The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-16

TIL 4 e ELL . III T.R IA=L.
What The State Prove Against Him
{, by It's Witnesses. s.is
AN Nl#INTEREsTING REVIEW.

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AN .A4lNl'ssINTEREsTING REVIEW. 81
iss;Remarkable8 strong Character Of
the Evidence and the Evi-
,sS SSss ence Most Damningy to
5E: ss:sS;as the Defendant.
The Columbia State OF Tuesday
ggayei iaS summary OF the case against j :
..H. Tillman{ that has been made ii the
4 court ut Lexing ton. This review is
particularly interesting from the fact
that:it is written by Mr.. James A.
sHoyt, Jr., the present assistant to the
editor Of The State, who held that
position also under the man Tillman
J; killed, and was peculiarly in his CHIEFS
professional confidence and held. his
:sclose friendship. Mr.. Hoyt had also
tbeen a witness, himself in the trial OF
4Ttllman, testifying to the dying state
1 ment Of MIR. Gonzales. The summary
II of the trial written by Mr.: Hoyt is the
IN rSt report Of any phase of the whole
3scase--except the question Of the as.
II signment of trial judge-that has
& been made, in The State, by a mem
q Der Of that papers regular staff. Mr.
Hoyt's review is as follows:
For six successive days the trial Of
81 j. .tTillman for the murder Of N. G.
d Gonzales has been in progress. During
\ that time the evidence upon which the
State Of South Carolina asks the priso-
4 sners conviction has been largely pre-
+ sented, and with one day more it will
{ probably all befn. Then the defend
4 ants side OF the case will be put be-
lore the Jury. aud afterwards will
come the testimony in reply and In re-
Z buttal. This will doubtless consume
al or the week now beginning and as
the argument will take several dayS it
viii be well into next week, perhaps
near it's close ,abefore the trial can be
concluded.
The ANALYSIS and interpretati of
the evidence for the assistance OF the
jury In determining truth and justice
4 is the province Of the attorneys on
each side. This newspaper would not
! essay such a task. But the court has
ordered The State shall not be read by
the jurors, and it Is therefore not un-
. Seemly to present an analysis Of the
proceedings SO far for the benefit Of
its readers who are interested, some Of
whom may have the time to pursue
& the evidence in detail as it is given in
The. State day by day. This analysis
i. is given with full understanding
that certain persons stand ready tn
N charge partiality, animosity and bias
Is to. It's writer. as the newspaper in
Z; ;Which5it appears.
Il PheE prosecution has proved that
~ Narciso g Gener! Gonzales, editor OF
sIh Stat teSwds Sona Il q ani,aGV4I L s IL GOA.
sfy suUpI ilman,s then Lieute,,-
4: ant Governor of South Carolina; that
1.-THE Shooting occurred on the cor
II ner of Main and Gcrvais street, in Co.
y lumbfa; that the shot was fred from a
Luger magazine pistol, large and
deadly weapon, unfamiliar to people
In this part Of the country; that Mr..
! Gonzales died from his wound on Jan
uiry 10, surgical skill being unable to
& save his life; that within an hour Of
the shooting he made to his assistant
and friend statement as to the oc.
& currence and that within another
hour he made another statement.
more formal but differing only slightly
from the other, to four or five men,
each or .Gnimpeachable veracity; that
before making these declarations Mr..
Gonzales expressed the belief that he
was going TO die. that he had received
mortal wound. To the establish
! ment Of tile main fact in the case, the
shooting itself, the prosecution has
brought up eye-witnesses to the deed
whose testimony not only agrees the
i one with the other remarkably we'll.
but which Comedies just as we'll with
the statements uf the deceased,
This main fact Is that n. G.. Con
& sales was walking along on the east
side OF Main street towards the capi-
tol and }. Fl. Tillman, with two men,
I was coming III the opposite direction;
that as they approached each other,
Mr.. Gonzales went from the outside to
the inside Of the pavement towards
the transfer station corner, and as he
passed the three men Tillman fired.
AS to what was said then testimony
does differ, but so far there has been
no evidence to show that Mr.. Coma
les did anything inconsistent with his
own statement that he intended to
pass Tillman and proceed to his home.
There is no evidence that he made
any movement towards his assailant
either before or after the shot was
= 1lred and 1T is clearly proven that Mr..
Gonzales face showed no sign OF hos
tilty, that he wore his usual express
sion, and that he was walking in his
usual absent minded fashion, neglect
ing to speak to even so good friend
as Wyatt Aiken or failing in his near.
SightedneSS to recognize him. AS
Mr.. Ball said, yesterday, to those who
knew N.G. Gonzales this picture is
as true to life as it could be drawn.
No one knew n. G. Gonzales better
than the man who writes this, yet
time after time Mr.. Gonzales has
passed him on the Street. close enough
to touch, without seeming to see him
at all! And the hands in the over
coat pockets with the thumbs outside!
With Dir. Gonzales this was not only
apersonal hab't-it is family habit.
Turn from this picture to another.
The first, II you will, Is painted by
the friends or the dead editor. You
may disregard if you wish the declara
t;Cn to Black and to Tcrrsi, uf The IN