The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-02-20
SHE TELLS HOW
CARMACK DIED
Woman Describes Shooting
Of Former Senator.
CALLS 1T BRUTAL MURDER

Declares She Said TO Colonel Cooper
That He Had Taken Advantage Of
Her Presence TO XIII Man and
That She Would Rather Be the Dead
Man In the Gutter Than the Man
Who With Son and Friend Is on
Trial For His Life.
Filled with dramatic incidents and
marked by scenes that bordered on the
sensational. was the first day of the
actual trial OF the Cooper-Sharp case,
at Nashville. Tenn Whether Colonel
Duncan b. Cooper. Robin j. Cooper
and John Sharp killed former Sena-
tor u. w. Carmack I'm self-defense or
as q result OF a conspiracy is the issue
The state called Mrs. Carmack as It's
fret witness. She was almost carried
to the witness stand. a raised platform.
by her kinsman, Frank Lander. who
succeeded her husband as editor OF the
Tennesseean.
A few questions were asked her, but
she became hysterical and was ex-
cused.
Held Pistol by Barrel.
Mrs. Charles II. Eastman. who was
speaking with Senator Carmack when
be was killed. was called.
Senator Carmack came swinging
along" said she His eyes lighted up
with pleasant look and we both stop
ped He raised his hat and was look
ing into my eyes in a listening atti-
tude. I had begun a sentence when
from behind me came a voice saying:
"'Well, here you are. We have tho
drop on you now
did you see any one?"
mo, sir The voice came from be-
hind and very near to me-"
what did you do?"
Nothing. ! saw Mr. Carmack with
his hat still raised look over my shout
der with a look OF surprised inquiry.
AS he did so he put his hand back into
his pocket and drew slowly pistol. II
seemed TO catch. put my hands TO my
face Then the voice began behind me
and II said:
"'You cowardly scoundrel, hiding be-
hind woman's skirts. are you? Get
out you bastard
when | saw the revolver ] jumped
70 one side and turned. The revolver
in the senator's hands was upside
down That Is. he held II by the bar
rel
Denounced Colonel Cooper.
II put up both my hands" she said.
"and jumped back. heard the shot
and turned. thought recognized
DR.. White as the man with the
revolver and screamed: My God, doc
tor, don't shoot. please don't | then
recognized that II was Colonel Cooper.
Then ! sprang against the fence and
saw young Cooper and heard two other
shcts fred SO rapidly that thought
they were simultaneous.
Young Cooper was standing near
me, his arm extended as though In the
act OF firing n pistol. Senator Carmack
was lying in the gutter In a pool Of
blood and turned and denounced Col
onel Cooper"
what did you say?"
Il Saiu ne was DTuthl muTueIeT ;
that he had taken advantage Of my
presence TO kill man without giving
him the chance OF a dog; that I'D
rather be the dead man In the gutter
than to be him"
The Cooper jurors are: E. NJ
Burke. carpenter. forty-seven years
old; Robert Mcpherson, farmer, forty.
nine; G.. A. Lane, farmer. flfty-two;
w. A. Adcock, farmer twenty-eight;
Casper Schnupp. farmer. forty-one
]. II. Vaughn, farmer, forty-nine; s.
NJ. Hyde, farmer. fifty-fve; Gus Knip-
fer farmer. forty-seven; r. o. Bier.
man, real estate dealer. forty-two; j.
A. Woodruff. farmer. fifty-five; Jacob
Frutiger farmer. forty-nine; William
Howe farmer fftv-0va