The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-03-06
THE OTHER SIDE.
Tillman Gives His Version Of the
Terrible Tragedy.
HIS STATEMENT GIVEN IN FULL.
The Other Testimony offered in Re-
buttaI to ,hnt offered by the
state in Opposition 20
Allowing Bail.

statement in full and other testimony
offered by him in rebuttal. Read it
and draw your own conclusions:
lanes II. Tillman being duly sworn
says: .
That in addition TO the affidavit
heretofore made by him, he submits
the following:
That he has read the atlidayits of
Joseph II. Allen and Policeman Bo-
land, and says in reply thereto, that
he did walk towards the city hall, all
the while. at least for some distance,
Obliquing to the left, with his pistol
recollects, he bowed to man on the
platform OF Il street car, whom he took
To be either the conductor or motor
man. 5I
am under the Impression that I
walked across. the street car track at
the end OF a car which was standing
on it. Directly after l crossed the
track on Main street, Policeman Bo-
land came up to me. I still had my
collect all that was said by Mr. Boland
or by me, but 1 think his statement as
to what occurred is near about right.
| rccollcct Policeman Boland asking
for my pistol, but did rot wish TO give
it up until he assured me that / should
be protected, us stated to him, did
not wish to be butclcrcd up.
/ think l was about midway, OppO-
site the city hall, when this occurred.
/ then turned to go with Policeman
Boland to the station house, and after
turning the city hall corner, going
down Geryais street, my broLher-in-
.aw Judge Buchanan came rushing up
| and asked what was the matter. l said
to the policeman that he was my
Orothcr-in-law, and he then accompa-
MED us TO the police station.
The magazine Of my pistol had been
| broken for some time, and as was de-
sirous of having 1t repaired before re-
| turning home, 1 asked Mr.. Fred. Dom
mick on Wednesday to take it to Mr..
w. L. Sticglitz's gun shop and have it
fixed for me-bcing then engaged in
my official duties at the State house,
and did not have Gme to go to the
gunsmith's. He said nothing to me
morning, when he asked me for the
pistol, saying he had to take 1t to
Sticglitz to put the magazine in. do
not know at what time he took the
pistol to StieglitZ nor when he brought
1t to my room at the State house. He
told me some time during the morn
ing that he had left the pistol in my
room.
do not own Prince Albert frock
coat, nor have l worn one since my
arrival in the City of Columbia. 1
neither had OH Prince Albert coat on
Tuesday, Jan. II, 1908, nor did ] have
stop on Main street near the steel
building and "look up and down the
street as if expecting some one to
pass" l was not looking for any one
in whom l was interested to pass me-
| The ailiant Il. w. Smith am inform
ed is a boy IL years old, and Vedder
Zimmerman about the same age.
l do not recall meeting Mr.. S. T. d.
Lancaster on the 14th day of January,
1908, but if he did see me, he could not
have seen Il pistol sticking out from
the (my) rear coat pocket" as l did
not have a pistol with me-thc only
pistol | had in Columbia being broken
as above stated
That Mr.. S. j. Young may be correct
when he states he saw me "about u
feet from the inside Of the pavement"
and l may have had my pistol eleva-
ted. know did not have it pointed
at n. G. Gonzales, but / was looking
at him, momentarily expecting him to
| fire upon me, and when lie did not do
so lowered it to my side.
In reference to the statement of Ar
| ledge Lyles who, have been informed
is Il boy about y or II years of age,
do know that after having fired and
the fire not being returned, l lowered
my pistol, as by that time Senator
Talbird got between me and Mr.. Con
Zalcs. do not remember saying: "You
that did go as Arledgc Lylcs says
ocrOsc tho ctroot Ohlinui,,r lSol, in,r In
the direction where the ditlculty oc-
Cured and at Mr.. Gonzales, until |
! got to the street car track and crossed
it, and IL was about this time that
Policeman BOland came up.
| l do not know Mr. G. NJ. Lide, who
states he was walking behind Mr.. Con
Zales and in the same direction Mr..
Lide states: THAT he (referring to
mc) maintained that position with his
| hands III his Ovcrcoat pockets until
just before he had fired the shot kere-
inaftcrwards described" lie also
states: "Whcn just as he (GonZales)
was going around the three, on the in
side OF the pavement, ,Tillman being on
the outside of the three, and near the
outer edge OF the pavement and hay
pockets, the latter (that is Tillman)
suddenly fired his pistol" My over
coat has no front side pockets, and 1t
was therefore physical impossibility
for me to have my hands in my over
coat pOckctS-the only pockets in my
said ovcrcOat being in each tail Of the
rear Of said coat, and | had Il pair OF
gloves in my left hand, both hands be-
ing by lny7side. This statement beg
TO verify by the coat which is i'm the
possession Of the sheriff.
AS to the atlidavits Of Abram Brown
Ga colorcd many and of August Schictl.
eman, the same are not true in so fal
as they conflict with the statement
now made and heretofore made, and
which is cOrrOboratcd by the anidavits
of Melton G. Lorick, and w. II. Hail
and that of Richard II. IIolsonbacke.
| ] have only to say in reference 10 the
affidavit of Mrs. Emma g. Melton that
the lady is mistaken In the position In
which she places me on the sidewalk
/ know nothing, of course, neither had
| any knowledge up to that time, and
none now, save as Is stated In Mrs
MeltOn'S aflidavit and those OF some
others, that il was Mr.. Gonzales hab
it to walk with his hands in his pock
cts. When he obliqLed across, coming
towards me, I again repeat he glarct
at me, pushing his entire right hant
IN his overcoat pocket, and giving mt
every Indication and grounds TO be
lieve, as have heretofore stated, that
he intended to assault me with a pis
tol. TO show that Mrs. Melton Is mis-
taken when she says: "lIc (GonzaleS
did not look in the direction OF Mr.