The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-02-20
Chief Justice Pope Continued Mat.
ter Of Irregularities.
THE AFF1DAv1Ts FOR TILLMAN
Holtzcnbach of lIdEchcld swcars t.
Hearing Convcrsntio ion in the
Senate. Tho Dcfuntian,'s
SclfDciensc Plea.


on the application: for bail Of James
II. Tillman, charged with murder,
was postponed until Thursday 2Oth in
slant, when it will be held in the Su-
prcme court room in Columbia. Tna
motion was sustained un the ground
that counsel for dcfctlse llad not sub.
mitted to States counsel the allldavit,
presented last Thursday, and Stato's
counsel therefore had no opport nifty
. Tor reply. Following arc the allidav-
IT'S IN substance, ;is they were sub
mitted. Mr.. Nelson for the defense
also presented The testimony taken 1T
the inquest over the body Of n. G..
Gonzales.
IIOLTzilNHACn's AFFIDAVIT.
Before me personally appeared Ricl,-
sworn, says: II came to the city OF
Columbia OH the 18th day of January,
1903, Tor the purpose OF trying to get
aposition as doorkccpcr for the house
OF representatives but was unable to
get the appointment and returned to
my home the 18th day of January, and
while l was in the State housca day
renee, was talking to Capt. J. a.
White, who was the keeper of one OF
the committee rooms. While he was
there N. G. Gonzales came in and
asked White where his boss was, and
Capt. White replied, L have no boss
Mr.. Gonzales said he meant Lieut..
Gov. Tiilman. He said, Il suppose he
is ncglectng his duty, as lie always
is. 4 t the time Gov. Sheppard was
RI Jitl,r y ~
Capt. White lie was referring to Lieut.
Gov. Tillman; that he made him show
the white feather OH several occasions
and would make him show it again.
Shortly afterwards Mr.. Gonzales went
OIL. l don't rtcollect whether he
turned and went to the senate cham
Der. Soon after say Gov. Tillman in
company with Senators Talbird and
Brown walking up Main street. Scna-
tor Brown was on the inside lie
dropped back to speak to Il lady and
Talbird. Senator Talbird was on the
outside. Dcponcnt noticed Mr.. Con
/ Zales coming down the street walking
= iiIFsoo Tic direction Of the State house.
he had on an ovcrcoat and each hand
IN the pocket and his thumb resting
on the top OF pocket. AS he got near
GOV. Illlman, lie cut across the pave
ment and thrust his whole right hand
IN his ovcrcoat pocket. expected
from what | heard him say in the
State house that he intended To shoot
GOV. Illlman About THAT time
heard Coy. Tilnlan say, Mr.. Gonzales,
received your message and then i'm
mcullLely heard Il report of Il DiStO
| didn't see where Gov. Tiliman got
his pistol from, as ! was watching Mr..
4 GolzaIcS, expecting to see him shoot
GOV: Illlman. Gov. Tilman, after he
tlred turned and walked of into Main
SIrect. Shortly after he shot. Senator
Ialblrd said, This must stOp,' and
several persons went to Mr.. Gonzales"
j. a. WHITES AFFIDAvlT.
An atlidavit was read from j. a.
White, keeper of one OF the commit
tee rooms, i'm which White said that
he recalled the events mentioned i'm
HoltZcnbachs affidavit and substan-
tiating it in every particular, except
that not knowing N. G.. Gonzales, he
did not say it was Mr.. Gonzales.
TILIMAN's AFFIDAvIT.
Before me personally uppeard Jas
~ ~. Ill!lnan who being duly sworn saws:
InaG The statement herein made 50 i;,r
as he is Informed and believes. II, is
proper 10 make at this time, is as fol-
lows: That for more than IL year and
possibly longer, N. G.. Gonzales has
villiiicd deponcnt, pursuing him unrc-
lentlngly with malice and venom which
deponcnt believes was never cquallcd
III the history of this State, charging
him with being IL liar, blackg,iard'
rogue, dehauchce and villain and such
other cplthcts. Every act OF dcponcnt
has been distorted and discolorcd by
hate and venom Of Gonzales That
though innocent he was called upon to
endure these, Nasmuch as deponcnt
was public officer. That lie bore all
Lnis With patienccalthOughh his private
ne, heretofore considered sacred was
invaded, discussed and held lIp To pub
iic derlslon. That dcpOncnL had been
informed That during the campaign
There was a rumor that Gonzales had
said II .Tillman had said the same
tnlngs IN Columbia that he said cIsr.
where there would. be IL personal en-
counter III which one would die. De-
poncnt was repeatedly urged and
warned to look out for his safety while
in Columbia, by various parties. De
pOncnt was informed that Coma les
came to The State house and inquired
Tor dcponent ana said that lie had
made dcponcnt show The white feather
on several occasions and intended to
make him 40 it again That dcponcnt
verify believes That n. G.. Gonzales
at tlat time was armed. Dcponcnt was
still anxious TO avoid an alteration
II IL could be done hOnorably. Inas-
much us dcpOncnt was about to retire.
from the Ollicc he was removing his
personal belongings from the State
house 10 his room in the hotel and
among other things it became neccs-
sary TO remove Two pistols, one the
property Of dcponcnt, the other left i'm
tllc room by some one not known, but
presumably some friend. While carry
ing these weapons to his loom. while
upon Main street, he observed n. G.
Gonzales coming directly towards him.
glarlnY at deponcnt, and with his
hands in his oycrcoat pockets. Sud
denly he pushed his hand into his
pocket on the right side and turned to-
wards depOncnt. Said Gonzales was all
the time gluring straight at dcpCncnt
Believing his life in danger, dcpOncnt
hurrcdly said ~ got your message, .
and fired. Dcp0ncnt believed then and
believes now that Gonzales was armed
and intended tokill him. That he was
dcsirons Of avoiding Il difficulty with
Mr.. Gonzales If he could When Con
ZiieS cut across was the time depo-
ncnt saw him thrust his hand in Ills
pocket. That deponcnt when he left
The State house didn't know he was
going TO meet Gonzales on the street.
Deponent believes Gonzales was about
I rpN al l.