The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-17
N. C. GONZALES WILL NOT LIVE Little Hope for South
 Carolina Editor. STATEMENT BY TLLMAN Says He Will Show Justifica-
 ton for Deed. Line of Defense Will Be That He Thought Gonzales Was Armed.
 Thinks That He Should
 Have Bean.
Line of Defense will Be That He
 Thought oon..ls. Wa. Ar,,.a

of Editor Narcisso 0ener Gonzales. who was shot yesterday by Lieutenant Cover nor Tillman on the most travelled strWet in the capital of South Carolina, is crit teal and bulletin issued by the physi- clans at 1t:s0 o'clock states that the symptoms are very grave and the crisis Is expected before daylight.
 The best doctors in this part of fbouth Carolina hold out little hope of hiae re- covery. though Gonzales has had Q sttrcng constitution. excellent habits and .. reso- lute win.
 His condition and the details of the tragedy are almost the only topica of con- versation in South Carolina.
 Telegrams came throughout the day from all parts of the State and from many places beyond its borders axpress- ing sympathy and asking for the latest news as to his condition. All day long sympathetic crowds gathered around q bulletin board on Main Street end ex- pressed ardent hopes for the rectlvery of the stricken man. All the informsytion ob- tainabie was the bulletins of the phyni- claims posted on the boards. No ono. Lot even members of his family, WIS permit ted to see the patient Prayers in the Senate.
 This morning in the city schools. at the South Carolina College prayers were of- fered for Mir. Gonaales's recovery and even in the Senate chamber where Lieu- tenant Governor Tillman had presided shortly before the shooting. tho chaplain prayed that God would save the life of the stricken editor.
 while there is great asag of feeling over the affair it can De &nA4, with posi- tivenass that it iR the wtah Af l&r Con- sales and his kFianEB kn&e the matter should be left for the cOurtf to settle.
 Gonxaiess wound was drSlssed Sho4 tly before 10 o'clock this Tnorhing and pr. Guerry announced that the wounded man was holding his own and doing ae wall as could be expected but that the odds were greatly against his Fss0vorY.
 At 10 o'clock his pulse was iio. tenn perature 90 and respiration 8. He rested well until after o'clock and ths fact gave some encouragement to the physi- clans. but . period of restfulnsss fel- lowed.
 At 6 o'clock in the evening the wound was again drained and dressed and was found to be in e satisfactory condition. His condition. the physicians announced, was extremely critical, but was as good as they could expect under the circum- stances. There had bean no chaage dur ing the day and his condition remained practically unchanged at o'clock when the doctors said his pulse was l20 ard temperature 100 1-2.
 Tillman Remains Calm.
 Lieutenant Governor Tillman spent the day quietly and calmly in the County jail. During the day he had many visitors .iE- cludinK Congressman George w. Croft former Judge o. W. Buchanan and Cole man L. Blease. who have been retained as his counsel.
 Lieutenant Governor TilIman ig quar- tered in the corridor room on the second floor of the County jail. He has room to himself. This afternoon he hal new furniture brought to the room and is com fortably situated.
 During the afternoon two of his counsel brought a copy of Q statement which Colonel Tillman had himself prepared in response to an offer from q New York paper opening its columns to him. It was also requested that a statement be sent to the Associated Press. It is as follows:
 q thank you for your courteous and kind telegram in view of the facts that the dispatches sent out from Columbia emanated from The State newspaper. of which Mr, Gonzales was editor. do not deem 1t necessary to deny anything that has been sent from that quarter. can only say that when the truth of the un- fortunate affair is known my friends, as well as the people of the country. will see how thoroughly I was justined in acting as 1 did.
 Denies Printed Reports.
 ''The statements already published in the papers are untrue and at the proper time I will bs prepared to show this- Be- vond this I do not care to make any statement.
 Flames H. Tillman."
 The understanding is that Ttllmans line of defense win be that he thought Mir. Gonzales was armed ana that he had a weapon in his coat pocket and that he had his hands in his coat pockets. He is said to contend that he had every req son to believe that Mr. Gonzales was armed and that he ought to have been even If he was not.
 Second, that when he aimed his pistol the second time at Mr. Gonzales. he did so expecting Gonzales to defend himself and that he lowered his weapon because there was no response and not because of anything Gonzales said. and he denies the reiterated statement of Gonzales that tha latter told him to Shoot again, you coward"
 Tillraan will also, it is understood, con tend that he has not met Gonzales be- fore Wednesdays encounter.
 Gonzales's friends maintain that ne sent no message: that he was quietly on his way to dinner; that he was alone; that he was unarmed. that he said nothing to provoke hostilities and that Tillman met him and promptly fired.
 Ante-Mortem Statement.
 Editor Gonzales has made the follow ing ante-mortem statement:
 He said that he had just left his office and had started for home. When some distance from his ofIfcs he saw Tillman walking on the street, coming in the opposite direction. Two men were with him, one of whom was Senator Talbort, the other he did not know. They were walking abreast and a the streets were crowded he would probably have brush Cd Ttuman tn passing. To avoid this he walked across the pavement. intend lnm to paas on the inaide. |.
 Am Ma waa aoanm thiS Tillmtam fired