The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-11
70 JURY WEDNESDAY
an CASE OF TILLMAN' ON TRIAL
In" FOR MURDER, WILL CO.
ADDRESSES OF SEVEN HOURS
,, RE MADE BY BOTH STATE
AND DEFENSE.

,,,,tness in the Case Heard Yes
Jury VIII Hear ArGu-
,ts Monday and TuesdaS'
.I for Defense Suggested
eutS Limited to Three
go. Each, But Judge Gary De-
an n Day Apiece-Geer De-
He sent Warming to Ttllman'
.;,cton. S. c., Oct. 10.-The last
80 m be heard in the trial OF
II Tillman, charged with the
,.dor Of Editor Gonzales. left the
"a az o'clock this afternoon. thus
ao,udine the taking of testimony IN
,rho+ promised to be a much longer
vial than this will be.
On Monday and Tuesday counsel VIII
.a5ress the jury, seven hours being
,dvan 10 each for arguments. On wed
s.s5av morning Judge Gary will charge
.bo irrv. and place the case with 1t LOT
soi;haration and determination. Thls
~.ocren,me was decided upon by court
.od counsel. and announced by court
,,st nrior to adjournment to-day.
Counsel for the defense proposed that
the ease be submitted to the jury with
o,,t argument, the state suggesting that
three hours be devoted to each side.
my the court proposed a day each,
which was accepted by the attorneys on
both sides. The employment of eXpe-
ditious methods has materially hasten
ed the end of this important case. a
vast number of witnesses have been
heard and a great volume of testimony,
for and against the defendant, has been
nJaced before the jury for it's consid-
Grafton. Never was a case in this state
more closely contested than this one
has been.
The testimony of character witnesses
offered by both the state and the de-
Tense. and arguments by counsel on
disputed points consumed the time of
the two sessions to-day, only one wit
ness being on the stand at the after
noon session. One of the character wit
uesses for the state to-day was asked
as to his support for a certain Repub-
Ncan candidate for Congress. Coun-
sci for the state objected, Gen. Bellin-
ger saying in the course of his remarks
that was calling attention to his politi-
cal standing. Judge Gary, in ruling
that the question was competent. said:
Generally speaking, MIR. Bellinger,
think your view the correct one, but
under the peculiar conditions down
here it may affect a mans character.
Geer Denied story.
The state placed two witnesses on
the stand to-day attacking the verac-
ity Of two witnesses for the defense.
W. H. Geer. a travelling representa-
tive Of the State, said to-day that he
did not make the statement that Mr..
Gonzales had a pistol for Mr.. Tillman
and that he CTillman) had better not
tackle him with a stick because he
would get - shot out of him, re-
mark which a witness for the defense
testified he made.
BY agreement of counsel 1t was ad-
Eltted that Mr.. Gonzales eyesight was
directive and that he habitually wore
gases, thus rendering it unnecessary
put on witnesses from Columbia
seht Tor When the court announced that
testimony relative to this. excluded
yesterday, would be admitted.
Inc state offered in evidence certain
records of the street railway company
y, snow the hours during which A. j.
tloWers, who testified that he over
heard conversation had by Mr.. Con
1aies, had run cars in the summer
~ 1907 but on inspection finding that
. ule record sustained him as to time,
NiTy We're asked to be withdrawn
me defense. in rebuttal, put on up
"dIuS OF twenty witnesses to testify
az 70 the good character of R. H. Hol-
s.ou3ack, one of their witnesses, who
"Iuned relative to the shooting.
~ hXing the programme so as to
SsIu the case to the jury Wednesday
nO.,lng' Judge Gary said he did that
to Ihe Jury would have full day be-
ARE IL for the consideration of it's YER
CcI instead of sending it out at night.
ooIIt adjourned. shortly before 5
OVlock until $50 Monday morning.