The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-16

been warm friends, and chatted with
him. ) HfaWas talking to Mr.. Fraser
Lyon {Istllink. that is; the young mans
name) now his private score.
tary anayshoss was then & one Of : the
clerks ithe senate. i Itsaw- Senator
Talbtrd ahd Senat tor Brown about TO
go 'doHynthe steps and I speke in. q
loud tonesof voice aud told them to
Waib faW moments and Il would 20
With them. went and got my hat
and coaSg and Joined them at the
stairs.fSaI don't know whether the
head ofNhe stairs or part of the way
down.S9
WesRent on out the state house,
myself aid Senator Brown and ST ma
tor Talb:rd, as before stated, walking
down ,the.street across the state house
ground and up Main, street, and just
before AlRot to the transfer station I
noticed aMr. Gonzales some distance
down the street looking at me very
intently FL had my gloves in my left
hand, did not have on my gloves that
day att lall, and my oyercoat was
buttoDej. don't think Senator
Talbird 3had on any oyercoat at ALL.
1t was la comparatively warm day,
not to say warm, but sort of medium
weather,. Senator Talbird was talk
Ing. He was on my left and was talk
Ing something about the nature OF a
joke, Isbelieye, about Governor Shep-
pard. And just as I got across the
pavemeilt, walking along, we were
walking along leisurely, Mr.. Gonzales
was walking along rapidly, his over
coat was very tight buttoned, both
bis hand in bis pockets, and 1 never
took myeye off him nor did he take
his of me, and when he started to
cut across the pavement toward me-
II you will give me that map I can ex-
plain ttmore intelligently than I can
withousitn ~ 3.
"Do,syou prefer that Indicating
map introduced in evidence) or the
blue prlnt?"
Il would rather have the blue print.
! an Nstle aear-sishtteedd, w#ea.k eyes. ~
When the map was brought it was
spread put before the jury and Colonel
Tillman began:
This is the state house down here,
gentlemen, and we were walking down
togethare Senator Brown, Senator
Talbird myself, and about the time /
got tosthis point, just before we got On
the pavement, noticed-ther is
that vacant lot-Mr. Gonzales was
aoouta along there, no, nearer than
that, and had just passed Congress
man Aiken and Mr.. Fred Dominick,
possibly not far from about that
point: Mr.. Gonzales got about along
there,she was coming down the street
next to the curb stone. We three
were walking about in the middle OF
the sidewalk, as near. as I can recol-
lect It'll just before Mr.. Gonzales got
to- mel he cut across towards me. L
said:s,9sMr.s; /, "a Gonzales, [ got your mes
sage, aand fired Talbird was on the
Y. ,Vhag spa aces was Ithere ssbetween
Mr.. hRiTdan the cur rbst ne p,,s
s 1sss three or four fe ct,
So. EsoIneIe X i0Om enough for Ir..'
Gonzales,Teo have passed without cI,t-.
Ting: in front OF .you?" go 80
Certainly, sir. When he started to
cut across the. pavement toward me
bis overcoat was tightly buttoned up
both hands were thrust In the over
coat pockets. The thumbs of both of
his hands were outside of his overcoat
pockets until he started to cut across
that sidewalk coming directly toward
me, land then the thumb Of his right
hand disappeared in his pocket, and
1T happened almost directly in three
or four seconds after that, 1 was ex-
pecting him to shoot, and l said, L
got. your message, and fred. 1 was
unfortunate, perhaps, in calling it a
message That was In my mind
the conversation he had at the state
house with Captain White and Alr.
Holsenhack. That is what l meant
when / spoke Of message"
Show that jury the motion of his
hand in his pockets?"
His overcOat was buttoned up and
he was Cunning down that way !, (stand-
ing and illustrating) his oyercoat was
pulled tightly towards his front, and
just as he started toward me his
hand went down. expected instant
ly to be shot down."
Was he watching you?"
AS intcntly, sir, as any two men
ever watched each other in their
lives"
Why did you shoot right them"
Because expected to be shot,"
After you shot him the first time,
what happened?n
Senator Talbird sprang in between
US and threw up, think, his left
hand, and said, This thing has got
to stop right here He looked at me,
and looked back at Mr.. Gonzales. Mr..
Gonzales came on past me to the
corner. He never did take his hands
out Of his pockets"
Before Senator Talbird got In be-
tween you, could you have shot
again?"
Yes, sir, Of course"
why didn't you?"
Because Mr.. Gonzales did not re-
turn my fire I WAS expecting him to
do, When l fired I did not know
whether the pistol had worked or not
and | threw the barrel over my over
coat sleeves and I was expecting Mr..
Gonzales to tire on me and was fixing
to shoot again. He did not fire and l
took down my pistol"
Mr.. Tillman: Mr.. Gonzales has
stated In. one of these declarations, or
it is said he stated what he said,
Shoot again, you coward" it
We'll, sir, regret to say that that