The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1903-10-09

The witness was subjected to a
severe cross s-examination by Mr..
Bellinger, and had lively tilt
with Mr.. Bellinger.
T1I.LMAN WOULD NOT BE sEArED.
The next witness was A. +.
Flowers, of Darlington county, a
former street car conductor in
Columbia. He testified that some
time during the summer of 1902
he heard Mr.. Gonzales who was
riding OH his car, in conversation
with three other gentlemen say if
he (Gonzales) didn't succeed in
defeating Tillman he (Tillman)
would never be seated, for he
would kill the scoundrel. Flowers
said he never mentioned the threat
until two months ago, when he
wrote Col. Tillman who was at
that time In the Lexington Jail.
The letter which he wrote Col.
Iillman was produced and put in
evidence. IN the letter Flowers
said that Gonzales said that if "he
(Gonzales) did not succeed in de-
feating Tillman, he (Tillman)
would never be seated, for he (Gon-
zales) would kill the d s.
b----.' Flowers said that his
letter contained the exact words
which MIR. Gonzales used He said
he had never mentioned before hav-
ing heard the threat because he did
not think it would ever amount to
anything.
P. M. HUGHES
was the next witness. He said he
was deputy sheriff of Edgefeld dur.
ing the time of the trial of Jones
for killing the Presslys some ff-
teen years ago. That Gonzales re-
ported the trial for the News and
Courier, and he first knew him
then. lie saw Mr.. Gonzales on
Main street i'll Columbia during
1902. Witness was with man
named Stroud "a mill man). Mr..
Gonzales asked Stroud how the mill
vote was going. Stroud replied and
witness interposed and asked Mr..
Gonzales if he didn't think he
Gonzales was doing Tillman a
great injustice. "No." said Mr..
Gonzales, 'the blackleg gambler
will get greater injustice after the
election, and it ought to be lead. :"
August Blalock, 4 grocery man
i'll the Columbia mill village, was
with Hughes at the time, and when
placed Oh the stand corroboratcd
Hughes.
Hughes, on crosse examination,
admitted that he had been prose
cutcd i'll the United States court in
Greenvillc for selling liquor, but
said he had been acquitted.
VICTOR b. CHESHIRE,
OF Anderson, was placed OH the
stand. Mr.. Cheshire is a printer,
who some time ago was on tn
force of the Herald and News. He
said that Oh the train returning
from Newberry to his home in
Anderson. Mr.. Geer, of the State,
told him that N. c.. Gonzales
carried gun tor Iillman, and if
Illlman tackled Gonzales with
stick he would get hell shot out of
him. Mr.. Cheshire said Mr.. Geer's
statement was brought forth by his
(Cheshire's) statement that if he
were Tillman he would take stick
to Gonzales. Cheshire said he was
member of Col. Tillman's regi-
ment in the Spanish war. There
was objection to the admission of
this evidence OH the ground that it
was hearsay, the threat having
come through third party, and
there was much argument as to its
admissibility, the jury being retired
during the argument. Judge Gary,
after heating the argument, adj
mitted the evidence.
At the afternoon session the ex-
animation Of Cheshire was resumed.
On CroSs-examina lion he said he
was not mistaken in what Mr.. Geer
had said to him.