The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
THOSE PISTOLS.
Some Interesting Testimony About
Them from Mr. Bowling.
he TEsTIFIEs BE SAW THEM

AT IIllman ESOOm at the dOCeI on
the Morning OF the Day
that Mr.. Gonzales
Was Shot.
Mr.. Fl. Spann Bowling, a member
of the legislature from Bamberg coun-
", in his testimony at the Tillman
trial threw new light on Tlllman's
pistols. We print his testimony be-
low. After some preliminary Ques-
tions be was asked the following ques-
tionS:
@. Do you know the defendant,
James H. Tillman: a. Yes, SIR.
Q. How long have yoa known him?
A. l suppose l have known him may
be &c or - years.
Q. Did you hold any official posi-
tion at the time he was colonel in
the army? A. Yes, sir.
Q. What position was thatss A. l
was lieutenant in the Second South
Carolina regiment. He was colonel OF
the First.
Q. That was during the Spanish
war? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you attend the last meeting
of the general assembly, A. l did,
perhaps the 18th of January
second Monday in January.
Q. Did you see Col. Tillman during
the session of the legislature? A. /
did, sir.
Q. When did you first see him and
where? A. The first place saw MN
was on Tuesday morning at the Cald-
well hotel.
O. Where were you boarding? A.
At the Caldwell hotel.
@. DO you know where Mr.. Tillman
was registered? a. At the Caldwell.
@. What room did you occupy? A.
I am not positive, but think it was
No %.
@. Well. relative to tue one which
he occupied? A. Well, he occupied
the one adjoining mine.
@. On the same side Of the aisle:
A. On the same side, right next to it.
@. Will you please tell the jury
what led up to your seeing him the
next morning? A. Well, on Monday
night during the night heard con-
siderable noise in the room next tc
mine, and the next morning l went
to the office and inquired who occu,
pied that room, and while I was ir
the office Col. Tillman walked in OF
walked to the door Of the office and
saw him there about that time.
@. Where did you go? a. Or
Tuesdav I went up to the State house
@. Where did you go~yrom the
Office that morning2~A. coaldn''
tell yopsz
- ou say you heard considerable
noise in the night before? a. Yes
sir.
@. And what made you inquire:
A. Who occupied the room adjoining
mine.
@. Did you see anything more O
Col. Tillman that night? a. "
Tuesday night?
@. On Monday night? a. I neve
saw him at all on Monday night.
@. You saw him on Tuesday morn
ing? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Where did you see him on Tues
day morning? A. About the office
door of the Caldwell hotel. That wa:
the only place 1 remember seeing hin
that morning.
O. Where cid you next see him:
A. I saw him after that frequently
and the next day perhaps aroIn1 the
State house and at other places.
@. Did you see him in the hotel any
more after that and before this as
sault? A. You mean the shooting o1
Mr.. Gonzales2
@. Yes. A. I saw him on the
morning Of the shooting.
0. WHAT time was that, and where
did you see him? A. 1t was near
O'Clock on the morning Of the shoot
ing. woke up very late; my room
mate had gone out; it was cold, and
we had no fire and I called to Mr..
Tillman and asked him if he had any
FIRE in that room and some one re-
piled YES" and I gathered up my
clothes and went around to his roon
and dressed there, and while dressing
in there Col. Tillman was dressing
also. and we decided we wouldn't be
able to get to the dining room before
it closed to get our breakfast and we
ordered our breakfast sent up to his
room.
O. Who was in the room besides
YOU and Col. Tillman? A. Mr. Fred
Dominick and Tillman Bunch. /
think they went to breakfast and left
US in the room; they afterwards cane
back in the room.
@. Did they come back before you
finished breakfast or afterwards?
A. They came back before went out
Of the room.
@. When you went out OF the room
who did you leave in there? A. 1 left
them all in there, I think.
@. Did you notice anything out Of
the ordinary in that room? A. Well,
sir, I don't know what you have re-
ference to. l saw some pistols in
there.
Q. How many pistols did you see in
there? a. ! saw two.
Q. When you first went in the room
how many pistols did you se'>? A.
There was two, think.
@. Do you know where they were?
A. They were on the mantelpiece, l
think over the fireplace.
@. Describe them. a. One Of them
was a Colts pistol and the other was
magazine pistol had never seen a
pistol Of the kind before and l ex-
amined it closely.
@. Do you see any pistol there? On
dicating on table near witness Stand.)