The herald., 1896-12-01

% the ofI1oo tomorrow afternoon She
asked him what time sne had better
come Il she concluded to return. Mr.. Da-
vis suggested that about or half-past
time. to which Miss Tillman agreed.
Immediately after the departure of the
ladies' iszT. Davis tsS!5 tsS.i5 ::se cf the cnnver-
sation had with Miss Tillman, and re-
lated the same to me substantially
as set forth in his affidavit. He also
told me at that time that she desired to
correct her testimony, but only hesitat-
ed because she feared that her people.
meaning her relatives, might seriously
object and make it unpleasant for her.
The next Afternoon, that Is, the after
noon of November -, about o'clock,
Miss Tillman and Mrs. Haizlip came
into the office together again and had
conversation with Mr.. Davis, and imme-
diately after their departure Mr. Davis
showed me the affidavit signed by Cor
della Tillman and which has been f1led
in this case. Miss Tillman was not, SO
far as could see. at any time while at
our office excited or agitated, and there
was nothing in her action or manner to
indicate that she was acting IN any
other than q purely voluntary way, and
I know of no inducements OF any Kind
held out to Miss Tillman, or any threats
made, or any influence whatever used
to induce her to make the affidavit re-
ferred to-"
CORRoBORATIvEA AFFIDAvITS
Next comes Attorney r. A. Ling, who
was one of the defendants counsel. In
the affidavit made by him he states
that he is acquainted with young lady
by the name of Cordelia Tillman; that
she called at his office at 42S Bullar0
block on the evening of November ~
1896, at about 4:30 p. M, in company with
Mrs. Haizlip; that the said Miss Tillman
there said to affiant: We'll, have
signed an affidavit correcting my testi-
mony given at my home when l was
sick. and am satisfied have done the
Chinaman a great wrong In saying that
Hammond Bell was the first person TO
60 to Wong Chez when he was shot
Affiant then said to the said Miss Till
man: I am glad you have done that.
as / am satisfied you were mistaken
Miss Tillman then replied: Yes. feel
better after having done as have. be-
cause never could forgive myself for
helping to convict an innocent man. She
then asked II Mr.. Davis had shown me
the affidavit, and I replied he had not,
but that he was in the other room and
had just commenced to tell me about
the matter. All this conversation was
in the presence and hearing of Mrs.
Haizlip."
Affiant further AYERS that he has had
no conversation with the said Miss Till
man since the preliminary examination.
or at any time concerning the merits of
this case.
Mrs E. G. Gillingham, stenographer
in the law Office of Davis & Rush, also
made affidavit practically corroborat-
ing Mr.. Rush in the statements he made.
Any extended comment upon these af-
fidavits at the present time would be
superfluous. It is perfectly certain,
however, that the affidavit of Miss Cor
della Tillman presented by the prosecu-
tion and the one made by the same
young lady. and presented by the de-
fense, cannot both be true. True, she
says she was coerced into making the
one in Mr.. Davis office, but a perusal
of the above documents will show that
she stands alone In making that asser-
ton. There are discrepancies which
ever way the matter is viewed, and on
Wednesday evening Judge Smith will
sit to hear special counsel for the prose
cution and counsel for the defense en-
gage in wordy battle over the question
whether one set or the other of the af-
fidavits be received or not.
Meantime the interested onlooker
watches the fight and wonders how far
the Oriental faculty OF lying is to be in
troduced into the legal practice of the
occident.