Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-02-25

Hall, and that of Richard H. Holsen-
back.
have only to say in reference to the
affidavit Of Mrs. Emma c. Melton, that
the lady Is mistaken in the position in
which she places me on the sidewalk.
I any knowledge up to that time, and
none now, save as is stated In Mrs.
Melton's affidavit and those Of some
others, that 1t was Mr.. Gonzales's habit
to walk with his hands In his pockets.
When he obliqued across, coming to-
wards me, again repeat, he glared
at me, pushing his entire right hand In
his overcoat pocket, and giving me
every indication and grounds to believe,
as have heretofore stated, that he in
tended to assault me with pistol. To
when she says: HE fGonzales) did
not look in the direction Of Mr.. Till
man; he was looking directly at the
opening between the inside gentlemen
(Senator Brown) and the transfer sta
tion, to which he was walking, and
through which had slowed up to let
him pass" Attention Is called to the
affidavit of Mr.. Robert Latham, where
in he states that Mr.. Gonzales told him
that he had glanced at my face.
I deny in toto the statement which
Mr. Robt. Latham says Gonzales made
to him in reference to how the difficulty
occurred. Mr.. Gonzales never said to
me what Mr.. Latham says he told him.
II he did 30 state I did not hear him.
and no affidavit has been submitted by
any of the bystanders that they heard
him say it.
Deponent AYERS that he has no recol-
lection Of any acquaintance with o. d.
Black, who has made an affidavit here
in, and denies that he had any CONVEX
sation at the time referred to on the
railroad train or in November last at
the Albion hotel, in Augusta, Ga.
I do recollect having a. conversation
with Mr.. e. ]. Watson, a reporter for
the State, but I deny the truth OF the
conversation as stated In his affidavit.
AS early as 1890 the said N. q. Com
zales commenced making misstate-
m:nts in reference to me in the public
prints Of this state, and publicly avow-
ed and published the fact that he was
instrumental in causing my application
for membership In the South Carolina
club to be refused, referring to me as
cowardly enough to slander him anony-
mously, which was utterly untrue.
Again, in the year 1893, when this de-
ponent sent from Washington, d. O.,
certain dispatches to the Columbia
did not guarantee, but stated them as
rumor, Mr.. Gonzales had himself
quoted in the State OF April, 1893, as
saying that the statement was false
hood without q shadow Of excuse, and
also referred to 1t In the editorial coll
umns of the said newspaper, Of which
he was the editor, on the 18th day OF
April, 1893.
That the hatred Of Mr.. Gonzales to-
ward deponent was personal; that un-
der the pretext. Of doing good he hard
ly attempted to cover his malice and
vindictiveness towards me.
From the time Of my entry into pub
lie life there has been an incessant,
coarse, brutal and unreasoning arraign-
ment Of your deponent. Even so late
as July 81, 1902. there appeared in the
State an editorial OF abuse, which,
although headed Partly Personal,
Partly Public" was. indeed, all per-
sonal. An arraignment Of your de-
ponent- --Nsa4sy--SA0lnning with the
year 1890, down through the service
in the army and up to the said date,
filled with brutal insinuations, coarse
'perversions Of facts and false insin-
uations Of the actings and doings Of
your deponent; that in the issue of
the State Of April 1, 1902, four col
umns of vituperation and abuse were
devoted to your deponent; on August
2, three columns on the editorial page
Of viliflcation and abuse; on August
8, one column, and almost daily edi-
torial comment from said date up to
and including August 20, 1902, and
even after said time. In the States
survey, editorial columns, Aug. rs, 1902,
he refers to your deponent as reel
ing off miles Of lies" and "confessing
to the embezzlement Of money entrust-
ed to him for the erection Of monu-
ment to the Confederate dead" And
on August 20, 1902, after the result Of
the elections had been declared, it Is
stated that your deponent was not
game cock and never eft" in the pit,
"and II he was found dead there his
remains must have been thrown in af-
ter his demise from excessive weep
ing" In the same issue, referring to
an occurrence at Gaffney, s. c., he re-
fers to your deponent as q braggart
and spotted candidate, and eulogtzes
F.. F. DeCamp, who had brought on the
stick type for the State. He will per-.
NIT us to say that he has handsomely
maintained the traditions Of the pa
per-"
That prior to deponent's candidacy to
the office of governor, to-wit: In the
issue of the State of June 2, 1901, he
wrote a bitter, sarcastic editorial OF
one and a half columns Of your depo-
nent, under the heading, I'VE Plead
for Sporting Statesman"
After all this deponent submits that
he was justified In believing from the
writings of the said N. G. Gonzales,
from the threats communicated to him,
and from his actions when they met,
that the said N. G. Gonzales intended
to make an attack upon him, and his
every movement, as seen by deponent,
so indicated, and would have been 30
interpreted by anyone possessed OF or
binary firmness and reason, and depo-
nent again reiterates that when he left
the state house to go to his hotel, ne
did not know that he would meet the
said N. G. Gonzales. That when depo-
nent first saw him he was glaring at
him and continued to do so until ne,
Gonzales, was almost up to him. That
the said Gonzales then obliqued across
the pavement in the direction of de-
ponent. That when he obliqued was
the time when deponent saw him
thrust the thumb Of his right hand
into his overcoat pocket and the
pocket was pushed backward. That
the said Gonzales glared viciously
at the deponent at the time he
did this, and was cutting across,
coming towards him. That depo-
nent firmly believed that the said N.
G. Gonzales was about to draw pis-
tol and fire upon him. That his man
ner, appearance and motions were such
as to justify such belief by deponent
or by any person Of ordinary reason
and firmness, who had been slandered,
yillifled, abused and threatened as de-
ponent had been. That deponent 1red,
believing his life was in danger, to
save himself. That he regrets the ne
cessity of being forced so to do; but
fred upon reasonable apprehension
that his life was about to be taken, or
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