The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, November 19, 1908, Image 5
TRAGIC MURDER
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Of Senator parmack In Streets
of Nashville
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BY POLITICAL RIVAL
Ho Is Shot Down in Business Section
of the City by ltobin Cooper,
Whose Father Mr. Carmaek llad
Criticised in Tenncsseean of Which
He Recently IJecanie the Fditor. .
Nashville, Ttotin., N^v f).?As a
seouel to the recent hi* er Democratic
primary for the (Juhernatori il
nomination in Tennesson, the Hon.
LMur.itol H'niwl
uw n iiiw M at u V'tii i! i?i \: \ ? IUI niri
United States Senator from Tennessee,
was shot and insiantlv Pi-led
in a street duel here ihis afternoon
by Robin Cooper, a young attorney.
Young C'.oper was wonr.de.1 in the
shoulder by a bullet from earmark's
rc\o ver and is tonight und >r polite
surveillance in a local hospital. Ilis
condition is not serious. Cannock
was wounded three times, in the
neck, the breast* wild the left shoulder.
'
Col. Duncan Tt. Cooper, father of
the young man, was with 1.is son
during the affray, but did not fire a
shot. It is said he stood by witlf
pistol in hand. He is detained to^
night at polic, headquarters.
The direct cause of the killing is
a recent ries of editorials in the
Tennesseean. a dailv miner of whioh
Mr. Carmaok became editor after his
defeat for the nomination f >r Governor.
The editorials in question had
been vigorous in their comment en
Colonel Cooper and his alleged connection
with what Mr. Carmack
termed the "Democratic machine and
its methods."
Colonel Cooper, who is well known
in business, newspaper and political
circles in Tennessee and in the
South, had, it is said, notified Mr.
Carmack that the reference to him
must cease. Another such editorial
appeared this morning.
The men fought at close quarters
and there were but few witnesses.
It past 4 o'clock, in the dusk of
th? afternoon. They met on 7th
avenue, North, directly in from of
the Polk fiats, a fashionable apartment
house.
Mr. Carmack had just lifted his
?hat to Mrs. Charles H. Eastman, a
-?v Jfrlend, who was passing. In a 1110nC~^?,the
firing began and Mrs. Eastman
was a horrified witness at close
range.
So close was she that one of the
Coopers is said to have charge!
Carmack with being a coward and
hiding behind a woman. Cooper's
friends charged that Carmnck fired
the first shot, but the de#d man's
friends stoutly protest that his opponent
was the first to shoot.
The tragedy created the most In
umihu excitement inrougnout the
city and within a short time the
streets in the neighborhood were
thronged.
The combatants were evidently
close together when the firing began,
but the question of who fired
the first shot is in controversy. Mrs.
Chas. H. Eastman, of this city, and
J. M. Eastman, of New York, were
nearby when the trag iy occurred.
Mr. Eastman's hearing in not good
and ho declared he knew but little
of the affair. Mrs. Eastman said:
Story of llystundcr.
"We were walking down 7th avenue,
in the direction of Church
street, and had just passed the entrance
to the Polk fiaiV Mr. Carmack
came up the street towards
us, smiling as he recognired us. ue
was some steps away and there were
very few pepole on the street. Mr.
Eastman and I were near the edge
of the sidewalk and Mr. Carmack
would have passed between us and
the fence. He raised his hat as we
spoke. He had his right hand up
and was about to make a remark
when somebody said?it was the
older voice?'We've got you all
right,' or something to that effect.
I can't say positively what the exact
words were. It never occurred
to me that it was anything mor?
than a friend speaking. Mr. Carmack
raised his eyes, instantly put
on fiis hat and ran his hand hack,
when the same voice said: 'You
coward, you are hiding behind a
woman, are you? Senator Carmack
jumped out so as to get clear of me
and I jumped into a gateway. I saw
that Mr. Carmack had a pistol. 1
turned and said: 'For God's sake
don't shoot.' I saw Mr. Carmack
wheel and fall in a heap in the gutter."'/
Mrs. Eastmen said she saw the
young man standing over Mr. Carmack
and that he put something into
his own pocket.
Hliot From Itehind.
