The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-01
You don't feel hostile towards him p

You don't feel hostile towards him?"
THAT hardly expresses it,"
well, express it yourself" said Mr..
Nelson.
II feel very indignant towards the
man who had killed my best friend. and
I suppose if / harbor vengeance to-
wards anybody it would be toward
him." replied the witness.
Knew Wound Was Fatal.
DR.. C. w. Barron of Columbia was
at the hospital when Mr.. Gonzales was
brought there from the State office.
He said he asked, Mr.. Gonzales with
in ten or fifteen minutes after he had
been carried into the hospital:
IN. G., do you understand your con-
dition?"
II do" the doctor said Gonzales re-
piled, when witness said he asked him
the further question::
DO you understand, N. G., that you
will probably die?" The reply being,
witness testified, Il do
The doctor said Mr.. Gonzales had
no hose of recovery. He considered
Gonzales in extremis. Witness said
Gonzales made statement at the hos
pital which the witness said Gonzales
said was a death statement.
Q. (Mr. Nelson continuing)-Afte
the killing did you not write in the
harshest terms of him as black
guard, a gambler, a drunkard and
murderer?
A. You will find in the.
Don't tell what 1 will find. / am
asking you did you write it or not"
A. I did not write all that.
Q. What did YOU write?
81 wrote he was a cowardly assas-
sin and signed my name to it in the
State of Ian 16"
BabcOck Took Notes.
DR.. ]. w. Babcock, superintendent of
the state insane hospital, saw Gonzales
as he lay on the floor in the State Of
flee. He described the location of the
bullet wounds, and gave the opinion
that it was indicated that the body of a
man receiving such wounds was on the
point of turning. DIR. Babcock also saw
Gonzales at the hospital just after he
made statement to him which he
said he took down in long hand notes.
Reading from his notes he said the
following were the words of Gonzales,
as near as he could take it down:
He had one man with him who was
a particular friend of his, Talbird; an
other man whose face 1 did not observe.
/ started for the state house as usual.
AS got to the corner of Gervais street
1 recognized Tillman. l knew If l kept
on 1 would collide with him, as they
were three abreast, both on the out
side l cut diagonally across to the
left, intending to turn the corner into
Gervais street, which l could have done
without touching the inside man. AS
got on the turn two or three feet from
the exact corner, he said pulling pis-
toll. or had it in his sleeve, pulled and
fired and made some expression. Inc
shock threw me around against the
pillar on Main street. l faced him. He
pointed the pistol: called him coward.
He said, I took your advice or some
thing to that effect; he put pistol in
pocket and sauntered into the street.
Il never sent him message. he
| said: L have taken you at your word.
I suppose he referred to something
said in an editorial in the campaign.
He said this after he fired. l had no
idea of meeting him. ! had seen nm
two days before in the lobby OF the
House. The thing was finished as far
as 1 was concerned.
Jury Kept Out.
The statement was first given by
the witness in the absence of the jury.
the defense Directing to the introduce
| ton of the latter part, but subsequent
| " withdrew the objection.
August Kohn, a newspaper writer,
who was at the hospital at the time
Dr. Babcock was there, said Mr.. Con-
zales told him at that time in answer
to a question that he (Gonzales) had
not sent a message to Mr.. Tillman.
Court was adjourned at o'clock.
The cross examination of Mr.. Kohn
had not been completed.