The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-03-09
Fitzhugh in Masterpiece
of Logical Argument
(Contlnusa Fron1 EIrst Panel

| railroad; this man who is charged by
reputable men with having embezzled
/ money iRtTusted TO his care: this
man whose name had been banded
/ about the state; this man whose dark
and devious ways have now been I'M
| covered, dared to send TO an honest
| and upright journalist the threat that
! II his name appeared in the Tennes-
| seean again, one Of them must die.
| think of it,
And when the tragedy was over.
the defendants began to look for a
| cause, for an excuse. Their attorneys
searched the stenograpbic records,
They examined the joint debates he
| tween CaFmack and Patterson. And
what did they find? That Carmack
had referred to that little bald head %
ed angel, Dune Cooper; and asked
whether the angel came from above
or from below; and was there the
smell of sulphur on his wings? Is
that reason enough to kill a MANI
All this was prior TO June ~, and vet
he sent no notes and rsved no raw
ings.
Why, gentlemen, Hartman. Rookie
Teller, and Morgan are private citi-
zens. They never held an Office, bur
We know they exercise a powerful in
nuence in public Ofaces- Their names
appear daily in the public press. Yet.
who ever heard of one of these men
demanding that his name be omitted?
Who ever heard of one of these men
hunting down an editor and assassi-
mating him on the street, Why,
gentlemen, they have never even
challenged the right of the press to
use their names for they know better
at is the duty of the press to keep
IN
Cooper, when he went into politics,
made it the duty of the press to
watch him"
The speaker told how Cooper never
objected to the alleged remarks of
CaTmack during the campaign and
did not object until after the murder,
but after Carmack became editor Of
the Tepnesseean, Cooper became sud
denly angered.
He told his son that day after day
his name was used in the Tonnes
seean and that Carmack was shoot
ing poisoned arrows at him every day
and that it was become unendUrabIe /
Let us see. Robin Cooper, his son, |
says he never saw them. HIS /
brother-in-law, James c. Bradford !
never saw them. Who did see them?
They brought only three editorials I'm |
here and one of them was written /
October 81, entitled An Awful |
He objected to this because his |
name was mentioned in connection /
with Ban Murray and two others. |
One of these he swOre had been in |
dicted and convicted and the other he /
said was a gambler. He had to ad-
nit the next day that the man he /
thought was indicted had not been. 1
So Colonel Cooper himself was not so
careful in making charges. And as
for the gambling, why, the colonel has
been a gambler himself and won and
lest large sums. But it is not on
record that he ever paid a debt out
Of his large winnings and the man
who he says is a gambler does pay
his debts.
COOPER NOT MENTIONED.
Now, the second editorial appear
ed the same day and it never men
TONED Cooper's name-it simply at
aeked the machine. Cooper, in his
note to Carmack said, I am a private
citizen, yet as soon as the machine
S mentioned, this private citizen
oars out in anger. You are hitting
me now, | am the machine, I am the
slate and he says they referred to
ne and others as The machine ANY
'ecord here, gentlemen of the others I
'efeTred to, going out and shooting I
he man who wrote it?"
The third editorial produced by the ,
License, appeared on Sunday, Novem- !
Der s, and was entitled Across the
Huddy Chasm." This editorial sim ,
Wy repeats the charges that Govern .
II Patterson and Governor Cox had ,
made against one another and said
COLONEL Cooper wsSe entitled to credit ;
hvsSn
All these things had been printed
q ether papers and Colonel Cooper !
omitted it. Yet he never grew 2
ngry at any other editor-only Car
mack. T
But we come to the day before | +
be killing. Colonel Cooper wrote
ONE nOtes-but the defense does rot z
reduce them. They lose them
here is no original. but ct last an :
lIeged copy of a copy is produced :
Dr your inspection"
Captain Fitzhugh went into detail 2
n the notes and then passed to the n
Interview with ex-TTeasureT z. 3. g
raig.
You know Ed Craig-as honest a
ian as ever lived. He sweaTs Colo +
el Cooper said If my name appears 2
4 the TeHes5eeaR again, one of US 2
lust die Colonel Cooper. swearing n
pr his life, says he said his friends G
Re was in danger and fastened TO q
arm MIN. Now, who do you believe? h
an you imagine how Ed. Carm8ck I.
1T when be heard the threats? What .
shock it was to him? Why he =
1uIea't believe that any one could be n
D vicious as 10 shoot a man for such .
ifling. trivial banter and for doing
is duty. But Craig knew-Be saw p
uTder in Coopers eyes n
Next we find Cooper swearing "a
lat Craig came back and told him -
lat Carmack was in an ugly and r,