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MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 100 S
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THE STORY Of THE
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Details cf the Killing of fx-Seralcr Carmack because he had
wrilten articles that displeased his enemies.
liecause he dared to oppose the
might of the saloons in Tennes
see, Edward Ward Carmaek Ii.
old in death, and three gasping
wounds cry out for vengeance on
his murderers, Col. Duncan I'.
Cooper and his son, Robin Coop
er. The killing was murder - Cold
blooded, deliberate, premeditated
with every detail planned before
hand; murder, without justifica
tion; a da-Manll crime without a
parallel in the annals of the Slat".
S-'n;.!or Cann ick was walking
north o:i Seventh avenue, just in j
front of the p,;!k Hats, and was j
speaking to Mrs. Charles If. East-1
mn when his murderers bailed !
him, and in almo.a an insnt he j
had been stricken to iliy .street,
wi h three assassin's bullets ir.
his body.
Senator Carmaek had been
warned that Colonel Cooper and
his son had announced their in
tention to shoot him on sight, and
on Saturday night, against his
own wishes, lie had been prevai'
d upon by members of the Ten
nesseean staff to carry a pistol
for his own protection. Although
the first shot that struck hini wa
i ii it
a mortal wound, ne was anie
to draw his revolver and fire cne 1
f h"t? it taking effect in young I
-flieting a slight wound.
WOULD NOT TALK.
At the police station last night
Colonel Cooper, after a confer
ence with J. C. Bradford and K.
T. McConico, his attorneys, that
lasted several hours, said: "I
have nothing to say to-night,
At the hospital Robin Cooper i
rofimn.l in bpp a renresentntivp
t .u TnaMM, WflitUr Af i
Via PTvni'j Vine VPT (on flVilp
to think up any justification for j
the act that will stand before the
law of God and man, and they
are dumb as to the causes of the
murder or the part they took in i r a ,,ll,e.w7
it. They have no exolanation to UP the hlll-T w,th h'3 arm ra,f d
offer of thoir standing on the cor-! However, I don t kno w whether
ner of Union street and Seventh
avenue, and waiting for their
victim; of their deliberate attack
against humanity and civiliza
tion. The actual shooting was done
by young Cooper, but Colonel
Cooper was present with a revol-
ver, and it wa? he that spoke to j
Senator Carmaek, saying: "Now 1
we've got you all right, sir; we've !
got the drop on you," and in the (
eyes of heaven as well as under
the law, the murder was the
joint act of the two Coopers,
young and old.
Not. content with ending Sen-
ator Carmick's life with murder-1
ers' bullets, hisj enemies tried to
blacken his fair name by circula
ting the report last night that he
had tried to shield himself by
Mrs. Eastman. Mrs. Eastman
indignantly denied this statement
and says at the first sound of
Colonel Cooper' voice Mr. Car
mack sprang far out across the
pavement to get clear of her.
EYE-WITNESSes.
There were a number of eye
witnesses to the tragedy but the
one who was nearest the scene
and was the moat directly con
cerned waa Mrs. Charles H. East
man. Mrs. Eastman was of
course very much wrought up by
the dreadful happenings to which
.she was a witnesa and her state-
jasnt of tas ease was gives with
A DISTINGUISHED HAN.
great feeling. She said:
"I was walking down Seventh
avenue with my cousin, Mr. J.
M. Eastman, of New York, and
when we were just .south of the
entrance to the I 'oik Hats, we
met. Senator Carmaek coming up
the street toward us. He was
smiling as lie recognized me some
steps before he could speak to me.
We were walking on the outside
of Uie pavement, and he would
have pas-ed between us and the
fel.ee.
(;,,T I)!:'!' 0N I"M.
"JuM as he nut right "P t" me
and im mediately in front of me.
be rai-,i d lis hat and said. 'How
do you do, Mrs. Eastman?' I
o!u to bun and was about to
make a remark to him as he stood
with his hat raised, smiling down
at me, when an old voice (you
can tell an old voice fromayoung
one) behind me said: We've got
you all right, sir; we've got the
drop on you,' I am riot sure that
these were the ex let words, but
they are the same in substance.
"Senator Carmaek raised his
eye ami looked past me, and in
stantly he flinched, put his hat
back on his head reached behind
him and sprang toward the out
bid'? of the pavement to get clear
toe same voice saut: luutu
tardly coward, you are hiding be
hind a woman, are .you?'
