The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-04-15

sci that Miss Roper was not IN the
State and that she could not be pres
ent for the trial. He had lnforrna-
tion that Miss Roper would, If pres
ent, testify to other things than were
brought out in the atiidavit used at
the hearing for bail, and that counsel
did know from information that she
would testify as to other threats. He
then emphasized the value OF having
q witness on the stand and having the
jury Judge of the credibility of the
witness by seeing the person on the
stand.
3Ir. Crawford insisted that it must
at least be shown what these absent
witnesses would prove or what they
were expected to show. Judge klugn
thought that this position was cor
rect.
Col. Nelson said he thought the atli-
davitS of the witnesses in question
were familiar to the counsel and 9TH
ers, but ut the instance of the Court
he brought the atlidavits used at the
time of the application for bail and
read these to the Court. At the time
Of the application Capt. White made
the following affidavit as to what evil
oe''oo vas " W soo0s,,
WHAT WHITE )" E:Ahs ~.
South Carolina. County OF Richland:
Personally appeared J. y. White. who,
being duly sworn, deposes and says:
! That he recalls the event and clrcun-
stances mentioned in the statement OF
r. II. HolZenback. That he is keeper
of one OF the committee rooms OF the
Senate of South Carolina. That at all
times during the session Of tie Senate
he is in the lobby Of the Senate. Ihat
on Tuesday or Wednesday before the
shooting OF \. G GonzaicS occui.eo
he was Sitting by the front door OF the
said lobby talking to Richard HolZeh-
back: that to the best OF his recollec~
ton il was Tuesday. Tat said mar
with whom the deponent CONVERSE
was clean sha'en ana i "ole : slasses' "tla
as ne turned 10 go on eepollsiiC asheu .>'a
VINO ne was ana was lli!oIIileu W STiiie Ttln+
one tnat II was y. ". uoiiLdies. l naS t,ao
atter the aeponenC laSC ieniath ti,. nS .rlJ
SAID OorzaieS Cullleu W aoiupSis CIV
deponent doeS not hno" "ne0Ilel ue
walked INTO the senate cna!iloeL VI
into the corrloor. Ihac sne oepolle!lS
communlcated 10 tne Salo LieuSelletlS
Governor ana PIesloenI ot Ine oeliaIS
the statement ELMER on Che dllelllooil
OF tuesday or Neonesuay, ue call!ioC
recall winch, preceding Tue sl!oocllls
on THURSDAY Ihat deponenI Is !
Con1eoeraoe Eetetaa: St,I iiariiS S+E,sal11a roI"
lour years III OtioU uaeoel"l 81. ;nnor
ina! ne was also cou.ieS ooilinstG,Gi ;Isn neroG
" StSelIlo o 0onIn ,ncIe teA hv ma rraoe Of
ana cilaI ne 10 al utlolo 80 - ~ I tI,a Ion "
SollclloI lnurnionu @aa ahor ~ o,.0 of f' tha
W. A. oGr0m, aIe d nlelnoei ,, u aao Ille
House OF representatives rev W., Euse
held county. u.S ). a. 49, w droe, y, .
sworn 70 ana suoSe65oeo M So6l oeioie 'iie
Ihls LIN 6Soludt ] F, aSoo: rr G,
hooeio ~ Nc, Ian,c Conn1v 70 M
nay isOlale i'i0tli'Ae. - oou-'''
HoLZENBAch TEsIiAoS1 .,>o
lne Gelence a!So suolnlCleu Clie
athdafll OF hlcharu 1olIeHodCh, @ HtiE
1t Will be remembered Lesllneu III !uil
as toll0Ws: ilaI "li!le NC W. 49, > 80 the etie
,soT+,lOo o.Sos nOoSe oc,1yrerce c which result
od asit, ~, Ito tIo daotb If = G Gonzales he
S1.,s w. 80 III 1.-Two % 70 Can't + White. VIII
,nas mss 'isaos aao,,as y. of one of the committee
roo,,,S m"H Si IN Tho Senate end of the Capi-
+oI h,1;lding. frat while he was there
y G Gonzales. whom the deporent
had known for two years, came in the
lobby of the Senate chamberand asked
Cant White where his boss was. Capt.
White replied. "I have no boss and
he (Gonzales) said he meant the Lieu
tenant Governor. and said, Il suppose
he is neplectine his duty as he always
is" Lieutenant Governor Tillman
was not presiding at that time, but
Governor Sheppard was in the chair.
Gonzales said to Capt. White, he had
made him, referring to Lieutenant
! Governor Tillman, show the white
| feather on several occasions, and
| when he met him he would make him
show it again. Capt. White made
some reply and shortly afterwards Mf:
Gonzales went OH: l 40 not Tec0llecU
whether he went IN. the Senate cham-
Der or'out Of the State House.
WHAT MISS ROPER SAYS.
The affidavit of Miss Roper, who is
the other absent witness. was:
State of South Carolina. county Of
Spartanburg; Miss Mary Julia Roper.
oelng ouly s"olH, says; inae aSd az : - an, ~.
pIolesslo!l Ciai,,eo ,i A0'oS ''''N - N'
9@GIu ~ uon %" % - c,,r,n,or of 7ooo che
-. iuaU saro;a Gul -n7 on+ Wy. oalnh Elliott in
SnartanhurS Ssss s e. Who was then sick.
siItTerinc from dysentery.
That his nephew, n. 6. Gonzales.
came to see him during his illness ana
deponent saw Mr.. Gonzales frequently
Ihat IN discussing Slle ulueterGHS 1Il;Ts',", oe
tween LieWCeIiaiiS 3t sIs uo1einU II ~ nnora
@t,a 4han l,,, one or.rasion to denonent that he.
i Gonzales. had made Lieutenant Cover
no.; Illlman snow the " whlCG !l ieaollel: ;
ana thaI ne "ouIu uo al ila ii1s pohtl w.
against il!iil, dllu HaS eAeSI r., r;ij,,,on ~