The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-01
"wei, express it yourself" said Mr..

",yell, express 1t yourself" said Mr..
Nelson.
Il felt very indignant towards the man
who had Killed my best friend, ana
suppose II harbor vengence towards
anybody, II would be toward Mm' re-
piled the witness
q. (Mr. Nelson cot1tinung) After the
killing did not you write III the sharpest
terms of him as a blackguard, gambler,
q drunkard and murderer"
A. 'You will find In the"
@. Don't tell what I will find. ] am
asking you did you write or not?'
A. II did not write all that.
G.. what did YOU writer"
A. II wrote he was a cowardly assas'
sin and signed my namo to 1t. IN the
State, Of January 18TH
DR.. c. w. Barron, of Columbia, was at
the hospital, when Mir. Gonzales was
brought there from The State office. He
said he asked Mr.. Gonzales within ten or
fifteen minutes after he had been carried
into tho hospital: Mr.. Gonzales do you
understand your condition."
RI d." the doctor said Gonzales replied,
when witnesses said he asked him the
further question:
"Do you understand that you will pr OBJ
ably die?" Tho reply being, witness tes-
tilted: II do
The doctor said Mr.. Gonzales had no
hope Of recovering. He considered Con-
zales in extremis.
Witness said Gonzales made a state
ment at the hospital which the witness
said Gonzales said was a death state
mont.
THE WOUND.
DR.. j. Babcock superintendent OF the
State Insane Hospital. saw Gonzales as
he lay on the floor In The State office.
He described the location OF the bullet
u,n, nd f1a nfoinl6n that q
receiving such wounds was on the point
OF death Babcock also saw Gonzales at
the hospital just after he was removed
there. Gonzales, he said, mado a state
mcnt to hin. which he said he took
down in longhand notes. Reading from
his notes he said the following were the
words OF Gonzales, as near as he could
take 1t down:
HE had ono man with him who was
particular friend Of his. Talbird, an
other man. whose face did not observe.
I started for the State House as usual.
AS got to tho corner OF Gervais Street,
I recognized Tlllman. knew II kept
on would collide with hi,h as they were
three abreast both on the outside. cut
dlagonally across to the left. intending to
turn the corner into Gervais Street. which
I could have done without touching the
inside man. AS got on tho turn two
or three feet from the exact corner. he
pulled a pistol. or had 1t IN hls Sleeve and
fired and made some expression Thn
shock threw me around against the pillar
on Main Street. faced him. He pointed
the pistol. called him coward. He said
T took your advice, or something to that
effect. He put the pistol in his pocket
and sauntered into tho street. never
sent him message. He said I have
taken you at your word suppose ne
referred to something said in an edito-
rial In tho campaign. He said this after
he had fired. had no idea of meeting
him. had seen him two days before
In the lobby OF the House. The thing was
finished as far as ! was concerned"
The statement was first given by the
witness In the absence OF the Jury the
defense objecting to the introduction Of
the latter part. but subsequently, with
drew the objection.
August kohn, a newspaper writer, who
was at the hospital at the time Dr. Bah
Geek was there. said Mr.. Gonzales tod
him at that time In answer to ques-
ton that he (Gonzales) had not sent a
message to Mr.. Tillman.
Court was adjourned at o'clock the
cross-exanination Of Mr.. Kot1n not hnv-
ing been completed.