Dr. McPheters Glasgow, who arrived
at the scene soijp after the
tragedy occurred, said tonight:
"There were three bullets in the
body of Mr. Carmack. One entered
on the left side about two and onehalf
inches below the left nipple
and just a short distance below the
heart and remained a short distance
from the right side, under tho skin
crossing the median line of the an
\
atomy.
"Another bullet enter the lefi
shoulder and lodged about four and
one-half Inches below the right nippie,
under the skin. Both of thesj
wounds were clean ones and I do
uot thinks they were the fatal ?nes.
"The third bullet, which I concoive
to be the fatal one, was in the
neck. The wound was one and on.v
half inches to the left of the median
line and one inch below the hair
line on the neck , posteriorly.
The bullet entered ,the neck and
made an exit from the mouth of the
deceased. The bullet was found ou
the street, under his tongue at the
sxit of the wound. I think this was
the fatal wound. Two teeth were
also broken loose.
"I think there were two bullets
fired from Carinack's gun."
lte.sult of Conspiracy.
Both the Coopers and Senator earmark
have many friends here and
throughout the State. Cooper's
statement is that the affair was
merely a street duel in which both
sides met ami l>oth began firing.
The friends of the Coopers claim
they had tried to avoid a meeting
with Carmack, it is said, and they
were on the way to the State capitol
in response to a telephone message
from Governor Patttrson when the
tragedy occurred and that Senator
Carmack had been warned and was
expecting trouble.
Friends of Senator Carmack
strenuously claim that the killing
was the result of a conspiracy, pure
and simr\i tnat lie was waylaid;
that why enator Carmack left The
iennesse.nl otlico for his hoarding
onso the fact was telephone from a
house near The Tennessean office and
t lio Coopers notified that the senator
was on his way and to be on tin
alert.
It now develops, according to
friends of Mr. Cramack, that there
was a third party with the Coopers
jnst before the shooting, a former
county official who is a close perso ial
friend of both the Coopers and
Patterson. Friends of the dea I
senator indicate that there will be
sensational developments within the
next day or so regarding the affair.
IMPORTANT OKCISION
Of United States Supreme Court on
Mixed Schools.
Washington, Nov. 9.?In deciding
the case of Rerea College versus the
State of Kentucky, favorably to thy
State, the supreme court of the
United States today held that a State
of the union mnv ?inofHnHAnnii?
? ...?j vuuotiiuiiv/iiaii/
legislate to prevent tne co-education
of the white and black races.
The case was instituted to test
the validity of the State law of 1 904,
prohibiting white and black children
from attending the same schools.
The higher State court took the position
that the white and black races
are naturally antagonistic and that
the enforced separation of the children
of the two is in the line of
the preservation of the peace.
The opinion of the supreme court I
was handed down by Judge Brewer
and affirmed the finding of both the
Kentucky circuit court and the cou t
of appeals. Justices Harlan and Day
dissented. Justice Brewer's opinion
dealt entirely with corporations as
affected by the Kentucky statute, and
did not consider the question of Its
applicability to individuals.
IltHY CJKTS THIRTY YKARS.
For Attempting to Assault Young
Lady Near Spartanburg.
Spartanburg, Nov. 11.?John Irb.*,
colored, was convicted in the special
term of court this morning on the
charge of assault with intent to ravish
upon the person of Miss Leila
Dempsey and was sentenced by
Judge Schumpert. to 3 0 years at hard
labor in the State penitentiary.
Irby was carried to Columbia this
afternoon by Deputy Sheriff Becknell,
who was escorted as far as
Laurens by the Traynham Guards,
returning home after spending 2 i
hours in Spartanburg helping the
r\ 1 - 1- 1
jKiiiijMMii VfCHirds Keep LIIw po&CQ &D I
protect the negro I rby from mob
violence.
The trial passed off quietly and
there was no sign of trouble at any
time during the day. Irby was arraigned
at 11:45 and at 1:12 p. in
Judge Schumpert passed sentence
on him.
WOK K OF T1IUOS.
Four Persons Found Unconscious iu
Chattanooga Streets.
I ;
Chattanooga, Tenn., November 8.
TAti rlno laaf n 1 nrV?* ? > ? t -
Ay ui itif) l(?0b illglll AUU1 W HU
had been Assaulted by thugs were
i found unconscious In the streets of
this city. One of the victims, ?
negro, died soon after being found.
