The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-01-22
EDITOR GONZALES
LAID TO REST.
Wound Inflicted BY James Till
man Proved Fatal.
STRANGE QUIET PERyADED CITY
No Apparent Excitement BIT Deep Under
current OF Feeling. ---Physicians Tried
Heroic Measures. --- Gonzales State
ment. TilIman's Side of the Matter.

Columbia, S. C.-After four days
of suffering death came shortly after
noon Monday to Narcisso Gener
Gonzales, editor of the Columbia
State, who was shots last Thursday
by Lieutenant Governor James H.
Tillman. He was UNCONSCIOUS when
the end came. Ills vile, his three
brothers, his sister, members of the
editorial staff of the State and the
surgeons were present.
There is no apparent danger, no
display of excitement, but an unnat-
ural quiet is noticeable throughout
the city. DR.. W. Gill Wylie. after
consulting with Drs.e Guerry and
Barrones, members Of the family in
view of the hopelessness of the other
remedies decided to try the expert
ment of all injection of formalde-
hyde, acting on the inform alton of
the recent discoveries of DR.. Bar
rows of New York. The fluid was
procured and prepared by an expe-
rienced druggist. At 1870 Mr.. Con
zales was conscious and the family
was summoned, in anticipation of a
possible unfavorable effect of the in
lection. At 8 o clock the injection
was made in the arm. 1t was known
that favorable results in arrest of
the peritonitis, # they would follow
at all, would be at once manifest.
But there was no Improvement. AS
time passed the patients respiration
grew weaker ard the evidence of
approaching death became palmer.
Just before the end the Surgeons, by
request, resorted to a second injec-
ton. There was a momentary
strengthening of the pulse, but al
most before the injection had been
completed Mr.. Gonzales was dead.
An autopsy on the body was held
by DR.. A. B. Knowlton. Drs. Le-
grand Query and James H. McIn-
tosh, who attended Mr.. Gonzales,
assisted.
It is understood that the finding
of the AUTOPSY will in a general way
be as follows:
Septic poisoning due to slough
ing Of the large bowel at or about
the site of the injury to that organ.
The point of entrance of the bullet
was on the right side of the abdo-
men, six inches below the right nip
| pie and two and half inches to the
right of the middle line. The point
of exit was on the left side of the alb
| domen eight and one half inches be-
low the left nipple and nine inches
TO the left of the middle line. There
was slight injury to the front
wall of the stomach. Every vital
organ was examined and found to
be practically normal"
Attorney Coleman l.. Blease, who
is said to be ore of Col. Tillnan's
lawyers, was present when the jury
was at the hospital but took no ac-
tive part in the proceedings. Soon
after the death of Mr.. Gonzales a
telepho 1e message carried the news
to Capt. Sigh, the county jailor,
and he appraised Col. Tlllman. It
| is stated that the latte. received the
intelligence without any expression
or betokcning any emotion one way
or the other. He was asked it he
would make q statement and replied
that he had nothing tc say.
The following statement was
made by Editor Gonzales q few
DAYS before his death:
Gonzales Statement.
Columbia, S. C.-Editor Gonzales,
Of "The State who was shot by
Lieut.. Gov. Tillinan and perhaps
fatally wounded makes the follow
ing statement of the affair. He said
that he had just lef; his Office and
started for home. When some dis
tanee from his Office he saw Tillman
walking on the street. coming in
the opposite direction. Two men
were with him. one Of whom was
Senator Ta!bert, the other he did
not know. They were walking