The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-02-20
HEARING ] I. Q, FOR BAIL.
Chief Justice Pope Continued Mat.
ter of Irregularities.
THE AFFIDAVITs FOR TILLMAN
} Holtzenbach OF lIdgcfieli Swcars tn
Hearing Conversation III the
senate. The Defendants
SclcDcicnsc Plea.

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On 4 motion made before Chief
Justice Pope at Newberry on Thurs
day by Solicitor Thurmond. on the
part of the prosecution, the hearing
on the application. for bail Of James
II. Tillman, charged with murder,
was postponed until Thursday 10th in
slant, when 1t viii be held in the S,l-
prcme court room in Columbia. I'll.
motion was sustained On tho ground
that counsel for defense had not sub.
mitted to States counsel the affidavit,
presented last Thursday, and SJlta',
counsel therefore had no opport nifty
/. for reply. Following arc the ailidav-
It's in substance, as they were sub
nlitted. Mr.. Nelson for the defense
also presented tile testimony taken ut
the inquest over the body of n. e.
Gonzales.
HoLTZENBACII'S AFFIDAvTT.
Before me personally appeared Rich
ard IOltZcnDach, who being duly
sworn, says: ~ came to the city Of
Columbia OIL the 18th day Of January,
: 1913, Tor the purpose Of trying to get
a position us dOOrkeepcr for the house
of representatives but was unable to
get the appointment and returned To
my home The 18th day Of January. and
while l was in the State house d day
or two before the unfortunate occur
renee, was talking to Capt. J. a..
White, who was tho keeper OF one of
the committee rooms. While he was
there n. G. Gonzales came in and
asked White where his boss was. and
Capt. White replied. L have no boss
Mr. Gonzales said he meant Lieut..
Gov. Tillman. He said, l suppose he
is ncglecting his duty, MS he always
is. at the time Gov. Sheppard was
presiding. n. G.. Gonzales said to
Capt. White he was referring to Lieut..
Gov. I1llman; that he made him show
the white feather on several occasions
and would make him show it again.
Shortly afterwards Mr.. Gonzales went
oil. don't recollcct whether he
turned and went to the senate cham
Der. Soon after say Gov. Tillman in
company with Senators Talbird and
Brown walkingu up Main street Sena-
tor Brown was on the inside lie
dropped back to speak TO Il lady and
left Lieut.. Gov. TilIman with Senator
Talbird. Senator ralbird was on the
outside. DepOncnt noticed MI Con
. zales coming down the street walking
S-1ll e1c direction OF the State house.
Hc had on an overcoaL and each hand
In the pocket and his thumb resting
on the top Of pocket. AS lie got near
Gov. Tillman, he cut across the pave
ment and thrust his whole right hand
IN his ovcrcOat pocket. expected
from what | heard him say in The
State house that he intended to shoot
Gov. Tillman. About That time |
heard Gov. Tilluian say, MIR. Gonzales,
received your message, and then i'm
mcuiately l heard Il report Of IL pistol.
! didn't see where Gov. Tillman got
ms pistol from, as was watching Mr.
Gonzales, expecting to see him shoot
Gov: Tillman. Gov. Tillman, after he
fired turned and walked of into Main
street. Shortly after he shot, Senator
Ialblrd said, This must STOP, and
several persons went TO Mr.. Gonzales. :"
j. a. WHITES AFFIDAVIT.
An affidavit was read from, j. A.
White, keeper of one Of the commit
tee rooms, in which White said that
he recalled the events mentioned in
Holtzcnbach's affidavit and substan.
tlatlng it in every particular, except
That not knowing ~. G. Gonzales. he
did not say it was Mr.. Gonzales.
TILLMAN's AFFIDAVIT.
l}eforc me personally appeard las
II. I'illman who being duly sworn saws.
Ihat the statement herein made SO inr
us he is informed and believes, il is
proper TO make 1T this time, is us fol
lows: That for more than year and
possibly longer, n. G.. Gonzales has
villliicd depOnent, pursuing him unre-
lentingly with malice and venom which
dep0ncnt believes was never cUuallcd
IN the history OF this State, charging
him with being Il liar, blackglIard,
rogue, deballchee and villain and such
other cpithcts. Every act OF deponent
has been distorted and discOlorcd by
hate and venom of Gonzales. That
though Innocent he was called upon to
endure these, inasmuch as dcponcnt
was Il public officer. That he bore all
this with paticnccalthoiigh his private
life, heretofore considered sacred was
invaded, discussed and held up to pub
lie derision. That dcponcnt had been
informed that during the campaign
there was Il rumOr that Gonzales had
said il Tillman had, said the same
things in Columbia chat he said else
where there wouldybc IL personal en-
counter in which one would die. De
poncnt was repeatedly urged and
warned TO look Out for Ills safety while
in Columbia, by various PARTIES De
pOncnt was informed that Gonzales
came TO The State house and inquired
for dcpOncnt ano said that he had
made dcponcnt show the white feather
on several occasions and intended to
make him do it again. That dcpOncnt
verify believes That n. c. Gonzales
at that time was armed. Deponcnt was
Still anxious TO avoid an alteration
if it could be done hOnoMbly. Inas-
much as dep0ncnt was about to retire
from the Office he was removing his
personal belongings from the State
house TO his room in the hotel and
among other things it became ncccs-
sary TO remove two pistols, one the
property of dcponcnt, the other left in
the room by some one not known, but
presumably some friend. While carry
ing these weapons to his loom, while
upon Main street, he Observed N. G.
Gonzales coming directly towards him,
glaring at dcpOncnt, and with lis
hands in his ovcrcOat pockets. Sud
denly he pushed his hand into his
pocket on the right side and turned to-
wards deponent. Said Gonzales was all
the time glaring straight at dcpcncnt.
Believing his life in danger, deponcnt
hurricdly said. 81 got your message .
and tired. Deponcnt believed then and
believes now that Gonzales was armed
and intended tokill him That lie was
desirolls Of avoiding Il difficulty with
Mr.. Gonzales If he could. When Con