The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-03-13


Is not on record that he ever paid a
debt out Of his large winnings.
Nov the second editorial appear
ed the same day and 1t never men,
toned Cooper's name---it simply at
tackled the machine. Cooper. In his
note to Carmack. said: L am q pri-
vate citizen. yet az soon as the ma
chine II mentioned this private clti-
zen roars out In anger.
The third editorial produced by
the defense appeared on Sunday. No
vember 8. and was entitled Across
the Muddy Chasm.' This editorial
simply repeats the charges that Gov.
Patterson and Gov. Cox had made
against one another and says Col.
Cooper II entitled to credit for bring
Ing the men together.
'All these things had been printed
In other papers and Col Cooper ad-
mitted 1t. Yet he never grew angry
at any other editor-only Carmack.
but we come to the day before
the killing. Col. Cooper wrote some
notes-but the defense does not pro-
duce them. They lose them. There
Is no original but an alleged copy of
copy for your inspection"
Fitzhugh passed to the interview
with ex-Treasurer K. B. Craig and
after further bitterly arraigning Col.
Cooper took up the fourth editorial
entitled The Diplomat of the Zwei-
bund." This editorial credits Col.
Cooper with bringing about the
great coalition" with grating the
dead bough upon the living tree and
making 1t bloom and burgeon with
golden fruit" etc. Capt Fitzhugh ex-
planned the editorial word by word
and said that 1t was humorous and
bantering.
And. gentlemen. this editorial ap-
peared on Monday morning. Novem-
ber 9. and before the sun set that
night the brilliant Edward w. Car
mack had been slain for writing It,"
After ridiculing the conference In
Bradford's ONCE and extolling Miss
Lee a. "a pure. good girl. who gave
up q splendid position rather than
that truth should be trampled upon"
Fitshugh continued:
Senator Carmack was coming I'D
the street totally oblivious of the
danger. When In the act of pay
ing chivalrous homage to a lady he
sees the father. who had threatened
to hill him on sight,, approaching him
from behind woman and the son
circling around to get behind him.
Now. gentlemen. would not you have
felt that your life was In danger? He
hears voice and 1t says: There you
are. sir. We have the drop on you.'
OF course he made a movement to
draw weapon. Who had told him
Col. Cooper had changed his mental
attitude?"
John ID. Sharp next came In for his
share OF Capt. Fitxhugh's brilliant
satire.
Listen to Miss skeffiington. She
says. and her character Is unimpeach-
ed and unimpeachable-sh says
when she asked John Sharp what
that shooting was. Before he turned
around. he said: That is Col. Coop
or shooting Carmack.' Why should
he say that. Because he had knowl-
edge In advance that Col Cooper was
to do at least part Of the shooting.
He was brought along to be a witness
to the killing. to testify for the de-
Tense. and he il as guilty as a prin-
cipal.'
Fitzhugh described Sharp's walk
ing back to the scene Of the crime,
his leaving 1t. and again returning,
and attributed his action to the
strange fascination which draws a |
criminal back to the spot upon which |
the crime was committed In spite of
He next attacked the defense's
theory. He declared that they first
tried to urge justification on the
ground that the editorials were provo
cative of trouble. then abandoned 1t i
and pleaded self-defense.
He attacked the story Robin Coop
er told of the fatal shooting and
claimed 1t was physical impossibili-
ty for the dead senator to have been
standing as Robin says he was, and
then receive two bullets through the
heart and one directly in the centre
of the back of the neck.
s. ID. Binning. since arrested for