As he sprang aMdel saw the
butt of his pistol. And then I
became frightened and did the
thing I shall always reproach my
self for. IplteSd of trying to
stoP Colonel Cooper. I took about
iw j steps mio me gate 01 ineoiu
Shanklin house,
I ought to have
turned around and run to Colonel
Gxlr. I might have stopped
him.
"When I got in the gateway I
turned around and saw Colonel
n ..i ) - i.'ni.
he had a pistol or not. 1 am not
positive on that point. While the
older man stood still the younger
man came very close to Mr. Car
mack. WATCHING OLDER MAN.
"I was watching the older man
and I called .out to him:
God's sake, Dr. White,
"For
don't
shoot, don't shoot, don't shoot.'
I thought he was Dr. White then,
I didn't associate the voung man
with what was happening, but I
saw him at the same time that I
was watching Colonel Cooper.
"As I turned and looked back
from the gateway I saw Mr. Car-
mack fall out into the street,
lurching sideways pa-t the tele
phone pole. As he fell he clutch
ed at the pole, but I think he
must have been already dead, be
cause his arm slipped away and
he fell on into the gutter.
"Meanwhile I had seen Robin
Cooper come up the pole and look
down at the man in the gutter.
He turned and walked back a
little way and then went back up
to the pole. His father came to
him and put his arm around him
and said something to him. Rob
in looked faint, and they walked
down the street I don't know
where they went. '.
"Mr. Eastman, who was with
me, is deaf and is unable to see
well, so that tha whole event
looked like a pantotaims to him.
When I recovered from my cow
ardice and started back toward
Colonel Cooper, my cousin thought
that I was hysterical and held
me. He saw the un in Robin
Cooper's hands.
AFTER HE FELL.
"I heard three shots, one de
tached and the other two close
together and muffled. I never
saw Senator Carmaek fbe, and
if he did so it must have been as
he fell. I saw Senator Carmack's
pistol fall beside him. Senator
Carmaek never made a sound.
"I denounced Colonel Cooper.
I don't know all that I said 10
him, but I cried out to him that
I would a thousand tirms rather
be the dead man in the gutter
than to b" him after such a deed.
I don't know how 1 o n y; I
will remember the seene; but 1
think it will be with me to tl,
day of my death. I hope n t.
"I wish I had been anywhere
else but there. I feel that, if I
had tV;t been there he world v"ivo
had a rhamo for his life, lie
was looking at me arid speaking
to me when they, attacked l.lry
and if I had not been tailing so
that they caught him by surprise,
he might have had a chance to
fight for his life.
"I knew both Mr. Curiae!;
and Colonel Cooper very plea;
antly sx rally and wa; riot enough
of a partisan in politics to tak.j
sides between them, but I never
saw anything so dastardly as the
murder of Mr. Carmaek."
Colonel Cooper and his sen
mur(rod Senator Carmaek be
cause of references to Colonel
Cooper in the news and editorhd
columns of the Tennessean. On
U'.'.'O ... til
The Tennesson office and war
arn-
ed Senator Carmaek that Colonel
Cooper was threatening to kill
him. Senator Carmaek did not
take threats seriously, and his
informant went to other mem
bers of the Tennessean staff and
urged upon them the necessity
of inducing Senator Carmaek to
carry a weapon in sjt-defense.
MADE THREAT
On Sunday night a mutual
frier.d of Colonel Cooper and Sen-,
ator Carmaek came to the Tenn
essean office and warned Mr. Car
mack that Colonel Cooper had
stated that if his name appeared
in the columns of The Tennessean
again he would shoot him on
sight.
Senator Carmaek spce of the
matter to other members of The
Tennessean staff and stated that
he was going to write an editor
ial on the subject of Colonel Coop
er since the Patterson machine
would publish it all over the
State in forty-eight hours that
he had shown the white feather
if he failed to do so.
However, at the earnest solici-
! tation of the members of the staff
he was finally prevailed on to
carry a pistol, and a small 32-cal-ibre
revolver was secured. Four
cartridges were placed in this,
the chamber under the hammer
being left empty to prevent acci
dental discharge.
