The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-01-21

If tne tragedy. Air. " g. Gonz lies
WAS goi,g home alone from bis ullice
10 his lunch. TO 20 home he had 70
! go down, Main street to GerraiS ana
/ then turn east and go down that
street. Mr.. Gonzales was as usual
walking. Lieut.. Gov Ti.lman left the
State house just after adjOurning.
He had presided at the senate's ses-
sion and remained around the senate
cham Der for while. AS lie came
out OF the State house he was accom-
panied by Senator Talbird Of Beau
fort, and Senator Brown of Darling
ton. and he was joined on his way up
town by CongresSman-clect Wyatt
Aiken and former Representative
Domlaick.
Tue meeting was just at the turn
Of main and GervaiS streets on the
north side Of the street. just at the
street car transfer station. There
was 90 encounter, nc fist lighting. no
laying on Of hands. Lieut.. Gov. Till
man, the testimony now al! seems to
be, simply drew his revolver and tired
into Editor Gonzales. Most OF those
who saw the affair say there was moth
ing said until after the shot. One OF
Lieut.. Gov. Tillman's escort says he
thinks Mr.. Tillman said, Il received
your message" and then fired. He is
not certain on this but thinks so. The
other escort Of Mr.. Tiliman says be
did not hear anything and did not
see the affair but thinks he would
have heard any words as he was in
the very mioSt of the affair. Two or
three Others say they heard nothing
until after the firing OF the pistol.
Mn GONZALES STATEMENT.
Mr.. Gonzales himself gave a per-
fectly plain and explicit statement of
the whole affair prior to being put
under the anaeStheticS and he was
very emphatic in saying that lie had
not sent any message to Lieut.. Gov.
Tillman az any time and that Mr..
Tillman said nothing until after he
had fired and then after the shot he
said something about taking him
Gonzales at his word Mr.. Gonzales
took this to mean that Mr.. Tlllman
told him that he was settling old is
sues face to face with him. Mr.. Con
zaleS is certain that nothing was said
until after the shot vas fred. After
the trSt shot Mr. Gonzales tottered to
the transfer station. against which he
leaned. Tillman was still pointing
bis pistol at him, whereupon Mr.. Con
zales said; Shoot again, you cow
ard Then Lieut.. Coy. Tillman
lowered his pistol and walked away.
THE WOUND.
There was only one shot fired and
that entered the right side between
the eighth and ninth ribs and passed
thr ugh the fore part Of The body,
coming out above the free border OF
the ribs At first it was thought the
bullet had gone through the body
from the front t. the back, but it did
not, sit went through the fore part
CT the body. entering above the vest
pocket on the right and coming cut
below and behind the vest pocket on
the left side. The bullet vas picked
up on the pavement and it seems to
be bright aud new aud in no way bat.
tered. 1t was a bullet from what is
said to be a long range German make
magazine pistol.
AFTER THE SHOOTING.
Tiliman after the shooting walked
out into the middle OF the street
where he WAS arrested and taken to
the station house on Serrais street.
lie was met there BY several Of his |
friends but said nothing. The police
took from him the long range maga-
zine pistol which had one empty cart
ridge and a large Colts revolver. Just
as sooa as Mr.. Gonzales was taken
into bis Office Dr.. w. J. Murray ar
rived and made the wounded man
comfortable. DR.. Griffith and DR.. !;
Coward were the first to give med cal
assistance and gave an Injection to
relieve the intense pain. Gradually 4
pallor stole over the face Of the strick-
en- man but he seemed anxious to talk
and to give the story OF the shooting.
He answered al inquiries andinQulred
particularly about the members Of his
devoted family, all of whom had by
this time arrived.
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL.
DR.. 3. w. Taylor. the eminent
physician, was placed in charge and
it was promptly decided that an op-
GRAFTON would have u be performed.
Arrangements were made to take Mr.
Gonzales to the Columbia hospital.
He stood the trip elegantly and after
being taken into the building his
pulse registered -, and at no time
had it gone below 50.
THE OPERATION.
1t was exactly two hours after the
shooting that Mr.. Gonzales was placed
On the operating table. The opera
tion lasted about two hours. The
patient bore the operation we'll and
after being put in bed had pulse OF
ll5-l2U and respirations OF 81. The
operation was dore by DR.. LeGrand
Query, assisted by DR.. Lindsay
Peters and DR.. J. II. Mcintosh. DR..
D. S. Pope gave The anaesthet!c. DR..
Is. w. Taylor was chief conSuItant,
with DR.. G. W. Barron and half u
dozen other Columbia physicians were
present, among them Dr.. J. W. Bah
cock, DR.. Gibbes. DR.. PhIlpot, Dr.
Watson. Dr.. Griffith aud DR.. Fish
burne. Before the operation Mr.
Gonzales spoke to the physicians about
himself and made some SugGeSJlonS.
4 STATEMENT.