Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-03-14

saws he was In politics
:, Then General Mctarn c"t after the
American, which hr saint was tn
Cooper organ
Nashville AmeEcan's inconsi stency.
There is one so-CalI"d high ,ia~ =
journal here" he SAID. which daily
writes editorials tearing To pieces men
who go upon the stand and tell IN"
,ruIh. Young women AZ" not S"cur"
from he attacks, n'I'hrr ar" mere
children. That is alright. bat Non
must not criticize Colonel Dun"
Cooper. He's spark from the "X-
. hiring cnbcrs OF thu old Southern
chiyalrv. We will attack whom ""
! please. bu, no one must attack Dun"
! Cuoprr Now isn't hat 4 nice tn"
ory for high class newspaper
Next we find the editorial of Dc
tobrr %. which attacks I'll" machine"
and il does not mentions Colonel coop
"rs name. But he got mad.
"Thcn comes the editorial OF NO
! >emDcr s. Across Ih,' Muddy chasin
the reconciliation OF cox and Pat
trrs0n. Gentlemen At IN" instant car
mack was falling dead. Governor Cox
and Governor Patterson were in in
innate conversation not tiv" hundred
feet away. And this fact shows that
III. editorial was true and tha Cooper
| knew il was so.
The Unsent Note.
We have heard q good deal of
| talk about the failMr" Ia send the
note. When man SAYS if you do Il
certain thing one Of you must die.
and YOU do it. YOU do not n""h t"
wait for 4 note. do You"
! There has been Il contention here
, that Carmack DETAINED Cooper. Why.
! gentlemen. Carmack knew that Cooper
defaulted and embeZZl"d as master in
chancery years before. If he had
wanted 10 drfamc Cooper why could
he not have printed III" facts?"
| Referring to the States fai!ur" 10
pnt Mr.. Burch On IN" stand. McCarn
said that the state had proved what
it wanted TO by Mrs Hurch's maid.
and he added: But ! promise YOU
that if she had gone on ! would never
have referred to her orya a cock
and hull story Yet my DISTINGUISH
I'd friend. Washington. asked Mrs.
| Eastman if she shot any one that
day. And he prates of SO ithern chiv.
| airy.
| Cooper Could Shoot.
! Counsel has discovered how Grip
! pied the old colonel was. and how
h" could shoot TIL" colonel did not
say he couldn't shoot. II" didn't tell
Robin he couldn't shOo. H" pulled a
| gun and said: 1 have this to defend
me- AS matter of fact. gentlemen.
he could shoot. Look here is his pis-
tol. turn my two fingers under as
his were. and see how easily and rap
idly can shoot with the thumb and
first and second finger.
General McCarn launched into an
| eloquent defense of Miss Lee.
They say they took Colonel Cooper
down to Bradford's Office to cool off.
Why. gentlemen. you might as well
talk of turning VesuviIs upside down
in hell to cool of. They took him to
BradfOrd's Office to cool off.
In Hot Atmosphere.
The Office of the man who said he
could have killed Carmack with as
little remorse as he would kill n rat
tlesnake But say only Miss Lee
claims he said this and they attack
Miss Lee. And she sacrificed her
home her position. her mothers liv-
ing to tell the TRUTH
He defended the little newslUy.
fJohnny TindalI. and claimed the boy
was corrotOrated in his statement
that he heard Colonel Cooper say:
1--we will get him by Colonel Cooper
himself. OF course, they did not
want to meet Carmack on Church
street there would have been fifty
witnesses there. and they ONLY
needed one. So they decided TO go
Imp Union street to Seventh avenue.
They say it was cruel persecution
to have John Sharp indicted. Do you
think it is pleasant for me to stand
here and ask you 10 convict oil muir
der in the first degree the brother
of the clerk OF this colrt who has
been my friend for years?
Sharp Had Mission.
.ohn Sharp was taken along for
La purpose-to witness that killing
and he filed his purpose They say
he put himself in a position where
he couldn't see it.
why. know John Sharp well
lenough to know that if he had been
there honestly or accidentally. he
would have done what you would do
or I would do He would nave run
back. not walk. TO where Carmack
was lying. Why his friend had been
} shot and his other friend was In
trouble. But he was confused by
his guilt. and when Miss SkefRngton
suddenly confronted him and asked
what il was. he hlrrted out the truth
LIT is Dune Cooper shooting Carmack.