The Washington times., 1919-08-30
NAM WHO KILLED
GARMACK missing
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OK the NASHVILLE American, q news.
paper owned largely 81 not entIrels
By ColoRel Cooper. Later. when SEN
ator CaEmack entered politics he hef
the. support 81 Colonel Cooper -
nothing occurred 60 interrupts the
good feeling existing between the
two men until cE-CoYernor TaFIrr
was elected to the Senate 70 succeor
Carmsck, and Malcolm R. Patterson
became governor Of Tennessee.
Carmack became editor 81 the Ten.
nessean. after his retiremcnt frtI1
politics. and attacked unreservedlr thc
policies and plang of the Cooper Pat
tersou faction. and in the subsequent
prohibition campaiHu took sides with
the .'dr1sn On the morning 0f No-
Vember Q there had Appeared N thc
Tennessean an editorial. entitled aI1e
Diplomat of the ZWeibund which
brought on the shooting.
The Coopers. father and son. were
Immediately arrested and place1 ID
prison. Former Sheriff }. ID sharp
was arrested some days later. charred
with being imDlicstsd. The case went
70 trial IN January before JudEe 81
~ Hart, Of the Davidson county cfr-
cult court. Attorney General McCarn
representing the state. with Judge 81.
~. Anderson. Gen. W. u. WashinEton.
Judge Ed Baxter. General Meeks and
others OF the best legal talent 81 the
state afrayed FOR the defense.
TroubIes over ne gurT.
The jury was not completsd unuI
February Is the work q getting the
twelve men together occupying sust
twenty-five days.
Rumors Of the jury having been
tampered with were rife, rumors -
persistent and sinister that on Janu-
ary 20 Judge Hart ordered an investI-
CATION.
There were then just elsven juror1
IN the box, but the result OF the IN
vestigation ordered BY Judge Hart
caused him 20 drop Juror WhitW0rth.
thus reducing the number q ten. ard
It was rot until fifteen days later
that the fun number were in the box.
While the work Of selecting g jury
was going forward. Malcolm p. Fal,
tersen vas, on January u inaugu-
rated governor OF Teunegsee. and. IN
asmuch as there had been numerous
fnsfnuatlons connecting Governor Fat
terson with the CarE1acl< tragedy. b
took & upon himsen IN his l1augural
addres sto challenge his detractors.
All Of which created q great sensatiea.
ConfraaietIons ~ Wltnenea
Following Mrs. Carmaek. who vas
the frst witness. State Trsasurer
Craig testified that be had Ecne -
Senator Carmack on the request ot
Colonel Cooper to see if the former
would not cease his editorial attacks.
The mission proved fruitiess one.
however.
This occurred on Noyember S and
on learning that Senator Caruack qla
not intend TO stop, Colonel scorer
that "could not be misunderstooc-
The next witness was MEs. eastman,
who testified clearly that senator car-
mack had TO all appearances 1een
taken unexDectedly BY the Cooperrs
that Robin Cooper did the shootIn3s
ana that Senator Carmacl< did nos
shoot AZ an, his revolver having te-
come enfanEled IN tie Iining @ nle
oVercoat pocket when he undcf1cqk
70 Jerk Il hastily forth.
Robin Cooper, n his tsstLllcl, -
legged, however. that Senator l'azs
hrsd nrst, wounding him in lfs s1c1..
der. Ex-sheriff sharp corro1cFs
the statement that Carmack ~
first. Colonel Cooper, Ga his te1rll-or.
ny, stated that the note be had 81
frst intended sending @ CaE1l4els -
had abandoned on more E
thought and the advice Of ~ ec
sci, ana that AZ the timo .oe IL lzs
ing he and his son were on tAslE W..
to see the governor, and h4 -
thought nor intent of meetlns 81
less Of seeking. Senator CafmaG
GoVeEnor On TIE sHn8
When he saw CarmaclE, Robln Wn8
anxious to hurry him forWEFd. bn9
thinking that plain tan. might settla
the difficulty, he started across IA
street to speak to CaFmaci<. when,
within a few feet OF the curb, Car
mack stepped out from 5ehind kLrs-
Eastman. drew q revolver, shot AZ
Robin. who fopened IRE with an auto
matte revolver, killing the ex-senator.
Governor Patterson and other Wit-
nesses testified to having endeEVored
to smooth over the difficulty between
the two men, the defense concluding
its testimony on March 3
Some further testimony was intro
duced by the state, and later By the
defense in rebuttal, both sides closing
March 8. The next ten days were
taken up by the speeches Of counsel,
the case finally going to the jury on