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Story of the murder of Senator Carmack in Nashville
The Tennesseean reports the assassination of Senator Edward Ward Carmack on Seventh Avenue near Polk Flats. Col Duncan B. Cooper and his son Robin Cooper are named as killers, with eye witnesses including Mrs. Charlies H. Eastman. The piece details threats, the weapon, and public reaction amid saloon politics in Tennessee.
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Tennessee
Edward Ward Carmack
Col
Duncan B. Cooper
Robin Cooper
Senator Carmack
Seventh Avenue
Polk Flats
Charles H. Eastman
Colonel Cooper
Tennesseean
J. C. Bradford
K. T. McConico
Coopers
God
Union Street
Cooper
Eastman
J. M. Eastman
New York
Mr. Carmack
the Tennessean
Dr. White
Robin
Mr. Eastman
Stictcnse
Tennessean
Patterson Machine
Lucius Burch
J. A. Witherspoon
Carmack
Saloon Forces of
North
Carey A. Polk
Carnegie Library
Mr. Polk
Col. Cooper
Church Street
S. K. Kilvington
R. E F. Fort’s Infirmary
Young Cooper
Ellen Morgan
Richard Drake
Louisville
Dr. Fort’s Infirmary
Mee Cooper