Yesterday morning the editor
ial appeared in Th Tennessean,
and all day long warnings came
to Senator Carmaek that Colo'hel
Cooper was going to kilf hira on
sight.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Lucius
Burch, a daughter of Colonel,
Cooper, called up Dr. J. A. With
erspoon, a close friend of Sena
tor Carmack's and told him that
her father and brother had left
home swearing to kill Senator
Carmaek on sight
Senator Carmaek had heard
the reports, but did not seriously
consider them. Before leaving
Tht Tennessean office, not half
an hour before the assassin sent
the fatal bullets crashing through
him, he expressed the opinion
that there had not been sufficient
provocation to cause any man to
take human life. Little did he
know the fiendish malignity of
the chief member of the cabinet
of the saloon forces of Tennessee
He left The Tennessean office
to, go to hi:? rooms at 4 M, Seventh
avenue, north, shortly after 4
o'clock; and as he was walking
Seventh avenue he met his
i''. ath, as described by Mrs. East
man. laid i Wait.
That the Coopers were laying
in wait for S-uiator Carmaek is
indicated by the statement of
Carey A. l'o!k, who missed being
an eye witness to the killing by
a very narrow margin. He saw
the ('copers standing on the
snutlieisl. corner of Union street
and Scwnih avenue less than a
minute before they crossed over
the street. Triers was another
man with the Coopers when he
saw them.
"I was on my way to the Car
r;egir library and was walking
west on the north side of Union
street." said Mr. I'olk. "I saw
Col. Cooper a few steps from the
corner of the south side of Union
street, speaking to two men, who
wore standing right o:i the cor
ner. I, of course, thought noth
ing of it and passed on. I h.d
got just out of sight behind the
Polk flats, when I heard three
shots and ran back the scene of
the killiiig.
The Coopers came up U.iion
street to the scene of the tragedy, I
(ning from the heart of the!
anf two other women, f n addi
tion to these witnesses at the top
of the hill, there were two ladies
further down toward Church
street that sagy.ll or part of the
tragedy.
?.lrs. S. K. Kilvington was sit
ting iu a carr iage in front of Dr.
R. E. Fort's infirmary, at which
her husband is a patient. She
did not notice Senator Carnuck
pass up the street, and her atten
tion was not attracted to the up
per part of the street until she
heard the shots. She saw young
Cooper raise his hand above his
head and lean on his elbow a
gainst the post, after Senator
Carmaek fell, and then saw the
two men come down the street
together towards the infirmary.
REACHED HIM FIRST.
Mrs. Ellen Morgan, who keeps
a boarding house at 214 Seventh
avenue, north, diagonally across
the street.from where the shoot
ing occurred, was standing in
her door when she saw Serfator
Carmaek pass. She knows him
very well. While she was look
ing in another direction she heard
three shots in very rapid suc
cession, and she believes they
were from the same gun. She
walked in that direction and saw
Senator Carmaek falling. She
was the first to reach his pros
trate form, and called Dr. Rich
ard Drake to assist in taking up
the body. Immediately after the
shots she saw the men walking
away.
A colored woman from Louis
ville was standing , near the cor
ner of Seventh avenue and Union
street, and she saw part of the j
tragedy, but her attention was
not attracted until the shooting '
began. "
After the shooting the Coopers
walked south on Seventh avenue
to Dr. Fort's infirmary, where a
casual examination was made of
young Cooper's wound. It was
found that the ball had lodged in
the right shoulder, near the col
Cootioued to pag 8. ;
Proclamation By Tha Covarnar.
Another year has come and
gone, bringing its sorrows and
its joys, its reverses and its pros
perity; but, if a true account is
taken, we will find our mercies
largely exceed our ills; and, there
fore, we have much for which to
be thankful.
It is a beautiful custom for the
President of the United States
and the Governors of the various
States once a year to is u a
Thanksgiving Proclamation ask
ing the people "to forget r ot all
their benefits," but to praise the
Lord, "who crowneth us with
loving kindness and tender ,.Vr
cies." and "sr.tisfieth our mouths
w ith good things."
This Thanksgiving Day, set a
part from all others, is no mean
ingless observance; neither should
it be regarded simply as a day of
pleasure or rest from ordir.r.ry
labor, but as a day above all days,
on which we can and should ex
press gratitude to our Master for
undeserved blessings, both to us
individually and as a State and
Nation.
We have, indeed, much for
which to be thankful. During
the year no entangling relations
with foreign powers have threat
ened the country with danger or
marred our peace and happiness.
