The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-29
GOV, LLMAN'S TRIAL BEGINS.
.yyRY EES BULLET HOLES IN
GNZALEyS CLOTHES.

vn. p,ced Garments Pus Oh In Court
byuo Of GOnzales's Friends Pistol
m Killed Him Banded About Loaded
m Cocked-Jwy secured Quickly.
LECTION, s. c.. Sept. 2s.The trial Of
Gov. James H. Tillman for the
n,urdrof N. G. Gonzales, editor OF the Co
mmbiStor. 10 fairly under way. A jury
Was ,tained In an Unexpectedly short
lime ,-day, and six witnesses gave their
tes,i,ny before court adjourned.
The was only one moment Of real
.,oh,ent. That was when the maya zine
MIST, with which Mr.. Gonzales was killed
ras,xhibited. Clerk Walker vas evil
.an, unfamiliar with it's mechanism.
Ind Gary inquired if it was loaded. Fl
nall after sevral witnesses had fingered
1, CONGRESSMAN George tombstone. who
WASTING by ts side Of the prisoner, arose
sn,sad;
Ne are infot med that that pistol is at
hi moment bot loaded and cooked
The weapon ono OF the first of it's kind
sem in these Drts. and its manipulation
Is IN unsolved zzle to the average man.
/ was evidd to-day that every point
in the case WILDE closely contested. How
long the trial II last cannot be foretold.
Tillmans Flyers are Congressman
George W. Gro Of Aiken, his law partner;
PHI Nelson columbia. ex-Congressman
tombstone of ewberry and his partner,
Mr. WEIGH; exudge Buchanan Of Winns-
boro Tillman' brother-in-law. and seven
other men Of Il prominence.
Solicitor Tfrmond is assisted in the
prosecution bex-Att orney General G. ID.
Bellinger. Anew Crawford and William
Elliott. Jr., of (umbia, and Messrs. Sturkie
and Asbill of kington.
TillmAn, VIII arraigned, answered in q
distinct tone. bard throu ghout the court
room, Not city," He is feet ? inches
tall He was tessed in a black suit with
black cravat.
Throughoute day he sat with his coun-
sci, frequent comforting with them and
at no time Haying emotion. His aged
mother. his y and other family conneo-
lions were prtnt most OF the day. Sena-
tor Tillman iiot here yet.
OF the thitsix Jurors drawn on the
panel twentJx were examined. With
out exceptiothey swore that they had
expressed ndpinion and were without
prejudice for against the prisoner
The State aausted its five peremptory
challenges arhe defence nine Of its ten.
Four men w excused on account of ill
ness or othetatutory reasons.
G. H. Kod ex-county supervisor,
farmer. is fohan Of the jury. Six other
nlrymen are tmers, four are cotton mill
operatives anne is a carpenter.
When Muir Parnell was drawn, the
State introdt the county registration
books to shohat he was not registered.
The law requ, jurymen to be qualified
voters Parrswore that he had regis
tration certite at home, twelve miles
away.
The Judges about to allow Parnell
to 70 home search for his certificate
when the Stabnsented to have the Court
rule without Their evidence The Court
admitted Pan as legal juror and the
State stood , aside, yielding thereby
one Of its chnges. The argument over
this point coined an hour, as long as the
drawing Of thhole jury
When the rt convened at 1 o'clock
George TillmGraham Of tho prisoners
Lexington oosl, rising with q copy Of
Saturdays Onbia State, asked per-
mission to N a statement. Solicitor
Thurmond obed Judge Gary said he
believed Mr.. Dam wished to speak for
the lexington, and he would hear
him. E. l.. As Of the prosecution said
that he was amber Of the Lexington
bar and kne~thing OF the proposed
statement. Jul Gary then declined to
hear Mr.. GrahMnless he spoke for the
bar az whole
Mr.. Graham understood, had some-
thing to say aban editorial In which the
Columbia State nmented on the selec-
ton Of Judge @ to preside, saying that
he was a politiand personal friend Of
Tllman and TIN majority Of the Lex
ington bar who ltioned for his appoint
nent we're Of thrisoner's counsel. The
editorial observepwever that this would
not necessarily vent Judge Gary from
presiding impartt.
Attorney Nels< for the prisoner, re-
quested that whall newspaper articles
bearing on the c#hould be kept out OF
the jury's hands. should be instructed
especially not to ! the Columbia State
in view Of it's edto expressions of Satur-
day and to-day. Ie Gary complied with
the request.
Sheriff ColemaInd Clerk Walker OF
Richland identifpstols In their GUS
tody, one Of whiwas used to kill Mr..
Gonzales and theper found in Tllman's
pocket at the pol station.
Associate Edit Hoyt, Lewis Wood.
Jr., reporter, AMI. C. Wallace, foreman
of the States Office. identified the
clothing Mr.. Coles was wearing when
he was shot.
At the solicitd request, Wood put on
the overcoat, coPnd waistcoat and ex-
hibited TO the I the bullet holes. The
bullet entered sr tie lower waistcoat
pocket on the side and came out be-
hind the lowersistcoat pocket on the
right.
Policeman Bari testified that he ar
rested Tillman fE moments after tho
shooting. Tilsn aid to him: Il re-
ceived Gonzalez mtsage.'
Tillman. Bond I'd. objected to sur
rendering thaoistotn his hand. saying
that he, wish to iotect himself. The
officer replieIthat u would protect him.
and tho Mat. was stfanjered