Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-10-01
TRIAL OF TILLMAN
AT LEXINGTON, S. C.
Third Days Proceedings In
Celebrated Case.
DR.. 3. W. TAYLOR TEoTlFIEs.
Doctor Told Of Course of Treatment
Pursued and Said Death Resulted
From Gunshot Wound-EdItor Hoyt,
Columbia State, Also Testified.

Lexington, s. G., Sept 90-At the be-
ginning OF the third day of the trial
Of James H. T1llman, only few spec
tators were present.
DR.. B. w. Taylor, one of the Columr
bia physicians who assisted in the op-
Grafton performed on N. C. Gonzales,
resumed his testimony
Mr.. Gonzales was under the infiu-
ence Of anaeethics and on the operat-
Ing table when the doctor first saw
him at the hospital. He said ne had
no hope of the patients recovery af-
Ter he examined the wounds.
The witness was question at some
length relative to the stimulants ad-
ministered to Mr.. Gonzales, their pur-
poses and affects.
F. H. Mcintosh, the next witness,
said he rode in the ambulance with
Mr.. Gonzales to the hospital after the
shooting, and that they were alone in
the ambulance.
II Think the Fellow Got Me-"
Asked If Gonzales said anything to
him to say frankly If he was mortally
wounded. Witness said he told him
he was afraid he was, and that Con
gales said:
Yes, think the fellow got me-"
The doctor then told of the course
Of treatment pursued and said he be-
ueved death to have resulted from
the gunshot wound.
J. A. Hoyt, Of the editorial staff of
the Columbia State, saw Mr.. Gonzales
Ia The States office about 15 minutes
after the shooting He was then suf-
fer1ng intensely the witness said, but
rallied. He was with him continu-
ously then until he was removed to
the hospital
did he say anything about his con-
dition?'' the solicitor asked.
''Yes; he said he was afraid he would
die before his wife got there" witness
replied.
Asked if Gonzales made any state
ment to him, Mr.. Hoyt said he had
told him all about the shooting.
DeTcnSS RAISES OpIeCrlon.
Objection was raised by the defense
to the admission Of the statement
which Mr.. Hoyt said Mr.. Gonzales
made to him regarding the shoot
ing and lengthy argument ensued.
Counsel for Mr.. Tillman contended
that it was not competent, claiming
on testimony of Dr. Griffith, who said
Gonzales smiled when he (Dr. Grif
ath) gave him some encouragement
after administering morphine The
witness was then questioned as to the
precise time this occurred and Aespe-
cially the precise time the statement
was made By Mr. Gonzales to Mr.. Hoyt
and to the witness preceding Mr.. Hoyt,
w. G. Wallace, a compositor in The
State office. Counsel for the defense
insisted that the statements testified
to as having been made by Mr.. Con
zales regarding his condition showed
apprehension and not conviction that
he was going to die.
Counsel for the prosecution contend
ed that the statement which witness
Hoyt said Gonzales made to him
showed that Gonzales believed death
imminent when he talked to Hoyt and
stress was laid on the additional dec.
laratton testified to by DR.. Mcintosh
and Mr.. Wallace. At 1890, argument
on the objection was still in progress
Argument was concluded at 1870 p.
m., when Judge Gary ruled that the
statement when Hoyt said Gonzales
had made to him could be admitted
Al recess was then taken until 4
o'clock p. N.