As a State; no pestilence, fam
ine, earthquake or other dire evil,
s ve ruins and floods in certain
sections, have virited our people;
but, with this one named excep
tion, our crops have been abun
dant, bringing fair prices, and,
in spite of a panic, producing dis
tress in other States, our State
t") a great extent has been en-
.v...-r-,Ajii ..
.nei.urruR p
happy and 1 ..
Not a single instance cf mob
violence has occurred during the
entire year, but all haveacquies
ed in and obeyed the law, thus
upholding the dignity and majes
ty of the State.
Tremendous progress has been
made along all lines of industry
and thrift. The State is out of
debt and so prosperous and ag
gressive in business activity that
its name and fame have extended
even unto "Earth's remotest
bounds."
Educationally we have made
greater advancement than ever
before, and are spending in the
education of our youth as large
a p-r cent., according to the val
ue of our property, as any State
in the Union, thus giving every
boy and girl a chance for a liber
al and sufficient education.
Morally virtue is overcoming
vice; wrong giving way to right:
soberness taking the place of in-
temperance, and the youth of our
State being taught higher ideals
and given nobler aspirations en-
har.cing the value of true man
hood and advancing the cause of
a high civilization.
For these and many other bles
ings and benefits, in orderto give
all an apportunity to express their
heart's gratitude to a Triune God,
I, R. B. Gtenn, Governor of the
State of North Carolina, do unite,
with the President of the
United States in proclaiming
Thursday, the 26th dxy vf Novem
ber 1 90S,
ICO PIGS.
One hundred fine
Her before they are picked over.
JOHN A. YOUNG,
Greensboro, N. C.
as a day of general thanksgiving
and prayer.
On this day I hereby order all
public offices to be closed and all
business therein to cease, and
most earnestly ask all business
concerns, private and corporate,
as far as practicable, to join with
me in my efforts to make this day
truly one of rejoicing and thanks
giving by closing their establish
ments and giving a general holi
day to their employees.
I also request that all good peo
ple assemble in their usual places
of worship at 11 o'clock to return
thanks to God for all His good
ness and to consecrate themselv
es afresh to lives of truth and
usefulness, as well their vows
of fidelity and love to their State,
Country and God.
On this day let U3 not forget
the widow, the orphan and all
other helpless and needy persons,
but give to tiie. n of our subsLaaeo
as God has propored us.
And let us do nothing, as good
citizens, to mar the joy, peace
and sanctity of this Thanksgiving
Day.
In Witness Whereof, I hive
hereunto set my hand and caused
the Great Seal of the State to be
affixed.
Done in our City of Raleigh
this the eleventh day cf Novem
ber, 1903, and in the one hundred
and thirty-third year of our Amer
ican Independence.
R. 13. Glenn,
A. II. Arrington
Private Secretary.
Capt. Swift Calloway Cone,
Kinston dispatch. Nov. 13: A
telephone message from Snow
mil this atternoon reportcdih
Heath iras rot. uiie'xp.ctenC " Cap
tain Galloway was about 70 years
of age and was prominent in eas
tern North Carolina. He served
several terms as solicitor, occu
pying a number of positions of
trust, and was Representative
from Greene county in last Leg
islature. Rev. J. H. Griffith rec
tor of St. Mary's Episcopal church
at Kinston, went to Snow Hill
this afternoon and will conduct
the funeral services tomorrow af
ternoon. Captain Galloway is survived
by two children, his wife having
been dead a number of years.
HE BANKED ON JOB.
Sad Cjsa ol Rockingham Candidate
Wha Cot Left in Count.
It is stated on authority of a
local warehouseman that a demo
cratic candidate for an office in
Rockingham county was so con
fident of election that he leased
: his farm, rented a house in Went-
worth, sowed rye, and packed
his householdgoods preparatory
to moving. He awoke the morn
ing after election to find that he
was defeated, and he probably
agrees with Al Fairbrotherthat it
is pretty safe to politics and raise
chickens on paper, but poor busi
ness when taken seriously. The
case of the Rockingham gentle
man surely hasn't a parallel in
the history of political uncertain
ties. m , m. '
PWsent, rure, aT, Safe little liver
Pills, urf DeWitt's Little Early Riser.
Sold by J. H. Gwyn. . ,
pigs on' hand. ,
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