The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-09
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4 w hen you left, where were these
i pistols? 1T hink pne:o them vas
on the esmanteIpi ieces aud ST think: Mr.
lTillman had the 9th lei. AS Istells YOU
it was late, & and II Iremember & Mr.
Dominick handing the pistol 1. to Mr.
lTillman and Ibis pulling 1t up. that
way illustrating. Gss ~.
o. Where did you next see Col.
Tillman? A. In the presid dent's room
Of the senate at thes State house. !.
g sS Who was In that room Besides
yourself 2 IA J. sW hen i was IN there, I.
remen. ber Mr. Dominick and Mr.. Till-
man Bunch being in there, and 81;
think one or jtwo other men were COM
ling In and ont. ;4sI ,i
G. At what hour was thisP AZ
This was after tie house had adj
]ourned. 81.
20. Can you tell us aboutswhat hour
that was? A... No, sir; it was. after l
O'clock, know; maybe between and
2; l know I went from there on to
dinner. s$.4
@. Before you left, did you have
any conversation with Col. Tlllman?
a. / did. M, e
@. What was It? Awe discussed
several things. One conversa tion was
In regard to going home to dinner.
@. That's what l want to know. A..
1 had no special conversation. I simp-
ly suggested it was time to go to din.
ner, or it was time to 60 home, and
he said he couldn't., o!t awhile and
l ask, b m how Ions before he could
go, and he said about 80 minutes, and
left and went back in the house or
representatives side, and after that l;
went to the hotel.
@. You don't remember how long?
A. l suppose was in the house 10 or
Is minutes.
@. Then you went to your hotel?
A. Yes, sir. e i
Q. Did you or not get information
as tx, this shooting down the street,
while you were at the hotelr A. I
had just gone into the dfning-roo
when heard of the shooting.
@. Did you see anything Of the. de-
fendant that day after that? a. Yes,
sir; l saw him after the shooting; as
soon as finished dinner L went
around to the Jail to see him.
| g. Was it daylight? A. Yes, sir. .
W. LIZ JOo lCiACuOCA NOtIuU
hour? A. 1t couldn't have been much
after 2 o'clock; it was very shortly af-
ter the shooting.
| @. Wnen you went to the Jail, did
you see him?. A. Yes, sir. sI.
@. Was anybody present when you
saw him? A. Yes, sir.
@. Who? A. There was a tall
young man there clean shaved, whom
l understood to be the brother OF the
jailer; am not certain OF that; did
not know him. Mr.. Fred Dominick
was there. think, and [ think prob
ably Tillman Bunch was there. and
before l left there maybe Judge Bu-
chanan came In there.
@. Did you have any conversation
with Mr.. Tillman about this shoot
ingP a. Yes, sir; told him was
very sorry he had gotten into this
shooting scrape.
@. State that conversation as near
as you can? A. I expressed regrets
to Mr.. Tillman that he had gotten
into this trouble, and he asked me II
knew where he had hit Mr.. Con.
zales, and told him thought the
ball had hit him In the right side and
ranged down and came out on the left.
q. You say he asked you? A.
Where he hit him?
Q. Had you ascertained before you
went there where he was hit? A.
Not from anybody who knew. l told
him would find out, and he asked
me to find out. got in a carriage
and went TO The State Office, aud
there I talked to Capt. w. r.. Con
zales, and after my conversation l
went back to the jail and told Mr..
Tillman where ! understood he had
hit Mr.. Gonzales.
@. What language did you use; do
you recall? A. l told him about the
same thiDg-that the ball had gone in
on the right side and down and out.
Q. What did he.say? A. He made
only one remark. think-that If he
had hit him where he aimed, he was
sure a dead man, as the ball he used
wouldn't change its course.
Q. Did you have any further CON
versation with him about it? A. l
never have; / left there after that,
and haven't talked to him about 1t
since.
Cross examination by Mr.. Croft:
Q. Do you know Tillman Bunch?
A. Yes, sir
@. And he was In Col. Tillman's
room that morning? A. Yes, sir;
Think he was when
Q. Tillman Bunch was journal
clerk in the senate, wasn't he? A.
Yes, sir; think SO.
@. And do you not know that Fred
Dominick was down there In the in
terest Of his candidacy for code com
missioner for South Carolina? A. He
was candidate and was working for
that.
Q. You Know that Dominick was
rooming with COL Tillman at the
Caldwell hotel? A. think he and
Tillman Bunch and Col. Tillman all
roomed together; think there was
two or three beds in the room-possi-
bly, three.
1t will be remembered that Tillman
accounted for having two pistols on
his person when arrested by saying
they were left at his room in The
State House and that he was carrying
them to the hotel.
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