B. L. Owens, a white farmer, was
picked up on Pine street, with his
head cut open. When ho regained
i consciousness he said that a negro
had struck him and robbed him of
( $4 0. An unknown young white
I man, well dressed, was picked up
on Whiteside street, and up to a
1 late hour he had not regained con'
sclousness. The last victim was a
> negro woman, who was found with
, a ghastly cut In the centre of her
forehead.
MANY MINERS KILLED
1IY AN EXPI/OSION IN A GKKM IN
MINE.
Only Forty-one Out of Nearly Four
Hundred Workmen Es'upe the
Awful Disaster.
Hamni, Westphalia, Germany,
Nov. 12.?The greatest mine disaster
in many years in Germany occurred
this morning n the Radhod
nine, about three miles from this
place. There was a heavy explosion
in the mine about 4 o'clock this
morning and almost immediately the
mine took tire.
There were 3 80 miners working
undue the ground at the time and
only six esqapetf without injury.
Thirty-five were taken out slightiv
isjurcd and 3 7 were dead when
brought to the mouth of the pit.
The remaining 302 have been given
up for lost.
The explosion, which was unusually
violent, destroyed one of the
shafts, which had to be partly repaired
before the rescue work was begun.
In addition, the flames and
smoak proved almost insurmountable
obstacles in the early efforts of the
rescuing parties.
A special corps, composed of the
men who rendered such valuable aid
in the terrible mine disaster at
f 1nn rriiil'nu I^rn lion in M n '?f
1 DOG, arrived on the scene shortly
before noon, but \sr re unable to
enter the mine, being forced to await
the result of the determined effort
of the firemen to keep the flames
in check.
Meantime heart-rending scenes
were being enacted at the mine when
the dead and wounded were brought
to the surface, and there were similar
scenes in the town where the injured
were transported through the
streets to the hospitals.
At 1 o'clock the fire had made
great headway and later in the
afternoon, after a consultation of the
engineers, It was decided that any
further attempts to rescue the entombed
men were vain, owing to the
impossibility of entering the galleres.
At the same time an order was issued
to flood the mine.
First reports indicated that the
accident was the result of an explosion
of coal dust, hilt the statements
of the injured men render this
improbable and it is not clear just
what caused it.
IIMTTMII i.vn> /vvivr/?v
Barrett Says Planters Can ltostorc
Last Year's Iievel.
Now Orleans, Nov. 11.?That it la
within the power of the planters of
| tho South to bring the price of cotton
hack to last year's levels was the
declaration of President C. S. Barrett,
when he formally opened the
convention of the Farmers' Educational
and Co-operative Union here
today. "And when we succeed in
restoring the price of cotton to the
figures that ruled last year we will
be richer by $ 150,000,000," said Mr.
Barrett, amid the applause of 1,000
or more delegates gathered in the
New Orleans coliseum.
He said that meddlesome newspapers
and busybodies had sought lo
connesct the Farmers' Union with
the night riders. It was illogical and
unjust to accuse members of the
union with the depredations of the
night riders. He said the union was
in existance to gain its ends, but
did not need aad will not invoke
lawless methods.
The union had no sympathy with
the night riders and would take the
initiative to rid the country of them.
Ho said that during this convention
there would come in the counciles
of the union for the first time business
men and representatives of tin;
South's commercial interests and all
would be welcomed, the union viewing
their willingness to co-operate
in this campaign for better priced
cotton as evidence of good faith. It
is expected that by the opening of
tomorrow morning's session there
will bo present at least 1,5 00 delegates.
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An Innocent Bystander is Heriotisly
Shot In Foot.
Newberry, Not. 9.?This town has
had another shooting scrapo. It
took place on the carnival grounds
one aight last week. It seems that
Mr. Mitchell Wright and Mr. Tom
Hurley had some differences, which
resulted in Mr. Hurley striking Mr.
Wright over the hoad with a polleoman's
billy, and Mr. Wrlcht ahnt
at Mr. Hurley three or four times
with a pistol. Fortunately, though,
there was a large crowd on me
grounds, only one stray bullet struck
any of the people who were around,
Mr. Boyd Jacobs being painfully,
though not seriously, wounded In
the foot. One of the shots took effect
is Mr. Hurley's shoulder, Inflicting
a painful wound, and Mr. Wright
has a severe gash on the top of his
head, Inflicted by the billy In the
hands of Mr. Hurley.
