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liia I. fc.-* $ -ft TWICE-A-WEEK PLAIN DEALER FRIDAY, MARCH 26, iy09. BY MEAD PUBLISHING CO. Off cial Paper or (ily and County J-P'Oh Each Is Given 20 Years by Carmack Murder Jury. ARE RELEASED ON BONDS Counsel for Colonel'and Son Robin De clare Mistrial Has Taken Place and Arguments Are to Be Heard Later —Ball Is $25,000. -f ai/s£ Nashville, Tenn., Mar. 22.—Guilty o! murder in the second degree, with 20 years' imprisonment as the penalty, was the verdict of the Jury Saturday in the case against Col. Duncan B. Coop er and his son, Robin Cooper, charged with the murder of former United States Senator E. W. Carmack. The jury yesterday acquitted John B. Sharp, a co-defendant. Immediately the defense moved to set aside the verdict because of the verdict of disa gieement and asked the court to de clare it a mistrial. Released on $25,000 [Bonds. Judge Hart said he would listen to arguments on this motion later. He then fixed the defendants' bonds .at $25,000 each, which amount was ac ceptable to both sides. The verdict, coming as It did upon the heels of Foreman Burk's declaration yesterday, "that we are hopelessly tied up as to the Coopers," was a decided surprise. Defendant* Take It Cooly. The defendants toojc It coolly—al most without emotion. Mrs. Burch and Mrs. Nelson, the young daughters of Col. Cooper, were brave and aside from tearful eyes, restrained their emotion gamely. Mrs. Burch sat with her arm around her brother Robin's shoulder and Mrs. Wilson was at hier father's right. The suspense for the two young women had been heart rending and any verdict, however un favorable, was a relief. •':rx Jurors Are Tired Out. After a vigil of several days the jur ors were tired looking and disheveled when they came into court They showed the effects of several days of arguing and the foreman gave vent to a sigh of relief when be had spoken the words which sealed the doom of the Coopers. The veniremen were then dismissed and told to go to their hpmes after being thanked by the Judge. p'i/T Sharp Is Acquitted. «'The verdict in the Coopers' end of the .trial came after John Sharp, the 90-defendant, had been acquitted. Judge Hart had called the Jury from their room and asked them if they y- bad arrived at a verdict. They told sthe judge that they had acquitted John Sharp, but could arrive at no decision qn the Coopers, being "hopelessly tied,'' as the foreman remarked. Then Judge Hart told John Sharp that he was free, and had the clerk enter that part of the verdict in the records. He then sent the veniremen 7 back, to further consider on the Coop ers, which they did, remaining in their compartment all night. Juror Tells of Fight. The Jurors were not Inclined to talk1 but one of them said: "On the first ballot we acquitted John Sharp and disregarded the con spiracy theory. On this same ballot we stood six for guilty of murder in the flrBt degree with mitigating cir cumstances,'five for murder in thesec ond degree, with 20 years, the max imum penalty, and one for acquittal. The ballots all day Wednesday and Thursday showed the same result. Jurors Disagree Again. "Yesterday, the man who voted for acquittal went over to murder In the second, but demanded that only ten ytars be assessed. The rest of us «lld not deem ten years. as anything like, adequate, so we disagreed again. Of course, all this refers to the Coop-t ers, not Sharp, whom we had ac quitted. "Early this morning the man who .,fas holding out for acquittal gave In." Jury Enter* Court. The twelve men entered the room and' took the same seats they have occupied for nearly nine weeks. ."Have you agreed upon a verdict, gentlemen?" said Judge Hart. "We have," replied Foreman E. M. Burke, hoarsely^ "Advance, Mr. Foreman, and read the verdict." We, the Jury, find the defendants, Duncan B. Cooper and Robin J. Cooper, guilty of murder in the second degree and assess their punishment at confinement in the state penitentiary for a period of 20 years." "So say you all, "gentlemen?" "So say we all," in chorus. "I thank you, gentlemen," said the court, "for your patience and devotion to the state and dismiss you to your homes and to your personal .avocations." ,, Move for Mistrial. In a seconf Judge Anderson of the defense was'on his feet exclaiming: "Your honor, we move the case be de clared a mistrial because of the^ Sharp verdict We contend that that verdict was the only