The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-20
Tillmdn Shoots
Gonzales
Continued from First PaGe.3

been advised by counsel 10 say abso-
Iutely nothing ana he u.loWed their
advise to the letter.
human alter shooting walked out
into the middle of the Street wnere he
Was arrested and taken 10 the station
house on GervaIs street. he was met
there by several of his friends but said
nothing. The police tool from him tn
long dng ma game llStCl winch had
one empty cartridge and a large Colt
rev Oliver.
Just as soon as Mr.. Gonzales was
taken into his office, DR.. w. j. Murray
arrived and made the wound d man
comfortable. DR.. Griffith n DR.. CO.
ward ave an I'M 2ction TO relieve the
intense pain. Gradu lily a pallOr
! spread over the face of the injur d ed
itor hut he seemed "nv Gus to talk and
to give the story of the shooting. he
answered all ln4 al. .ea AHA ask d par
tiCularly about the members of his
family. all of whom had by this time
arrived.
DR.. w. B. Taylor, was placed in
charge and it was promptly decided
that an operation would have to be
performed. Arrangements were made
to take Mr.. Gonzales to C"lumbia hos
pital. He stood the trip wei and af-
ter being taken into the building his
| purse registered - ana d no time HdO
it gone below co.
1t was exacting two hours after
the shooting that Mr.. Gonzales was
placed on the operating table. The op-
era ton lasted bou two hours. The
patient lore the operation we'll and af-
tor being put in bod had n pulse Of
115-120 and respiration of 81.
The operation was done by DR.. Lee
| Grand Guerry. assisted by DR.. Lindsay
| Dafn~- ~ H. I II NIrInt Cd 1r
D. S. Pope gave the an2esthtic. DR.. b.
w. Taylor was chief consultant with
DR.. c. w. Barron and a half dozen
other Columbia physicians were pres
ent, among them DR.. j. w. Babcock,
Dr.. Gibbes. DR.. Philpot. DR.. Watson.
DR.. Griffith and Dr. F~ishburn.
Before the operation Mr.. Gonzales
, SPOKE to the physicians about himself
and made some suggestions. In a
statement. Mr.. Gonzales made it plain
that he sought no difficulty and that
to avoid a collision with Mr.. Tillman,
who was walking with two senator's.
rs cut across the pavement and passed
by without touching or speak ng, and
that Mr.. Tillman RULED his pistol or
had it in his hand and fired. Mr..
Gonzales spoke TO Tillman and told him
shoot again. you coward" Mr.. Con-
zales said he saw Mr.. Tillm9n two
days before and Mr.. Tillman saw i'm
AS to sending any message to Mr.. Till
! man, he said he had not don so and
that he was positive that Mr.. Tillman
fired before he said a Word.
The most serious wound is the cut
ting of the transverse colon for about
an inch and a half almost Severing the
intestine. This and the three other
wounds of the intestines were carefully
| sewed. After the operation the physi-
clans reported that the patient stood
the ordeal we'll and that the operation
was as successful as it could be. All
during the afternoon messages came
from all parts of the state incuiring
into the condition of Mr.. Gonzales and
what hope could be offered was dis
patched.
1t IS declared hera by close friends
of the stricken editor that Tillman's
life is perfectly safe from any mob at
tack and that there is no thought on
the part of Mr.. Gonzales and friends Of
! avenging his shooting by acts of vio-
lence.
! The i'll feeling between Lieutenant
| Governor Tillman and Editor Gonzales
had been brewing for soma time and
followed a sever donunciation of Till
man, which Gonzales made in the col
umns of his paper and on the stump
throughout the state. The trouble be-
tween the two men. however. first grew
| out Ol a lSl lShl ''i'N -
! United States Senator B. r. Tillman
and Senator McLaurin on the floor OF
| the United States senate.
Major Micah Jenkins, who had serv-
ed with Roosevelt's rough riders in
Cuta. and who had won a record for
bravery and merit. WIS to have been
presented with a sword by the people
of South Carolina. in recognition of his
courage and the fame he had won for
his state in the Spanish war. The pre-
sentqtion was to nave been made by
Lieutenant ~Governor-elect Tillman,
who today shot Gonzales.
When President Roosevelt withdrew
his invitation to a state dinner in
Washington which he had sent senator
Tillman because of the FIGHT, the lat
ter had in the United States senate.
Lieutenant Governor Tiliman refused
TO present the sword to Lieutenant
Jenkins. Mr.. Gonzales took IN the
nnntter through the columns of the
State and bitterly denounced Tillman.
He repeated the denunCiatiOns made
previously on MANY different occasions
md even dared Mr.. Tiilman to deny
the charges. The charges Gonzales
made were spread all over the south
md made q deeD sensation. many I'M
complimentary remarks being mada in
he press of the country. because TILL
man did not resent the charles.
Both Gonzales and Tillman have
hosts of friends and more trouble may
follow today's affair. Gonzales comes
# a family noted in this section of the
country for COURAGE and nerve. ION
7ales himself went to cuba before the
Snanieh-Amnrican war ard enlisted as
\ scout with General Gomez. doing
Notable work for the insureant army.
Governor McSweeney on the Shoot
Columbia, s. c.. January 15.-Gov-
ernor insolvency was asked tonight
for an expression as to the affair and
he said
1T was a most deplorable affair and
that is all can say about it just now,
further than to say that conduct Of a
.tate officer in carving concealed