The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-06

closing until rext seek. Al. here IS further
testimony The State mag desire TO submit.
one 81 the witnesses Tor the defense was
heard today. the state having disposed
ot all is witnesses present. some tine
PRIOR to the hour appointed for adjourn
ment. 70 afternoon session vas held To-
day and The tr.al vii rs. be resumed aa-
I'll Tuesday morning because IN other nat
tiers demanding the attention OF the court
today.
Only four witnesses for the state were
examined today.
s.. II Lite. e Columbia. testified that
ne Was passing along Main street. gong
toward the state House Oh his way -
dinner 81 January =. and A. he reached
a point just south d the Office 81 The
State newspaper. he saw Gonzales ahead
q him, walking on a little further ne saw
Mr.. TIilman with two other men coming
from the State House. he said. Continu-
ing, tho witness stated:
Il did not give any particular notice
10 either one OF them. but went along
and when ! got about the front OF the
billboard next to the transfer office. /
just saw Mr.. Tillman throw UP his arm
and shoot, just that way Indicating. ]
did not see whether he drew his pistol 81
not; Just saw the shot, and instantly this
man, a sort Of light-naired man. whom
| afterwards was told was Senator Tai
bird, Jumped between Mr.. Gonzales and
Mr.. Tlllman and threw up his hands tins
way against Mr.. Tillman's face. and SAID
This thing must stop and Tillman had
his pistol over the shoulder Of this gen
tleman, moving it back and forth this
way several times as if he was trying to
set a chance to shoot again"
The witness then testified as to the
movements Of Mr.. Gonzales and Mr.. Till
man.
Mrs. Emma Melton, who was a clerk IN
the Engrossing Department Of the state
Legislature at the last session. said on
the stand today that she left the State
House at fifteen minutes before two
o'clock on the afternoon of January Il.
As She was crossing Gervais street She
saw Lieutenant Governor Tillman and two
other men walking in front of her. Com
ing IN this direction, was Mr.. Gonzales,
who crossed diagonally across toward the
inside to pass between the opening be
tween the three men abreast and the
front OF the transfer station. She started
toward the same opening. as She said. to
pass tIt lilltt men, anu NdS lCDt1IlS alt
Gonzales, intending to speak to him. She
said had Gonzales taken one more step
he would nave passed the three men.
When she heard the report she thought
it an explosion under the sidewalk, but
when it occurred to her that it was a shot
she ran away, not knowing who had fired.
She said the defendant was on the out
side, Senator Talbird in the middle and
Senator Brown on the inside.
A.. G.. Lamotte said after the shot was
fired he saw Gonzales and Tillman with a
pistol in his hand.
man say:
Il received your message
The defendants witness heard today
was Mary J. Roper, who was formerly
from Edgefeld, but is now living in New
York. During the year 1902 she had
charge, she said, of an infirmary at Spar
tanburg, and nursed Captain Raphael FL
lott, an uncle of N. c.. Gonzales.
Mr.. Gonzales, she said, visited his IN
Gle at the infirmary there and when asked
if she had heard Mr.. Gonzales make any
reference to Mr.. Tillman in his conversa-
tons with Captain Elliott, she replied in
the affirmative. On her direct examina-
III liz l. lIIdbS JILL
M Gonzales asked me if l considered
Colonel Tillman a brave man. / told him
| certainly did. He said he did not; that
he had made Mr.. Tillman show the white
feather twice; that Colonel Tillman had
challenged him to two duels which he did
not acknowledge and that Colonel Tillman
had no more resentment than to come to
him in the hotel lobby and offer him a CT
gar, which he declined.h
W. it on one or more occasions that
you heard him speak Of Mr.. Tillman IN
this derogatory manner?" counsel asked.
con several occasions, the few days he
was in the hospital" replied the witness.
She said she had known Lieutenant Gov
ernor Tlllman's family all her life, and
that the families are connected by mar
riage. Miss Roper said she had never
heard Tillman make any threats against
Gonzales.