one, and that it acquitted John Sharp but declared a disagree ment on the other defendants. We also ask that the defendants be admitted to feond at once." Tlte verdict of the Jury makes it a bailable case," was the court's retort. "Hence I will fix the bond of each de fendant at $25,000 unless there be some -objection." Most Remarkable Case. The Cooper-Sharp trial was one of the most remarkable murder cases in the history of the south not only be cause of the prominence of the prin cipals In the tragedy, but because of the reasons that led to the killing. Col. Cooper, a former officer in the confederate army under Forrest and a man very prominent in Democratic state politics, once lived at Columbia, Tenn. in that town also resided Ed ward Ward Carmack, a- young lawyer who also did some newspaper work. Cooper bought the Nashville Ameri can ana induced Carmack to come to Nashville as its editor. Whether the men ever were in thor ough accord is a disputed point. Car mack's friends say not. Col. Cooper swore on the stand that they were close friends until Gov. Taylor opposed Carmbck for re-election to the senate. Political Fight Long and Bitter. This fight was long and bitter! A feature of It was a series of Joint de bates and Carmack lost. Col. Cooper supported Taylor, but Robin, the son who killed the senator, supported the latter. Malcolm R. Patterson was governor of the state at the time, of the Car mack-Taylor fight, and he announced his candidacy for re-election. -Car mack, Just beaten for the senate, was urged into the race for governor against Patterson. This was last June, and the fight be tween the men for \he Democratic nomination was the most spectacular ever seen in Tennessee. Again, Joint debates were arranged and again the feeling between the factions grew very bitter. ROOSEVELT FAMILY REUNjON. Ex-President and Kin Attend Fete at Oyster Bay, N. Y. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Mar. 22.—There was a family reunion at Sagamore Hill Sunday of the Roosevelt tamily. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., attended with Archie Roosevelt, his brother, who has beep attending school at, Groton, Mass. Mrs. Nicholas Long worth, with Quen tln Roosevelt, who is receiving his early, education In a school at Alexan dria, Va., were also present. As one of the incidents preliminary to his departure for his African hunt ing trip, ex-President Roosevelt found himself a witness In the library of his home in Sagamore Hill Saturday In a suit at law whlcli was brought against a New York magazine by a photographer. Mr. Roosevelt was served with a supreme court subpoena at a reception tendered him by his .townspeople asking for his deposi tion In the suit brought by a photog rapher for $5,000 against the Town Topics Publishing Company, which published three of Mr. Roosevelt's photographs in the book "Fads and Fancies." DYNAMITE IMOGENE, IA., BANK. Safe Blower* Take All Cash on Hand 1 and Escape. Des Moines, la.. Mar. 22.—Safe blow ers dynamited the safe of the First National Bank of Imogene, Page coun ty, Saturday and took all of the cash on hand. Section hands on their way to work discovered that the bank had been robbed and reported the same to the oncers. Several thousand dollars are reported to have been taken. Enid, Okla., Mar. 22.—Robbers dy namited the safe in the bank of Cold water, at Coldwater, 30 miles north west of Enid, Saturday, and escaped with $2,000. A heavy rain storm aid- ed in concealing the. operations of the robbers. SHERMAN WELL, DESPITE RUMOR Vice-President Laughs Heartily When T«»ld of Illness. Utica, N. Y., Mar. 22.—Vice-Presi dent James S. Sherman laughed-heart ily Sunday when he was told that "there were rumors In New York and elsewhere that he was ill. Mr. -Sher man has been here since Friday and remained till Sunday evening. Ha is in excellent health. Mr. Sherman made a brief address Sunday in the armory at a meeting. FIRE IN MEXICO CREMATES SIX. Two Other* Fatally Burned in Disas trous Conflagration. Morelia, Mexico, Mar. 22.—Fire that started from the upsetting of a lamp in the home of Concepcion' Morcado, in this city, resulted in the death of Mercado's six children, while his wife was severely injured. 