The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-02-17

Attorney General Mccarn said. .c.,
Mrs. Carmack." ''u' Call
ne WIDOW was half carrlad .. a..
STAND. She told her name ara .ne
husoand's occupation in tror,,u ne1
voice. trembling
band alive?" 'o'r nus
on God she aobbed, "on sunJ.u
the day before he was killed
for several moments she W.,
able to speak. vas un-
When did you hear from b,n,
by telephone. on Mondar ' m,.;
while before he was killed ''''e
What WAS the conyersat,on,,
sustained. II was
The state next called E. p cr,,.
former state treasurer, who teetJen,
to his close relations with sena,
Carmack- He said he spent all sa,uu
day, November Z. Sunday. Novonhn-
s, the day before the murJer w,,n
Senator Carmack He saw Col Gu
er the evening Of November 8. at N.
Tulane, by appointment After dJs'
cussing the personal matter which ,e5
me to meet Col. Cooper, tho Ia,,o.
began to discuss the editorials in tha
Tennesseean. Col Cooper was grsa,,,.
agitatod and very angry. He said !,
am an old man. a private citizen and
II my name again appears In the Ten.
nesseean, L or Senator Carmack mus,
die
Col. CoopeT's manner was violent
and he denounced Senator CarmacL
viciously as an migrate. His manner
go alarmed me that / told him that 7
would confer with Senator Carmack ;.
what was said about the note?"
"He said he hal written Carmack
a note that could not be mIsunder.
stood"
Did you communicate To Carmaok
the threats of Col. Cooper"
II told Carmack what Cooper had
said
The note referred to was Me one
written by Col. Cooper to Senator
Carmack. threatening the latter with
death II the editor referred TO him
again.
The state next introduced In the
evidence newspaper of November s.
containing the editorial on Col. Cooper
which led to the murder, and which
referred TO Col Cooper as the dlplo
mat of tho Zwoibund. The paper
was identified by Craig.
The defense passed cross-examina
ton, and Mrs Charles H. Eastman
| who was speaking with Senator Car
mack when he was killed, was called
Mrs. Eastman told how she met Car
mack and identified the exact spot.
Senator Cermack came swingin,
along" said she. His eyes lighted VI
with a pleasant look and we bott
stopped. He rai9ed his hat and wa
looking into nv eyes in listening al
titude. Suddenly from behind nj
came voice, saying. We'll. here yol
are. We have the drop on YOU
did you see aDyone?'
! mo sir. The voice came from be
hind and very near to me-"
What did you do?"
| Nothing. I saw Mr Carmack wit
| hat still raised, look over my shoulde
with look Of surprised inquiry? A
he did so. he put his right hand bac
into his pocket and drew slowly pl;
tol 1t seemed TO catch. I put m
hands to my face. Then the voice bc
gan behind me, and 1t said: ,'Yo
cowardly scoundrel. hiding behind
woman's skirts, are your. Get on
| you BASTARD
when I saw the revolver ] tumpe
to one side and turned. The revolye
in the senator's rand was upside dow
That is, he held 1t by the barrel"
| The prosecutor sent for the revolve
and the witness gave dramatic illu
tration of the senator's position.
"I put up both hands," she sail
"and jumped back. heard the shc
and turned. I thought ] recognize
DR.. White as the man with the reyc
yer. and ] screamed My Cod do
tor, don't shoot, Please don't
then recognized that 1t was Col. Cool
er. Then ] sprang against the fenc
and saw young Cooper, and heard ["
other shots fred so rapidly that
thought they were simultaneous.
young Cooper was standing nea
me-. his arm extended as though i
the act of firing pistol Senator CsI
mack was living In the gutter, In a poe
of blood. and / turned and denounce
Col Cooper"
What did you say?'
81 said he was a brutal murderer
that he had taken advantage of m
presence to kill a man without g1viD
him the chance of a dog; tnat II
rather be the dead man In the quite
than to be him"
When the state concluded with Mrs
Eastman. the court adjourned.