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]. II. TILLMAN'S TRIAL PUT
OFF.
ABSENCE OF TWO WlrNEsSEs fHE
CAUSE OF THE DELAY.

n Cnuaiuuancs On shc Groand
shas the Raie Of C0art Governins
Cspsiuusuees has nos been Con.
psseA With. and that there was
Neshiug % Show thss the Tessimo-
NJ or ihe witnesses was not si
nuch Hasars ihst % Might be Ad-
ssissed ~ the Proaee1sis's and shs
Cuss Preeeed-JadEe Kisgh De-
esaes snat Alahoagh the RRle Nay
Z nee Have bees IFeehaically Com.
.lsea With, % haai been Practical
ly. and Therefore he Grsnte the
Censauuaaee.
Columbia, April ESPECIAL: The
case asninss James n. Tiliman has
been continued until the July term Of
Court.
The motion for the continuance was
made by tho defence.
THE State wished the case to be
lnronptly tried and insisted that the
defence had not made Q sufficient
showing to gain continuance.
Tho defence based its application
fnr q continuance Of the case, first on
the af7idayit Of physicians that Capt.
i. IA. White was too Ill to attend the
Court that he was suffering from
y diabetes Of o searous type and partial
unrnlyuis: and, second, on the afiida-
VI thaf Miss Mary Julia Roper was
n New York and could not be gotten
hore for the trial.
CnpE white In his afildavit used In
the applicatiou for bail swore that r.
81. Hoisenback told him Of . conversa-
don With Mr. Gonzales, 10 which he
said Mr.. G0nxales hild told him (Ho!-
5snback) chat he had made Lieuten-
ant Governor Tilimsn ''show the
vhite feashes on several occasiops and
when he met him he would make
him show it slyain." .
Mis- Mary Julia Roper II trained
nuree and sh0 swore In an affidavit
uoed In an application for bail. which
Was declined, that while attending
Mr. GonxnseelB uncle she heard Mr..
0o6sAlessay that he chad made Lieu
tefikna Governor Tillman show the
white sbather aud that he would do
All N his power against him and was
- ~. Ts5is,sr % - "
" ms -. 49, ) - n,.,a that n had triad
70 get these witnesses, but without
succeo9.
The State urged that the defence
had mot made . proper, full or Gatisfac-
tory showing Ia its application for .
oontlnuanoo, and that II such Q show
inx were made Of what 1t was pro-
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tne Soots foon "ne" '"' l""'''" "~e
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ad.
Tue Sfate was anxions 10 nave no
delay - tne nearing OF the case.
Conneai ior sn0 oeience snnounce
that the cmslnuance OF tne case Goes
NOS rsean % applIcation Ioi oaii, anu
tnat no sucn tnoso " no" III c"o'e"'
p,asson. -, .
Tnese We sPaLieou ieesi cntes'
ever sne mou9n 10, conln"ance %
pafucipate6 ~ Sy Ni. ueo. w. Sso'' W
en0 Co. In SS,s3n, S, GTunsel @ .oi
the oeIence, sno SoscitoI !nulMonC
ana Cols AnoIew C1Swio'o, unse
4 Ior tne Psosecusios: 0en. oeInsel
or counsei Iof toe State, wa sctlng ~
ynogs . she spee'ai eefm oi Couf' III
NSMoestx A.,
Tne solicator suegeseeo tnas sn G u.
iSumess oi tus psSonel =" nau, ~
tne oesence oCseceoo snu intima's.
Snas some iurtnef motIon may "
mae iAser. AL, s, T.,
Inc custom 10 tnls ctate IS 70 as'
lor ana get conunuances. Ihe con
tinuance oi tne case s eItiiely WIN
10 tne Juosmous snu oiScre''on y
uae Voufs'
pRocEEDINos IN DETAIL.
At, u
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