Fortune Is sometimes fickle, but
misfortune is always sincere.
A DEATH PUNGE
A Young New York Lawyer Killed
by Terrible Fall.
EVERY BONE BROKEN
The Deceased, Who Whs the Youngest
Son of Henry Wntterson, Pitches
Forward Through a Window to
His Deatli on a Hoof Olio Hundred
and Ten Feet Helow.
New York. Nov. 11.?Hnrvey \V.
Watterson, a lawyer, younger son
of Henry Watterson, editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, plunged
to his death from the 10th floor of
his otllce building at d7 Wall sire i
late today. His body shot dowward
for 110 feet and landed or.
the roof of a 10-story building adjoining.
Almost every bone was
broken, the head was crushed ami
death was practically instantaneous.
While there were no eye-witnesses
to the tragedy, evidently it was en
tirely accidental. Mr. Watterson'?
hat and overcoat were on his closed
desk. Presumably he had attempted
to lower the window, and either
stumbled over the radiator, which
was in front of the low sill, or losing
footing in some manner unknown,
pitched forward and down
to death on the roof below.
Mr. Wattorson was o years olu
and married, lie was junior member
of the law firm of Wing, KusscM
& Watt orson.
Shortly before 4 o'clock Mr. Watterson
left the odlce library, remarking
that he was going home, and
passed from the library through the
olhce of F. R. Ragg, the managing
clerk, into his private oflice, the door
of which, closed and locked automatically
as he entered. Ragg w<
the last person to see the young
lawyer alive.
A few minutes later the superintendent
of the building rushed in and
informed Thomas Wing, senior
member of the firm, that he believed
Mr. Watterson had fallen from
the window and looked down from
the window. The mangled form was
seen lying on the roof below. The
body was removed to the Watterson
home after the coroner had declared
Hint t tin ilnnt h /\t Mr UfottoPUAM ?">
V Viivy \t? (K II \J A ill I *V (H.IVI OVMi >"> cir>
duo entirely to accident.
A peculiar feature of the case was
that Mr. Watterson's watch and
cigarette case in one pocket and a
pipe in another pocket were not
damaged by the fall.
Mrs. Watterson was prostrate 1
when informed of her husband's
tragic death.
Mr. Wing said that Watterson had
been a member of the firm about
three years, two years after he was
graduated from Columbia universit /
law school. He was sure he said,
that death was aceicHntaly, since
Watterson had no financial or domestic
troubles.
Watterson was bora and reared
in I,ouisville, Ky. When about 2 1
years old he came to New York an 1
entered the Columbia university law
school. During the time he was a
student thero he taught in a nigh'
school.
Shortly after becoming a member
of the Wing, Russell & Watterson
law firm he ran for assembly on the
Tammany ticket in an upper westside
district, but th?? district was
strongly Republican and he was defeated.
ROOK K10101 * 10 R CHLOROFORMED.
the Office lie Was In Set on
Fire.
Greenville, Nov. 10.?A most mysterious
thing happened in this city
at half-past 1 1 o'clock last night.
| At that hour fire was discovered in
the office of William Goldsmith, Jr ,
real estate agent in the Palmetto
building on Main street. As the
firemen entered the room a man was
found lying on the floor with his
head wrapped. He was hastily re
moved, and it was found that he was
Mr. T. K. McCullough, Mr. Goldsmith's
bookkeeper.
He says that as lie entered tho
office from a closet about 1 1 o'clock,
some ono threw a rag over his heal
and that was the last he knew until
he came to in the police station.
Tho rag was chloroformed and it
(is very plain that the work was that
of robbers. The flames were extinguished
with a little damage.
Mr. McCullough was down posting
his books, and they were all out on
tho shelves, and the safe was open.
Mr. McCullough's keys were taken
from his pocket, and thus far the
polico have not been able to find
them. The whole case la shrouded
In mystery, but the general opinion
is that robbers had chloroformed Mr.
McCullough. How the flre originated
is a mystery.
Child Cots Life Sentence.
