The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-09-08

from Memphis around 0 o'clock. Did
the man who came for Mr.. Cooper ex-
pect to have him met someone who
might be coming In on that train. ana
who might possibly drive out the Hard
ing road?
There was also train due In from
Louisville at 9:l5 pm. That train was
late and did not get into the city
Thursday night, Aug. 2, until 10:43 pm.
officers claim that Robin Cooper's
car was in Belle Meade park at IL
o'clock at the point where 1t was found.
May BE TWO Persons.
Certain statements have been made
that lead the officers to believe that
perhaps two men were implicated in
the crime. Whether the man who was
in the car murdered Mr.. Cooper and
the man who was to meet them was
forced to become party to the crime,
remains to be determined when the
case is finally unraveled and the per-
petrator brought to justice.
The statement that lends itself to this
theory, however. Is that of a negro man
who had left his horse tied in Belle
Meade park. and came out from Nash
vile on a street car. This negro claims
that when he got off the car and united
his horse and started for home, which
was out the Harding road to the west,
he saw two men. He said one was
that they were near the stone wall. and
that an automobile was standing on tho
opposite side of the road just off the
bridge across the creek. Later the
negro claims to have seen man leave
the car and join the other man in
long roadster on the Harding road. and
claims to have seen the car start off
toward Nashville.
Business" Methods.
There are many who cling to the
bootlegger theory. 1t is pointed out
that perhaps the agreed price for the
goods had been raised above that at
which delivery may have been prom
ised Gf the theory be correct1, and
that the statement: You could nave
had more if you had asked for It" at
tributed to Mr.. Cooper, may have borne
upon such a transaction.
Persons who are more or less familiar
with transactions with bootleggers are
said to have given out the information
that the business methods of these
blockade runners are very questionable
that if man should pull out a bill
which is of larger denomination than
the amount at which the liquor 10
promised, they do not hesitate to
snatch the money and burn the wind"
1t is also claimed that it is not in
frequently the case that substitute
packages are delivered. or that vinegar.
and even water have been known h.
substitutes
Those who claim to know Robin
Cooper claim that the man who
tried trick of that sort would have
Teen called. Assuming that a liquor
transaction was the basis of a fxht
which resulted in Mr.. Coopers death,
and that bootlegger committed the
crime. this theory is strengthened by
the character of wounds inflicted.
Whether or not the discovery of the
murderer or murderers will uphold this
theory, there are some VINO make the
point that the man who committed the
crime was of n very low order of in
telligence. brute in fact, or else he
was lncensed for the moment and de-
sired that the job be made absolutely
sure.
There seems to be a division of opin-
ion upon the theory of robbery as
motive. Many hold to the belief that
the pocketbook and the pockets TUNED
Wrongslde-out were ,merelv to
strengthen the robbery theory. This is
strengthened by the fact that the only
pocket in Mr.. Coopers trousers which
was not turned wrong side out con-
tanned money. True, only small
nmount-$1.95 in silver and seven cop
pers We're in it--but II robbery had
been the motive, why did the robbers
overlook this pocket?