The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-10-07

ing harsh terms about Tillman and
saying that he INDUCED in mock the
~atricals." Tillman read 1t and aid
land the witness repeated the words
slowly and distinctly while a silence OF
the very grave reigned throughout the
court house-"He calls 1t mock the
%atricals.' but I'll make it the Cd
d-dst tragedy that ever happened In
South Carolina!"
The Senators.
Senator Brown of Darlington and
Senator Talbird testified substantially
as at the inquest. There APP
peared between their accounts the dis
crepancy as to their relative positions
with Tillman. Senator Brown said that
Talbird was in the middle and Talbird
said that Tillman was in the middle OF
the trio. 1t was perfectly clear that
both told the facts as they remembered
them, but the testimony of others as
to whe'e Mr.. Gonzales n his assail-
ant were standing when their attention
was first attracted by the pistols re-
port indicates that Mr.. Browns YER
sion is more likely to be substantiated,
brought out that after he and Il. III,
Dominick, who was walking with him,
passed Mr.. Gonzales, the latter then
approaching Tiiiman, Dominick looked
aroun several times at the receding
figure of Gonzales, just before the pis-
tol was fired.
Personal Relations.
Clearer han anything else in the
trial, SO far as the defense is concerned,
is it's effort to prove by witnesses on
the cross examination that Editor Con
zales mad personal enmity towards Till
man. The efforts to obtain statements
from n witnesses that they know
from reading the editorials that the
editor was personally bitter towards
the lieutenant governor are ever re-
curing and incessant. This affords the
opportunity to bring before the jury
harsh terms employed in the editorials
apart from h conteXt-which context
usually consists of arguments of Mr..
Gonzales to justify them. However,
we'll understood 1t is by many and
should be by all, that an editorial ex-
preston is presumably not an express
sion of personal feeling, 1t Is often diff
cult to make clear his distinction to
the lay mind. Newspapers In the great
cities have so many writer's on their
STATS that the public never thinks OF
the personality of any individual, even
of the edi~tor-in-chief, but the editors
of the newspapers in smaller commune
ties are constantly in the thoughts of
the average reader. The attorneys for
the defense realize the advantage they
have In this, and they ere making the
most of it. Indeed. so far, his has
been far and away the expressing eff
fort of the defense in the trial.
When Congressman Aiken was on
the stand 1t developed that he was a
commissioned officer in Tillman's regi-
ment in the War with Spain. On the
cross examination he was asked as to
the defendants reputation in the regi-
ment. The prosecution objected. The
defense pressed the question and n
colloquoy ensued. Then suddenly Mr..
Croft inquired If the State still OBJ
jectcd. Mr.. Crawford said that the
State had objected. With his usual
grace, Mr.. Croft acquiesced. Mean
while, the reporter was impressed that
the defense was not acutely disap-
pointed that Mr.. Aiken was not per-
mitted to answer the question. What
would have been his reply must be an
unsolved puzzle.
Much Court Work Ahead.
1T is no likely hat the State Will
rest today. Rather may it be expected
that two more Gays will be consumed.
Then the defense will introduce it's tes-
timony and the expectation Is that this
Will consume fully as much time as the
state has had. The State will Tier
have the opportunity to introduce tes-
timony in reply. after which will fol-
low the argum ,nts and the judges
charge. Hence the outlook for plenty
OF hard work for the court and all on
nected with the trial is bright.