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BUCK M'KEE had not been Idle In the days following the slay 1 lug of "Ole Miiif Tvrill. tlavr lug learned that Slim and his posse had discovered only the fact that the murderer had ridden a potting horse to the ford, Mc-Kee took full ad vantage of this fact. In the cow camps, the barrooms and at the rail road station he hinted at first that a certain person every one knew could tell a lot more about the death of the old man than he cared to have known. After a few days he began to bring (he name.of Paysoij into the conversa tion. His gossip became rumor and then common report. When it became known that Jack had paid off the mortgage on his ranch Buck came out with the accusation that Payson was the murderer. Finding that he was listened to. Buck made the direct charge that Pay son had killed the sta tion agent and with the proceeds of the robbery was paying off his old debts. A 'Romance of Arizona Novelized From Edmund Day's Melodrama By JOHN MURRAY and MILLS MILLER Copyright. 1006. by G. W. Dlllfntfhini Co. Gathering his own men about him and belug Joined by the Idle hangers on "Who are to be found about every town, Buck led his party to the runcb on the Sweetwater to accuse Jack and' so throw off in advance any suspicions which might attach to himself. Fortunately Slim happened to be at Jack's ranch at the time. When he entered the corral he found Jack's ac cusers and defenders rapidly nearihg a battle. Jack was taking the charges coolly enoUgb, as he did not know what sup port McKee had manufactured to up hold the charges he made. SUnr In formed McKee he would listen to what he had to say and If afterward he thought Jack guilty he would place him under arre3t for all concerned It would be better to go Into the house. The Sweetwater boys surrounded Jack as they followed Slim into the living room. Lining up in Opposing groups, Slim stood In the center to serve as judge and Jury, with Buck and Jack at his right and left hand. Inside the door Jack said: "Keep as quiet as you can, boys. I don't want to alarm my wife. Now, what Is it?" The punchers hushed their discus sion of the charge and listened atten tively to what the men most Interest ed had to say. "Well, darn it all," apologized the sheriff to Jack, "it's all darn fool busi ness anyway. Buck here, he started It" Jack smiled sarcastically and, glanc ing^ at McKee, remarked, "Buck Mc Kee's started a good many things In his day"— Buck began to bluster. He could not face Jack fairly. Already placed on the defense when he had considered he would be the accuser, .'McKee took refuge in the plea of being wronged by false suspicion. "I hain't goln'," he whined, "to have folks suspicion me uv any such doln's as the klllln' uv 'Ole Man' Terrlll. I got a witness to prove I wuzn't In twenty miles uv the place." "Who's your witness?" asked Slim In his most judicial tones. "Bud Lane. Me an' him rode over to the weddin' together from the Lazy K, an' I wbz put out as not flttln' to be there, an' by that very man there that did the klllln'." The punchers had to grin In spite of the seriousness of the occasion. Buck appeared to be deeply hurt at the un ceremonious way he bad been left out at the feast. "What makes you point to me as the man?" asked Jack quietly. "You wuz late gettln' to yer own weddin'." Fresno could not repress his feelings any longer. He 'started angrily to ward McKee, but Jack and Sagebrush held him back. The others were about to follow bis lead when Slim' motioned them back with tiie caution, "Keep out ut this, boys!" "I was late," explained Jack, "but I told you I rode, around to the station to get a wedding present I ordered for my wife"— Jim Interrupted him to substantiate the statement. Pointing to a desk, he said: "That's so. There It Is, too—that there desk." The Sweetwater outfit nodded In ac quiescence, but the others looked In credulous Buck sneered at the defense which Jack made. "Nobody saw you over that way, did they?" "I saw Terrlll.' It must have been Just before he was killed. I didn't meet anybody else." Jack showed ho trace of temper under the inquisition. "Of course you saw him before he wuz killed—about a minute. Mebbe you didn't plug -him the next minute with a 44?" Tjie charge roused Sagebrush's fight ing blood. Drawing his gun, he at tempted to get a fair shot at the ac cuser. Fresno and Show Low grabbed him by the arms, holding him back. The foreman shouted, "There'll be some one plugged right now if you all make another bfeak like that!" Slim waved his hands over his head, driving the men backward, as If he were shooing away a