Savannah, Ga., Nov. 10.?Solomon
Rellly, a negro boy of ten, and small
for his years, was today convicted
in the Superior Court of the murd )r
of Mrs. Walter Torrence, at Pooler,
eight miles from Savannah, and
given a life sentence. The boy
killed her with a shot gun while hot
, little children wero by her side.
COTTON CONGRESS
CONVHNKI> AT M KM I'll IS ON LAST
TtKSDAY.
President of Southern Cotton Growers'
Association Makes Strong Pica
for Hotter I'riri'H.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 1 <V?The ^
Southern Cotton conference begun
here today. Gov. M. H. Patterson
welcomed the delegates. The re
spouses were made by 10. S. Gay or
Montgomery and llarvio Jordan of
Atlanta, president of the Southern
Cotton Growers' association. Gov.
Noel of Mississippi also spoke,
llarvio Jordan was made permanent
chairman. In an interview Mr. Jor- 1
dan said the meeting would he the i
most important conference of cotton i
men over held. .
Mr. Jordan said that it was indeed
lilting that it should he assembled 1
in this tite largest interior cotton '
market in the world.
"We have assembled," he rontin- (
ued, "to safeguard and protect the
great staple crop of the South from '
the artificial and depressing influence
of federated interests which operate
to the detriment of every business
interest in this section of America.
Wo face a serious condition ami
whether we will arise equal to the
emergency and protect our interests
as men of brain anil business sagacity
or indifferently accept the situation
and parade before the world
our voluntary weakness, is the issue
which presents itself to this convent
ion."
Mr. Jordan said that raw cotton
is the only great staple commodity
in the world today which is selling
below the cost of production, notwithstanding
the fact that it represents
one of the world's greatest necessities.
"That Mtis great staple should
ever sell at a price to the cotton
growers of less than 10 cents per
pound is a reflection upon the manhood
and intelligence of the South
em people.
"If the cotton growers, bankers,
merchants and allied business interests
of the South will determine that
the price of cotton must, and sha'l
go hack to 10 cents before the month
| of November passes, that price will
j he protected, the financial future of
the South will be saved and not a
spindle in the world will be injured."
Mr. Jordan condemned "night riding"
and urged that the convention
give its attention to the boll weevil
menace. He also recommended the
formation of a chain of warehouses.
wherefrom receipts could be issue 1
which would bo acopted as collateral
for short time loans by the loading
financial institutions in this country
and in Europe.
Bishop CJaynor of the Episcopal
diocese of Tennessee also spoke.
COMMITS SUICIDE
Because Bryan Failed t<? 1m? Elected
President.
Raleigh, Nov. 10.?H. L. Smith,
joint station agent for the Norfolk
and Southern and Raleigh and
Southport railroad, at Varina, twenty
miles from Raleigh, committed suicide
this morning by discharging
both loads of a double-barrel shotgun
into his head. He had a string
attached to the trigger to shoot.
He left a note that he was perfectly
sane, had contemplated suicide
for some time but could not bring
himself to the point until now.
it is reported that he was despondent
over Bryan's defeat. H?* was
23 years old. He had been at the
station eight months.
TWO KILLED LV WRECK.
Work Train on New England Road
Collides Willi Freight.
Deep River, Conn, Nov. 10.-Two
men were killed out l ight, two
others fatally injured and a haif
dozen severely hurt when a worn
train, with Italian section hands,
aboard, crashed into tho roar of a
freight train standing on tlie main
track of tHo Now York, Now Haven
and Hartford Railroad in front of
the station here this afternoon.
There were twenty-eight Itlaians on
the work train and all suffered injuries.
The dead are x rank A. Furlong,
of New I^ondon, a hrakeman, and
one of tiic Italian section hands.
NEGRO BOY FOUND DEAD.
Ghastly Find .Made in Greenwood Oil
Mill Seed Warehouse.
Greenwood, Nor. 10.?Special:
Arthur Warner, a young negro boy,
was found dead yesterday in the
big seed warehouse of the Greenwood
Oil Mills here. His neck was broken
by the fall, though foul play Is not j
BMspecien. uatner it is thought that
his neck was broken by a fall, which
ho evidently had while crawling
in the house hunting a place to
sleep. He fell into a deep seed plr,
and this was probably the cause of
his broken neck. He was seen
around the oil mill at midnight Saturday
nigh*.
