The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-09
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Black J Denies 7 ruth Of Last Affidavit
Bsari Is His Name. SO 90 Sss4.i \;
BE rs FRIENDLY !. z. 10 TILLMAN,, 4
An And lie z Sorry 4 3 i. niiIsd at5 !! Up
In the AFFAIR, But His i:9
IS 4 First iAfadayit is the
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s,The a3ffldayit secured from me +,

st7s sfS-sf t1rgti iAHuaViC te the
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The affidavit secured from me by.
Mr.. Wm Elliott, J r.. in regard to the
statement made to me- by c ColonellJ j as!.!
Il; aTlllnan Is the &, correct account of
what transpfred, and II anything Is
said in the second affidavit to contra
dict this, IT was put there Without my
knowledge and conSent,.n This wa
the remark made by Mr.. o. D. Black,
now at the Augusta city hospital
when seen by the Augusta Heral..
Wednesday morning. The two ain
davits 10th bearing the signature OF
O.sD Black, properly attested, befor,
notaries are as follows:
= Z THE FIRST AFFIDAVIT.
State Of South Carolina, County OF
Richland-- Personally b.fore me APP
peared 0. d. Black, who, being duly
sworn, says: an d tlagman betwe n
Columbia, S. O., and Jacksonville,
Fla. l was formerly on the run Le
tween Augusta and Columh hia. AT
the time Hon. James II. {Tillman was
coming to Columbia to. count the bal
lots, about three weeks before tn,
Shooting Of N. G. Gonzales, was flag
man between Columbia and Augusta
,aqd heard the said james H,JTillmats
say,Stn the smoking car, that he wa>
going to whip or kill said N. G. Con.
5ales. Along; in November l was nt
Albion hotel in Augusta, with said
III. Tillman, and then saw q blue.
steel magazine pistol. Said j. Fl.
Tlllman intimated o me that thai
was the pistol with which he Intended
to kill N. o. Gonzales. L said: Don't
kill him, whip him. He replied: 'By
God, l am going to kill him." said
fillman, pulling the pistol referred to
out Of his hip pocket. Signed o. d.
Black"
Sworn to before me this February
1908, VIM. Elliott, Jr., N. p. S. c."
THE SECOND AFFIDAVIT.
The following is the one sprung by
The defense at Lexington Tuesday in
the conference. 1t did not come dntu
open court.
State Of South Carolina, County
of Richland- Personally before me ap-
| pearcd O. ID. Black, who being duly
sworn says: That the statement ht
made, or that appeared over his sigma
Jnre was written by MIR. Elliott, who
said he would force him to testify, un-
less he signed the statement; that he
nurriedly read the statement, and did
not know how it sounded until ht
read the same in the newspapers; that
this is a true statement OF the con
versition he had withJ. II. Tillman:
Tillman showed him the pistol lie had
just bought as curiosity. In the
course OF the conversation, 1'illmau
mentioned the fact of the personal
difficulty between him and N. G. Con.
zales. Some time has passed, and /
can't remember just what Tillman
said. He may have said that IL Con
zales forces him to do it. he would be
obliged to kill him. The impression
made on me was that Tillman did not
wish to provoke the difficulty, but
would only act If forced to do SO.
cap't say positively just the words he
usedi however, that has passed. He
did say, however, that he felt like
whipping Gonzales for attacking him
SO lnjustly in the newspapers. don't
thihk, however, he made direct
l.ahyaa.ss55 and | did not know was max
ingtt93iI 93iIch. a statement until saw same
In I'll newspapers. The papers, as |
said {Eas written by Mr.. Elliott,
ands did not know how it would
]Soui and it was not Il true statement
of INSTRUMENTATION l had with Till:
inaH 'aiigned, O. D. Black. II
Sworn to before me this 21st day
OF February, Geo. r. 'Rembert, N. r.
r.. Q,
MI. Black was in bed at the hospital
when seen by the Herald representa-
Tive. and seemed Still suffering from