flock of. chick ens. "Easy, now—easy." he drawled. "There ain't a-goln' to be nothln' doln' here 'eept law an' Justice." Buck laughed sneerlngly at the wavering of bis men. He would have to do something to put more heart Into them and regain the ground ho had lost by bis single handed conduct of the case. "There hain't, eh?" he asked con temptuously. "Well, it's lucky I brought some uv my own outfit with me." "Mebbe you'll need them if you get too careless with your talk," answered the unruffled sheriff. Turning to Jack, Slim said, "This tool thing can be settled wltfr one wprd from YOU." WWjM The young ranchman listened to the sheriff earnestly. He wished to clear himself forever of all suspicions. He did not want Echo ever to hear that there was a false Impression abroad that she was the wife of a slayer. "What Is It?" he asked simply. ."Why, you paid off a mortgage of an even three thousan' dollars last week, didn't you?" "Yes. What has that io do with It?" he asked. Buck broke In at this point. Here was the strongest card that he had in his hand, and the sheriff had played It to McKee's advantage. "Plenty!" Buck shouted. "Old Ter rlll wuz shot an' killed an' robbed, an' the man who did it got Just three thousan' dollars." "An' you mean to say that the boss uere"— began Sagebrush. In his anger making a rush at McKee. He wjus held back, but tlio disturbance attract ed Echo and Mrs. Allen from the •kitchen. Echo hurried' tp her hus band's side. He 'slipped bii arm about her waist, and together they, faced his accuser. 'All you got to say is whar did you get that money!" cried Buck, who had seen Dick Lane pay it to Payson and conjectured that Payson did not dare to reveal: the fact of this payment, with all the disclosure ltlmplled. "Why, It was paid to me by"— Then Jack stopped. He could not tell who gave him the money without revealing to Echo the return of Dick. The whole miserable lie would then come out. Echo noticed Jack's hesitancy. "What Is It? |What's the matter?" she asked in- frightened tones. "Nothing, nothing," he answered lightly to lesseh her terror. "Hats off, everybody!" commanded Slim In deference to the presence of Echo. "Who are these men? Whafs wrong?" pleaded Echo. Buck bowed to the trembling wo man, who had thrown her arms about her husband's neck. "Nothln'," he exclaimed, "only we want to know whar yer .husband got the money to pay off the mortgage on thlsranch." The request seemed a very simple one to Echo. All the talk of harming Jack, the high words, the threats, could be silenced easily by her hero. Smiling into his eyes, .Echo said, "Tell them. Jack." "I can't," he faltered. "It was paid to hlin by a-friend," bravely began. Echo—"a friend to whom he lent It some time ago." Buck Interrupted her explanation. "Then let aim tell his friend's name an' whar we can find him." Turning to Jack, he bullied: "Come op! What's his name?" Jack closed his eyes to shut out the sight of his wife In his agony- he clinched his fists until his nails sank Into the flfesh. "I can't tell you that!" he cried In his misery. "Of course he cant," sneered Buck, smiling evilly in his triumph. "He can't account fer himself on the night uv the weddin' he rides a paeln' horse—rode on that night he gets three thousan' dollars-1,paid htm, an' he can't tell who paid, it: What's the verdict?" Buck did not'wait'for an answer. Raising his voice, be shouted, "Guilty!" "Jack, Jack! What have you to say?" begged Echo. "Nothing," was his only answer. "Tell him he liesr* cried Sagebrush. "Jack, we all know: you. You're as white a man as' ever lived, an' they ain't one of this outfit that ain't ready to die fer you right now." "You bet!" chorused his men. "He haiu't goln' to get off like that,' declared Buck. Looking confidently at his own followers, he said, "The Lazy can take care uv him." Buck's men moved closer to him, preparing to draw their guns If need be and open fire on Jack's defenders. "Look out boss!" warned Sagebrush at the hostile movement of Buck and his punchers. I "Hold on!" drawled the sheriff, who as the danger grew more real became more deliberate In his qiovements. "They ain't gojn' to be nothln' done here unless It's done1 in the law. You all know me,, boys. I'm the sheriff. This man's ray prisoner." Pointing to Jack, be added. "There ain't nobody goitt' to take him from me—an' llve." Buck saw Ja slipping from his clutches. "Yer A goin' to be bluffed