The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-16


1.-The estruthSO falsit By: OF the red toriai iii,
reference TO the CAT fney NEE dRs and.
lobjection being made, tie question
was ruled Sou KS ss
~ Witnesss continuing /, said that On
various toccasiO iOnB, dur Ing the caH paign
Tillman was ad Yised to 70 to Col1m.
biaH and settle the 2trou bleS between
himself and Gonzales Tlllman inya-
riably replied that he could not afford
to have q difficulty and he would a. ID
| it II possible. ~ - 81
On cross examination, witness said
that nothing 4 dams had said was
false. He admitted that when TILL
man sin his room In the hotel. at Co
flumbia had replied to Adams, he
reached into his yallse and drew out
q pistol. - So i3-ls if;.
Mr. Bellinger asked whether that
did not show that Tillman did carry a
pistol during the campaign. s.
mir. Blease said the pistol had been
puttn the avallse and when asked who
put it there, he declined to answer at
first on the constitutional ground that
O witness cannot be compelled to in
criminate himself.
Finally he said that 1T was his pistol
and admitted that that was the pistol
to SNUFF out Gonzales's llght.n
Witness said that personally be was
friendly with Gonzales, but politically
he. was far apart from him, and the
witness added that he was a Demo-
crat. s
On redirect examination, he said
that pistol was put in the valise be-
cause it was expected that, Gonzales
would attack Tllman in the opera
house in Columbia on the night Of the
campaign meeting ,EIe said he ex-
pected 1t because he knew Some
things would be said there that
night" and he knew Mr.. Gonzales was
a fighting man.
Mr., Blease then retired.
GONZALES IN THE SENATE.
Geo. w. Lybrand and r. T. Sux
were put on the stand to show that
City Auditor Allen behind The lattice
work Of his Office could not see a man
smiling across the street.
MIR. Allen had testified that he saw
Gonzales with smile on his face while
the latter was across the street.
These men had visited the city
auditors Office and said they could
not recognize a smile under the
circumstances.
Senator Douglass, Of Union, said
he saw Gonzales the day before the
shooting standing at the reporters
desk in the senate chamber. Till
man soon after vacated his chair and
Senator Sheppard occupied it. After
leaving the reporters desk, Gonzales
went to one of the pillars Of the gal
lery and looked over the senate. There
was no crOSS-eXamination.
Mrs. nj. a. Evans, Of Newberry,
mother Of the Hon. Hub Evans, state
dispensary director, was the next wit
ness. She was in Columbia on Janu-
airy 10, 1903. Going from the state
house down Main Street she met Mr..
Gonzales not far from the city railway
transfer station. She noticed Con
zaless demeanor and expression. The
latter was vindictive; there was
tragedy in it. She noticed these
things from what she had heard in
the lobby Of the senate. That was
why his attitude and expression were
SO closely observed. Mr.. Gonzales had
his hands In his pockets aud itlookcd to
her as If there was more in his pocket
than his hands. She passed on much
| agitated and when she heard the shot
she threw up her hands with an cx-
clamation, which she was not per
mitted to repeat.
On cross-examination she said she
heard two well dressed gentlemen,
seemingly men Of intelligence and
whom she believed to be members Of
the legislature, make remarks which
agitated her In connection with this
homicide. She said she did not know
the gentlemen and had not seen them
since.
1t was not developed In the testimo-
ny what the remark was that so agi-
tated Mrs. Evans, because the rules
OF evidence would not admit it.
1T WAS a BOTTLE.
Jesse Mahatfey, member OF the
legislature, was put up to show that
on thesday DR.. Lancaster said he saw
a pistol in Tillman's overcoat pocket
it really was the neck of a whiskey
bottley and he proceeded to say that
he knew it wasa bottle. On cross
examination the court had good deal
Of fun out of Mr.. Mahaffey in cues
tions put to him as to his expertness
as to bottles. Amongst other things
which created much mcrriment, he
said he would rather be ''shot" with
a BOTTLE than with pistol.
j. A. Whites a door keeper of SEN
ate comrnittee room, was the next
Witness and Colonel Croft brought out
is Confederate record as preliminary.
He testified that one day when the
senate was In session, Senator Shcp-
pard presiding, man came up to the
door Of the senate and, coming back,
asked witness: Where is Lieutenant
Governor Tillman?n He added in an
abrupt way: II mean your boss"
Witness replied he had no boss, and
the man went on to say that he sup
posed the lieutenant governor was
neglecting his duty as usual.
Witness did not know the man, but
Dick Holzenback told him the man
was Gonzales. Gonzales also, had
said he had made Tillman show the
white feather, and would do it again.
Witness told Tillman about it soon