The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-10-06
I'll Kill Him as I'd Kill a
Mad Dog.
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questioned a. to his feelings toward ne
defendant. He said he wrote one article
against his candidacy, but that he uevc.
wrote anything against Inn as an in
dlyldual. On further cro~9-examInatton
he SAID he read an affidavit BY Black and
mad noticed that Black had not mentioned
his name. He was asked il il was not
true that he did not come forward and
make the statements he testified TO today
when application was made for bail Tor
Mr.. Tillman, his reply being ii the affirm
alive.
Or. E. c. L. Adams, when called TO the
stand, IN reply TO questions said he had
had several conversations with ]. H. Till
nan.
What did the conversations have rela-
ton to?' counsel for the State asked.
7 some of the articles written by
Mr. Gonzales and TO the race for COVER
nor
well, now, did you advise him as a
friend IN that natter" was asked. the
witness replying:
Il told him that if he wished to be
Governor Of South Carolina he would have
tc fight Mr.. Gonzales, that the men who
were supporting him expected him TO de-
fend himself
What answer did he make to that?"
was next asked.
The witness said in reply:
He SAID, That won't do, because l am
Lieutenant governor and will be i'm
peached, but you boys need not worry,
for by - l will snuff his light with this
pulling his pistol from his grip.
The witness said further on direct ex-
animation that on one occasion they were
III Colonel Tillman's room in the hotel
reading an editorial from The State and
testified that Mr.. Tillman said:
H can call it mock theatriclls if he
wishes to but l viii make it the -
tragedy that ever happened in South
Carolina"
On cross-eXamination the witness who
was IN Colonel Tillman's regiment. said
the Colonel was loved by his men.
\ map was introduced showing the in
tersection of Gervais and Main streets. Ger
yals runs III front of the Capitol grounds
and Main into the center of the grounds.
The transfer station in front of Which
the shooting IS SAID to have occurred is
on the northeast corner OF the intersec-
ton of the two streets.
State Senator George w. Brown. of Oar
lington, walked down from the State Capt
tot on the afternoon Of January 10 with
Lieutenant Governor Tillman and State
Senator Talblrd. Just as they reached the
transfer station he left them and turned
to meet a friend and did not see the shoot
inc.
Horace L. Bomar, a member of the Leg
islature from Spartanburg, was walking
away from the Capitol and as he approach
ed Gervais street said he heard a shot and
looking up, saw Tillman. In answer to
questions he said he saw a revolver in Till
mans hand, and that Tillman walked
backward diagonally across the street. He
next saw Gonzales and knew he was
wounded. He heard no remarks.
j. S. Young, an employe of the street
railway company, heard a shot IN front
of the transfer station, he said, and went
out OF the station He saw TIllman stand
ing near the outer edge Of the pavement,
he testified, holding a pistol in his hand
and saw Gonzales leaning against the cor
ner post. Tl!iman, he said, was looking
toward Gonzales, then walked across the
street.
State Senator Thomas Talbird, of Beau
fort county, testified that he left the Cap
itol, accompanied by Tillman and State
Senator George w. Brown. AS they
reached the street railway transfer sta
ton, just actoss Gervals street, he said
he saw Gonzales approaching. He said
he had on an overcoat with his hands in
his pockets. He testified that Tillman
said: Good morning. or How are
you?"
Gonzales turned to pass inside and when
he had passed beyond his (witnessO line
of vision, and as he supposed, was on line
with them, he SAID he heard Tillman say:
7 got your message" He then said he
got ii glimpse of a pistol in Tillman's hand
and that about that minute it snapped.
The witness said he threw up his hands
and said his must stop. He next said
he heard Gonzales say: Here | am;
finish me-" Gonzales went toward the cor
ner, he said, and he went to him. when
Gonzales said to him: Il am shot in the
stomach; send for a DOCTOR
The witness said he saw Tillman later
at the station when he said Tillman asked
him as to Gonzales condition. The wit
ness said he went out and ascertained and
went back and informed him what he had
learned.
The Senator said Tillman told him sub
sequently he did not shoot again for fear
Of hitting him, and because he witness)
had thrown up his hands and said: This
must STOP He SAID ne QlQ not near Con
tales say: Fire again, you coward"
Answering counsel he said he did not see
Gonzales make any demonstration but on
cross-examinatlon said he was not i'll a po-
sition to see from the time Gonzales pass
ed beyond his line of vision until the shot
was fired.
D. w. Aiken, representative IN Congress
from South Carolina, said he walked
down the street from the Capitol with a
friend Just ahead of Tillman and his
friends on January Is, and that as he
passed the transfer station Gonzales
passed him going in the opposite direction.
The witness said he heard a shot fired
and turned around. He said he saw the
defendant standing near the edge of the
pavement looking dow the street with
something in his hand he took to be a
pistol. Gonzales, he said, was taltering.
J.. f. Sims, of Columbia, testified that
he heard Tillman say:
Il got your message He said he did
not see Gonzales make any demonstra-