The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-02-27


1lllnan;S SdFed lie raised 4 Ills .bistoi
ihgatn las IL lie f,i1tendeds to- repeat the
lshot, when g Mir g GOfizales said some.
thing to him hfch deponent did not
understand and that there; was gem
ltleman about that time who got be-
Tween Mr.. Tlllman and Mr.. g Gonzales,
but deponent did not know him; that
Mr.. Gonzales held himselfIp after the
shot and If armed had plenty Of time
in which to use his weapon but he
made no effort Of that sort. &
August Schiedeman:
Personally comes before me j oSeph
r. Allen, who being duly sworn, says:
Twas standing at my desk the day OF
the shooting looking at MIN. G.. Go A.
zaicS walking towards the State house.
His hands were ins his OyercOlt pocket
and am positive his thumbs were out
side.! Mr.. Gonzales appeared to be par
ticularly pleased over something. 1
never saw the shot but stepped to the
left as soon as the shot was fired and
saw nothing as Il street car was be-
tween us. Then l stepped outside my
office and saw next u lady walking
rapidly and q gentleman following
close behind her. The next thing that
[ saw was James II. Tillman, who
came around the car and turned walk
ing north. He had a pistol in his hand
with a very small barrcl-a black pis-
toll Tillman had his head turned to
tho right, watching the opposite side
walk. Then Policeman Boland came
and arrested him. The policeman
walked up within four or five feet OF
him; they stopped and Boland said 81
Nt1iHNr ~ nIItlD6 n 10
open and showed his badge. They were
not over six feet from me. / could not
hear what Tfllman said, but he did
not want to give up the pistol, but
BOland took 1t out of his hand and car
ried him over to the station house.
There was some further conversation
between them which 1 did not hear,
but | heard Boland say, 81 cannot al
low prisoner to be armed:' lust as
Tillman came around the car Mr.. N.
G. Gonzales appeared in view on the
opposite sidewalk, between two men,
Mr.. LaMottc being ore of them, Mr..
Gonzales head swinging from side to
side. Joseph II. Allen.
Personally appeared w. +. Sticgltz.
in the city of Columbia, doing business
in sporting goods and gun and lock-
smith. On the afternoon before the
day of the shooting Of N. G.. Gonzales
by j III. Tillman, Mr.. Il. II. Dominick
came into my store and showed me 4
magazine for Luger pistol and said
he wanted one like it. l told him l
did not have one but could repair the
one he had. He said he wanted it ut
once and l tcld him could not repair
IL nc once for him, for some time was
required for the glue to dry but If he
,I would leave it lie could get it it E; curly the I;
right" left the magazine with me and
went out. Mr.. DOminick came in next
morning about . o'clock. handed
him the magazine. lie then exhibit
ed Il Lugcr automatic pistol, saying
this is what takes the magazine, Slid
ing in the magazine as he spoke. He
asked me the charges for repairing. l
told him that l would charge him
nothing: he thanked me and went out.
Since the shooting OF Nlr. n G.. Con
zalcS | have seen Il Lugcr automatic
pistol, said to be the same one used
by j. III. Tillman and the magazine in
said pistol appears to be the same
| magazine that repaired at the re-
quest OF Mr. Dominick. a few days
after the shooting was sent for by
Mr.. Il. Walker, clerk OF the court
for Richland county, and went to his
oiilce. He showed nc Il Lugcrautoma
tic pistol. He wanted me to extract
the loaded cartridges from the barrel,
rs he could not operate it. l did so
and it was then that / noticed the
magazine, containing several loaded
cartridges, appeared to be the same
one that had repaired.
w. T. stieglitz.
Personally appeared before me no
tary public Of South Carolina, w. i.
IIuict, Mark Toncy, Willie Clark, r.
| Il Denny, e. J.Tcrrcll, Lewis Holmes,
G. B. Boatwright, j. II. a. Williams
and M. w. Clark, Of the county and
State aforesaid, who, being duly sworn
say: That they each for himself know
Richard HolSOnbacke, who is Il resi-
dent Of Ldgeiield county, and that
they each for himself know Richard
Holsonbackc's general reputation for
truth and vcracity in The ncighborlood
In which he lives and il is bad: and
from his general reputation dcponcnts
would not believe any statement made
under oath by the said Richard Hol-
sonbackc.
NJ. W. Clark,
w. j. Huiet,
Mark Toney,
II. r.. Denny,
G.. j Terrell,
Lewis Holmes,
q. B. BOatwright,
j. Fl. a. Williams,
Willie Clark.
Sworn TO llefOrn mo this 1lth 6oV Of