The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-09-30
TILLMAN'S THREATS
AGAINST GONZALES TOLD OF BY
WITNESSES.
DEAD MANS LAST STATEMENT
STATE is NOW PAVING WAY TO
INTRODUCE.

Gonzales and of the Display OF
the Pistols That the Defendant
Carried-Jury Sent from Room
Pending Decision as to Admissi-
BILE TestimOny-CrOwd at Trial Not
So Great as on Day Before.
Lexington, S. c., Sept. 29.-Good
progress was made to-day in the trial
here of former Lieut.. Gov. ]. H. Till
man, who is charged with the murder
of N. G. Gonzales, editor of the State.
A large number of witnesses were ex-
amined to-day. The crowd of specta-
tors was not as large as yesterday.
Mrs. ]. H. Tillman and the defendants
mother occupied seats within the rail-
ing throughout the day.
One line pursued to-day by the state
was with a view to laying the founda-
ton for the introduction of dying
statements. -Four of the physicians
who participated in the operation on
Mr. Gonzales after he was shot were
on the stand to-day-Drs. Guerrv,
Pope, Taylor and Griffith all of Column
bia. Much of the testimony of the
physicians was technical.
Ambrose E. Gonzales, publisher of
the State, and a brother of N. G. Con
zales, was called to the stand when
the solicitor offered in evidence the
files of the State for the year 1902, the
purpose being, as announced by coun-
sci for the state, to introduce the edi-
torials in the State newspaper, of
which N. G. Gonzales was editor from
July 1, 1902 to Dec. 81, 1902.
Might stop at Penitentiary.
The editorials in question are in re-
lation to James H. TiIlman. Reading
of the editorials was postponed that
counsel for the defense might read
them first.
On cross-examination Mr.. Gonzales
was asked by counsel for the defense:
1.-THE relations between your brother
and Mr.. Tillman have not been pleas
ant for some years, have they2'''
he replied. "They have not been
pleasant"
Mr.. Gonzales was asked, on further
cross-examination by the defense, if
he had not heard his brother express
himself in denunciatory language in.
regard to Mr.. Tillman, to which the
witness replied:
81 cannot say 1 ever heard him use
such language in the Office. 1 think,
everything he said, not everything he
knew or believed, but everything he
said to his relatives or friends
he said in the State newspa-
per so that the people all could know"
In reply to further questions, Mr..
Gonzales said he could not say that
he knew his brother to have entertained
bitter feelings toward J. H. Tillman,
nor could he say that he knew his
brothers feelings toward the defendant
to have been hostile. His brother had
been, he said, in control of the edi-
torials and that his brother wrote them
without consultation.
Might stop at Penitentiary.
W. B. Cause, a member of the Leg
islature from Florence county, was
asked if he had heard Mr.. Tillman
when he met him in Columbia during
the last session of the Legislature say
anything about Mr.. Gonzales editor
ials to which witness replied
Yes, sir; / was walking along the
the skyscraper when the question
arose: Where are you stopping?' Some
said he was stopping at one place and
some at others and Col. Tillman says:
l don't know that / am stopping any
where. I stuck those editorials of The
State in my pocket and told my wife
] might stop at the penitentiary be-
Tore l left there.
On cross-examination the witness
said he did not take the remark Sc
riously.
George D. Kohn told of taking a
bullet from the hands of man who
had picked it up at the scene of the
shooting, which he said he delivered
to the sheriff.
Gonzales Dying Statement.
1t developed during the examination
OF DR.. Pope, who followed DR.. Query
on the stand, that the state was laying
the foundation for the introduction of
dying statements made by Mr.. Con-
zales. In fact, during an argument on
an objection raised by the defense to a
question propounded to DR.. Pope, it
was stated that the line then pursued
was for that purpose.
The jury was sent out pending the
argument and ruling OF the court. The
statement by DR.. Pope that he heard
Mr.. Gonzales say, II am killed." was
admitted, but the court, in ruling on
me general question as to the admiS-
Sion of dying declarations of the de-
ceased. will let it stand or instruct the
jury accordingly. :
The defense objected to all the testi-
nony relating to the carrying OF a pis-
tol by the defendant prior to the shoot
ing unless it could be shown that there
was a connection between the carrying
AT that time and the shooting. The
court admitted the testimony with the
provision that If IL was not developed
mat II was competent the jury would
De instructed to disregard II.
Tilimnn's Pistol Repaired.
w. F. steiglitz, a gunsmith in Co.
!uinpln' when shown the automatic pis.
t9l which has been exhibited during
the trial, said that a call had beer
made upon him the day before the
.hooting Tor magazine for pistol like
tue one shown 20 him on the stand
put mat not having any IN stock hf
repaired the old one. which was called
~ ON the morning Of the day ~ the
Dr. 3. D. y. Lancaster. member al
w legislature from spartanburr. les.
lhed hat he saw 3 pistol iu Az
humans pocket On The day pfeyious r.
ne shooting. Two boyt-G ". 1ip,.
-, itnan sno Francis smltb-EVOre thai
hsH a piftol in TIlimanf hif
stes ssi - Jan. %, two days before ~
oeisston va raises ~ ths osfsns,