let any one else in here
except the officers. | don't want U
have to shoot asSther man."
Cowan Beene, son of an engineer OF
the Nashville, Chattanooga ST
lLouis railway. reached the scene o
the tragedy shortly after it occurred
and while Senator Carmack's bod.
was still living in the street. He say
a chewed stump of a cigar still he'll
between the fingers of his hand.
The witnesses who testified to tn
profane opinion expressed by Robil
Cooper were Charles H. Warwick Q
the Nashville Credit Mems Associs
ton. and George w. Cooper, wall pa
ner and picture frame dealer. The
were talking on the rear end OF
Glendale car during the Carmack-Pa
: terson campaign, when Robin Coope
broke in ON them and stated that Sci
ator Carmack ought to be in hell.
The malignant intent OF John Shar
+. towards Senator Carmack was turtle
testified to by L. A. WEIGH, a Daroe
: who heard him say less than tW
) weeks before the murder, that Ca
I mack ought to be dead and in hel
accompanying the statement with a
oath. Charles H. Horn, a real esta'
! man who is an intimate friend OF tn
sharps. who testified that during tn
gubernatorial campaign he had mao
a similar remark; and w. ]. Smit
I an insurance man, who had heard hi
I say during the Taylor-Carmack car
! paign, Damn him, he's always bee
= a disturber of peace in Tenness'
e politics. The Cd id s. of a b.
e ought to have been dead and in he
s twerty years ago" Mr.. Smiths stat
ment corroborated that of Mr.. Mortc
!. TO the last detail.
d "Doan's Ointment cured me OF e