The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-01-16
SHOT DOWN BYJ.H. HILLMAN
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! present TO Til,man from his brother,
, who was an army officer.
After the shot had been fired and as
! Gonzales :. Il against the nearby trans
/ fer station 10 steady himself, James
Sims and CaineweH Lamotte rushed
up and gave him support. He was
taken to the business Office Of his news
! PAPER
/ There with his head resting on bun
die of newspapers Gonzales requested
that his Wife be sent for and TO his
friends told the story of the tragedy.
Drs. Taylor, Kendall, Philpot and Bah
cock we=e soon at his side and in d
Few moments there were a half dozen
more physicians doing all they could to
save his lie. They promptly decided
that the only hope was to perform an
/ operation.
! Editor Gonzales and Lieutenant Gov
e!mor Tillman have passed each other
in full view since the opening of the
Present session of the general assembly
on Tuesday, bat there has been no en-
counter, no word passed and no recog-
milton of any kind, so to-day it came
like thunderclap out Of peaceful
I sky when the shot was fired. It was
absolutely unexpected as it was thought
| that whatever soreness there was as
suit Of the primary of last August
hal passed away.
| Tonight Lieutenant Governor Till
man was asked for statement but
said he had been advised by counsel to
say absolutely nothing and he followed
! the advice TO the letter.
| At o'clock tonight Mr.. Gonzales
| condition continued very serious but
| showed no important change from what
/ it was several hours earlier.
| Mr. Gonzales is a man Of strong, ro-
| bust physique and was in the best of
| health at the time of the shooting, so
that his friends hope he may pull
through notwithstanding the severe
| wound from which he is suffering.
Tillman, after the shooting walked
cut into the middle of the street where
he was arrested and taken to the sta
! ton house. He was met there several
Of his friends, but said nothing. The
police took from him the long range
magazine pistol. which had one empty
| cartridge and also a large Colt revolver.
| Gonzales was taken into his office,
! and later to the Columbia hospital. He
stood the trip we'll 1t was exactly two
! hours after the shooting that Mr.. Com
zales was placed on the operating
! table. The operation lasted about two
! hours and the patient bore 1t we'll.
In statement just before the opera
/ ton Gonzales said that to avoid a COL
/ lision with Tillman, who was walking
With two senators, he cut across the
pavement and passed by without touch
| ing or speaking, and that Tillman pull
ed his pistol or had it in his hand and
| fired. Gonzales said he saw Tillman
/ two days before and Tilman saw him.
! As to sending message to Tillman, he
! said he had not done 50 and that he
was positive that Tilman fired before
he said word.
The most serious wound is the cutting
! of the transverse colon for about an
! inch and half, almost severing the in
| tostine This and the three other
wounds Of the intertnrs were then
carefully seWed. After the operation
| the physicians reported that the patient
stood the ordeal we'll and that the oper-
alton was as successful as it could be-
! During the afternoon messages came
i from all parts of the state inquiring
| into the condition of Mr.. Gonzales.
At midnight the surgeons issued the
| following bulletin as to the editors con-
tiition:
pulse 121; respiration 81; resting
easily"
Governor McSweeney was asked to-
night for an expression as to the affair
and he said:
1T is a most deplorabe affair and
that is all I can say about it just now,
! further than to say that the conduct Of
/ a state officer in carrying concealed
weapons cannot be too severely con-
: lcmned, for he is one whose sworn duty
| it is to uphold the law and defend the
| law in this respect as well as in Others"