by one man. are ou, boys?" "No," his'.punchers answered in uni son, crowding tdivard Jack, who held up bis hand and cried: "Stop! I want a fair deal,-and I'll get it" "I'll settle this-thing all right. All I ask-is a few words alone with my wife." Jack clasped. Echo to his breast as be begged this boon from the men who sough trills life. "No!'' blustered Buck. "Yes," or&Ved .Slim quietly, but em phatically. "Mr. Payson, you'll give me your word you won't try to es cape?" "Yes," agreed Jack. "His word don't go with us," shout ed Buck. Slim laid- his hand on the butt of his revolver, ready to drafe if neces sary to enforce his command. Buck saw the movement and shouted to him: "Keep yer hand away from that gun, sheriff.. You know I am quick on the draw.'' He significantly fingered his bolster as he spoke. "So i'W heard tell,'' agreed Slim, hastily withdrawing his hand from his revolver. Slim appeared to agree to the sur render of Jack to Buck and his punch ers, permitting the£u to deal with him as they saw fit. He fumbled in his left hand waistcoat pocket, pulling out a bag of tobacco and a package of rice paper. Ostentatiously he began to roll a cigarette. Then, with the 'qulckness of a cat, his left 'ba&l was plunggd the Inslde rtaht hand ofceket of his .'•:v#f'. O waistcoat. Grasping a revolver by the muzzle, he deftly jerked It upward and seized the: handle in Its flight. He covered Buck McKee before that worthy realized what had happened. With his rijjtlit hand SIflit pulled the Weapon which swung at his hip and aimed it at the other lio.vs of the Lazy K. The guns moved up and down the line, backed by the sheriff's* usually mild blue eyes, coldly steady now at the call to battle. "I'll give you a lesson In pullin' guns, though," ho declared, his voice as steady as hfe hands. "Don't move, Buck," he warned as McKee wavered, "nor any others of you. I'm playln' said gents," he repeated. this hand alone. Buck McKee, you've been fllrtln' with a tombstone fer some time. Hands up, gents," he ordered, raising the pistols significantly. "I said gents," he repeated when Buck McKee did not obey him with alacrity. The balked leader of the Lazy outfit reluctantly held his hands aloft. 'Sagebrush!" called Slim.' 'Here!" answered the foreman, cov ering a man with his revolver. 'Parenthesis!" summoned the sher iff. "Here!" the man of the bowlegs re plied as he drew his gun. "Me, too!" cried FresiflJ? while Show Low came to the front with "An' like wlpp here!" When the Lazy outfit was thor oughly under subjection Slim stepped forward and said: "Now, gentlemen, if ypu please, you see, this here's my party, an' I regelate It my way. Jack here gave his word to stay an' face this thing out. He's a-golu' to do It. I'm responsible fer him. Sagebrush, you will collect at the door sech arti cles of hardware as these gentlemen has in their belts. I deputize you. Gents, as you walk out the do' you will deposit your weapons with Mr. Sage brush Charley, the same to be return ed to you when the court sees fit an' proper." "You hain't goin' to let him?'— Buck did not finish the sentence, for Slim, thoroughly, aroused, shouted: "Buck McKee, If you say another word I'm goln' to kill yon. Gents, there's the door. Your bosses are In the corral. Get!" Preceded by some of the Sweetwa ter boys, the Lazy outfit filed out, Sagebrush taking their guns as they passed hlni. Fresno and Parenthesis brought up the rear. "He needn't think he'll escape. We're boupd to have him." declared Buck. "Are you goln'?" demanded Slim, bis voice full of menace. "Can't you see me?" sneered Buck. Sagebrush relieved him of his gun as he passed, handing it to Fresno. Buck paused In the doorway long enough to lament: "Talk about hospi tality. I never get in but what I am put out." Slim watched McKee from the win' dow until he disappeared through the gate of the corral.- Then, walking down to Jack, be took him by the hand. "It'll be all right in an hour. Thank you, boys," Pay sop assured tbem. "We all know you are the whitest man on the Sweetwater," assured Sagebrush, speaking for the punchers as they left Jack a prisoner with Slim. Speaking In a" low tone, Jim asked Jack. "Where did you get that mon »y?" "Don't youknow?" he asked in sur prise. "From"— i'i Jack nodded his head. "I'll wait fer you in the other room," laid Slim. "Maw, Polly—we all better leave 'em alone." 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