WHITE SLAVERY
Three Thousand Men Held in
Bondage in Florida.
CASE BEING TRIED
before Judge Hough in New York
Tli<> Covertuiieiit ('harm's That thn
Men Wore to lluihl KIukirc's
Hallway?Fniploymeiit
Tell Horrible Story of the AlTuir.
New York, Nov. 1 0. ?'The eases of
illegcd peonage in building Homy
M. Flagler's Florida Ka.-t Coast rail
oad which have been pending in the
I nile<| States courts of this district
Tor nearly two y nrs, were put on
rial today before Judge Hough in
he United States circuit court.
David 10. Ilarley, an employe of
the Florida Fast Coast railway Company;
Francesco Kahhin and 10 lwar I
J. Triay, employnient agents of this
city, and Frank A. Hough, are accused
of conspiring to keep mployeo
in enforced peonage. Hough had not
been arrested before the opening of
tli ease today.
It is charged that Sabbia and Trinv
hired men in New York, too:c
them to New Jersey and turned them
over to Ilarley and that he took
them to Florida to work on the railroad.
The complainant alleged th .t
(lie workmen were kept there in
camps in a state of "peonage, slavery
nii(1 enforced servitude.
It was learned that the government
lias nearly It 00 witnesses,
many of whom, it is alleged, wcm
induced to go to Florida by inlsrep
resentation.
After the selection and swearing
in of t lie jury, counsel for t lie government
declared that 3,000 men in
100.") had hern enforced to work on
Mr. Flagler's railroad. "Thes?J
men," he asserted, "were held In
slavery."
I'roscnitiiiiis Out lined.
Attorney General Glenn 10. listed
outlined the prosecutions case, contending
the men had been induced
by alluring advertisements to apply
for employment in the South.
Everything went well, the attornnj
said, until the men reached .horsey
City, whore they were put aboard
a train, the doors being locked on
them and armed guards set over
them prevoift their escape.
Throughout t h long journey they
were given nothing hut stale broad
and bologna sausage and when they
reached the land end of the journey
many rebelled and refused to leave
the train, hut a hose had been turned
on them, and in tnis manner the
entire consignment of human freight
had been driven uhoard a waiting
steamer.
When the ultimate destination
was reached, said Mr. listed, the ^
men found that the paradise that
had been promised them was a barren
wilderness, overrun with ren
tiles and venomous snakes, where
no place to sleep had been provided
for them. Their "high wages," the
prosecutor declared, were slips of
paper exchangeable at the Company'*
stores for shoes and clothing and
food. Tne escape that many sought
was impossible. Some of the men
refused to work. These, Mr. Uste I
said, wore threatened with death
and brutally beaten.
IWTKICK WANTS TO DIK.
Slayer of II ice Didn't Like Coin in utat
ion of Sentence.
New York, November 8.? To argue
before the United State Supreme
Court a motion to advance the
appeal to that Court in the case of
Albert T. Patrick, convicted of tho
murder of William Marsh Dice in
this city eight years ago, William L.
McDonald, attorney for Patrick, leD
tonight for Washington.
The motion is expected to come
up before the Supreme Court tomorrow
when Patricks counsel says
he will further ask the Suprme Court
for a writ of habeas corpus for the
production of Patrick in Washington
in order that he may argue hi*
case himself.
Patrick's appeal is to declare 11
iegai mo commutation granted him
by Governor Higgles whereby his
sentence to die in the electric chair
was changed to imprisonment for
life. Patrick made the point that
life imprisonment was a much severer
sentence than that which condemned
him to die.
Sliot Young Man.
Troy, Ala., >J<ov. 9.? News was
received here today of the serious
wounding of W. W. White, near
1 Hanks, yesterday evening by Mr.
Wadley, a fanner. White eloped
with Miss Maud Wadley yesterday.
I tho nAlH.lt> ?
v/v#u|/io uuuiiuk 10 t roy to securo
a license ami marry. After the ceremony
the couple started home and
wore met on the road by the father
of the girl. who emptied the contents
of a shotgun into the bridegroom.
White will recover.
A woman will do a lot of cheeky
things to improve her complexion.