The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-07-01
THE TILLMAN CASE
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papers have tt,e!:; rid ii The l!laat!!i,&
cf this case.
The surviving Arat:.ci ni Ii;. !thii-
Zales, Yhn began ri?:s paper twelve
wears ago, lay;. hsl! VII! power e:!.2:!:;iil
10 suppress the LT0 thousand! artl&:&S
whicl have come into tGelf osicc:
Witi::yi less than one lundred yards
II where y. c. Gonzales had WORKED:
for ten years he was Shot GOWN hy XII
man and there was no attempt u
violence against him. He has spent
Ave months in jail without any Cover
uor's Guards or any protection "tl;st-
ever.
Tiliman goes around now VITA as
much protection and safety asahs IS'!-
son in South Carolina.
Because the State tOrSoot pupiisilc:s
articles about liars. thieves anc ciiLlli- I-a
nails, as does any other reputiDle p1-
per, the defence thinks that II IS GoHS
TO prejudice the people OF tsicaiaho
Counrv against james II. Ii!iMlA
:;Susuicion always haunts the guilty
mind. The thief doth fear each DGSl
an officer. Because the Suite has
declined Just tribute to Mr.. George Il.
Rembert and Col. p. II. Nelson see
no reason why the affidavit OF Mr..
Rembert should have any force.
Gen Bellinger, in conclusion, stated
briefly the reason why the change
should not be granted. He made a
powerful argument and was eagerly
heard by the hundreds Of people in
the Court room.
Mr.. THURMOND'S ARGUMENT.
Solicitor J. w. Thurmond followed
for the State and began his argument
by bringing TO the attention OF the
Court what was necessary for the
granting OF a change OF venue. Why
do they ask for this change:
First. Because there are only l:3Vo
white Jurors out OF 900 voters. MS
certainly should not be suihcieht
grounds-for the change.
Because Mr.. W. II. Gihbes had mace
a statement that he was opposed 10
Tillman, and because ne IS county
auditor the change should be granted.
Mr.. Thurmond showed that the Sulll-
van case. which had been referred 20,
was not at all similar.
The next point refuted was that
because few citizens had subscribed
to a monument fund. This should
not wrap public opinion in SUCH a man
ner as. to prevent the defendant from
obtaining fair and mpartlaI trlai.
Several cases were referred to IN
which it had been decided that news
paper editorials should not be sufficient
<lo[ [o,. ,l,oy >tYn n
It is well established that when the
prejudice is confined to one locality a
change of Venue cannot be granted.
Solicitor Thurmond spoke for forty
minutes and made forcible argument,
bringing out many points OF law which
had not been touched upon by his
associates.
AT the conclusion of Solicitor Thur
mond's argument Ex-Judge 0. ".
Buchanan, who is connectd with the
coeasef for the defence, arose and ad-
dressed the Court.
TIRADE AGAINST THE PRESS.
Judge Buchanan said that he had
not expected to say anything IN the
case, but he was so Impressed WlIh tLe
newspapers that he was compelled TO
have a few words to say. He began
in an impassioned manner, saying that
at one time the press OF the country
vas regarded with respect ana honof,
but now it was allied with the great
force OF money. With the great sweep
ing wave of the war there came what
IS known as 'commercialiSm. Now
we have newspaper oratorEand news
paper bawiing.
Judge Buchanan bitterly denounced
the State as q paper which lasi?eu.
slashed and beat men to fury. \ man
of to-day dareS not utter his ndepen-
dent opionion unless be IS rldiculed oy
the newspapers Of the country. Dur
inc the whole argument Mr. Buchanan
showed much feeling and his speech
created a iutter among those present.
He said that 'the State was trying
the attorneys for the defence, but that
he had lived free man and would die
one. He did not propose to be tyrannlz-
ed bv the newspapers. Continuing. he
said: ''Don't you know that you can
90 to apy one on the street and ask,
sBil, how about this case?' and he will
reply: sOh YOU can't get fair trial
street have been iutlaming the minis
of the people so that a fair trial IS
impossible.s He said that this COM
munity had been so saturated and
poisoned by the newspapers that many
had been forced to sign altdavitS tor
the prosecution for fear that if they
did not do so their families would suf-
fer on account of the pressure brought
to bear by 1.-THE State" Every buSi-
ness man in the State is under the
domination of the mighty newspapers:
Judge Buchanan, continuing. SAID
that the ministers of the Gospel had
gone so far as to be laShed by this tiend.
and the DOOR fellows have been made
to come here and swear that there IS
no prejudice in Richland against the
accused. The newspapers were assert
ing so much power that they now are
leading the fountain of justice. a man
is tried these days by the newspapers
and is either acquitted OF condemned
before the case comes to trial.
Ex-Judge Buchanan continued his
speech against the press for three
quarters Of an hour, when Judge
Townsend interrupted him. saying
that there was only fifteen minutes
left to his side and that he supposed
Col George ". Croft would say some
thing. The Court then took d recess
until o'clock.
Ex-Judge Buchanan's speech took
up all Of the time Of the defence except
twenty minutes, and, although Col
Croft offered to allow the other side
another speech if his time was extend
ed, the offer was refused. but as 4
matter Of fact he took up thlrty-tlre
minutes and was stopped by the
Judge.
COL CRoFT's ARGUMENT.
Col Croft argued chiefly on the law
of the question and declared that the
only thing to be considered is whether
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