The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-10-13

a magistrate, and the magistrate
dismissed it," When Col Alston
died he was promoted to the
colonelcy. 1t was attempted to be
represented against him that, after
he was made colonel he wanted to
keep the regiment in service. TO
show the falsity Of thrt, he said
after his colonelcy expired, lie tried
to enlist in the Third Nebraska
Regiment, of which w. T. Bryan
was colonel. After that Mr.. Con
zales had villi6ed him when he at
tempted to organize company of
Indian scouts togo to the Philip
pines and had ridiculed him when
elected senior vice. .commander-in in
chief of the Spanish War Veterans'
Association, to which position he
was elected over Gen. Joe Wheeler.
Mr.. Tiliman S narrative at this
point reached his entrance into
political life, his campaign for
lieutenant governor in 1900 The
statement that he was traitor to
his uncle and had tried to defeat
him VIXEN he ran for governor was
absolutely false and that man (Mr.
! Gonzales) knew it when he wrote
it MIR Tillmnn denounced as abb
soluteiv false u number Of editorials
liz the State in reference to his
official and personal acts during the
time he was lieutenant governor
Asked about the attacks which Mr..
Gonzales had made upon him, Mr..
Tillman said he thought Mr.. Con
zales' paper had been pretty we'll
devoted to him and to members Of
his family since 1890. These ar
ticles had always Eeen extremely
abusive and scurrilous.
At this point a long argument
ensued as to whether or not Col.
Tillman could testify as to the truth
or falsify Of the editorials In the
midst of the argument the court
adjourned until Friday morning.
At the conclusion of the argument,
| Judge Gary held that Col. Tillman
could not testify as to the actual
truth or falsity of the editorials, but
that he could testify what feelings
those editorials engendered in his
breast.
Mr.. Tillnan confined his testi-
mony. He had given no cause for
the charge in the editorials that he
had withheld money collected for
Confederate monument at Edgefeid,
and at one of the meetings in the
last campaign had produced tele.
gram from Mrs. Gen. Evans, the
president Of the monument associa-
ton i'll which she receipted for all
the money he had collected.
| AS to the Jenkins sword incident,
Col. Tillman said he withdrew the
invitation to Mr. Roosevelt to pre-
sent the sword at the Charleston
exposition, because in withdrawing
an invitation to Senator Tillman t.
dine at the White House becaus,
Senator Tillman had engaged in /.
| fight on the floor of the senate, Mr..
Roosevelt insulted the State of
South Carolina by insulting one of
her senators, who was also an uncle
of his. The first thought of with
drawing the invitation came from
some of the subscribers.
He only wished he could get an
other chance to withdraw an invi-
tation, since Mr.. Roosevelt had got
to dining with Booker Washington
and appointing negro officials in
Charleston. Mr.. Gonzales edito-
rails upon this incident and others
in connection with 1t, he said, con-
tanned about as much venom as a
rattlesnake.
Col. Tillman denied that he had
told Mr.. c. J. Terrell that he would
kill Mr.. Gonzales. He had nevea
been intimate with Mr.. Terrell and
would hardly take a man into his
confidence who had fought him as
bitterly as Mr.. Terrell had. Mr..
. Tillman denied in toto having made
any threats against Mr.. Gonzales
life, corroborating Mr.. Blease's tes
timony as TO his conversation with
DR.. Adams. He Corroborated the
witnesses who testified to having
repeated to him threats made by
Mr.. Gonzales agalnat his life.
Col Tillman said that the after
noon before the shooting his owl
pistol was out of order and he hac
given it to Mr.. +. II. Dominick tt
carry to the gun-smith. In view 0
+ the threats made by Mr.. Gonzales
considered it unwise to 60 unarmet
, and the afternoon before the shoot
ing lie borrowed Mr.. l.. J. William
pistol and later gave it to his nephev Y
TillmaD Bunch to return. He wen
, down to the State House on tn,
morning OF the shooting with TN
man Bunch's pistol. He found hi
pistol iii his room al the State HouS,