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


'5.a Augusta, with SAID 5isH & frIllnan
4 latid then j saw a. blue steel mauazii ina
pistol; said James H. T. illman intimats
fed to me that was the pistol he in.
tended to kill N. G.. Gonzales with II
said Don't kill him, whip him. 2
lTlllman' replied, by God ]? am going
pistol above referred to out Of his hip
pocket. 0. D. Black. 5y
Personally comes w. b. Cause, a
member OF the legislature Of .theState
of South Carolina from the county OF
Florence, who being duly sworn says:
That on the 18th day Of January, 1908,
deponent met lanes II. Tillnan, then
lieutenant governor Of the State OF
with several members OF the house Of
representatives; that while said mem
bers, IN Company with said Tillman
and said deponent, were here IL, the
city OF Columbia, the question was
asked as to were we were stopping !.
Some of the gentlclnen's named their
respective lodging houses and others
told where they were stopping, where
upon Coy. Tillman spoke up and said,
when left home | did not tell my
wife where was going to stop ut. 1
just Stuck those editorials that Con
zales had written about me in my
pocket and told her might be stop
ping in the pcliitcntiary before I got
back hOmc.'' w. b. Cause.
Personally comes II. Shorter Wat
son, who on oath says: That nc is Il.
native Of Edgeticld county, now of CO.
lumbia, S. O. That deponent has
known J. A. White OF Edgetield coun-
| ty for the past ten years, that his gen
eral reputation Is bad; so bad that de-
ponent would not believe him on oath.
That on information and belief the
said J. a. White some time ago was
stricken with paralysis, from which he
| is now suffering and which is perlna-
nent in its effects. And further on in
| formation and belief that said White
is reptitcd to be over SO years of age.
Fl. Shorter Watson.
Drs. D. S. Pope and Hubert Clayton,
OF Columbia, testified that any one
who las had Il severe stroke OF paraly-
sis is necessarily affected mentrlly, and
such a one would be more easily in
duccd from such mental weakness, and
Ito sci We the purpose Of any one who
| would do him kindncSs) could be, led
as Il child would be, induced to aid
such person in any way that the pa
| ralytic would not lend himself TO if he
had not had the stroke.
| Personally appears n. G. LaNIotte.
who, being sworn, says: He reached
| the side or Mir. n. G.. Gonzales Il few
moments after he was shot on Ian
10th last, and was with him continu-
ously until some considerable time af-
ter his reaching The State Office. and
until after the arrival of the doctors:
| depOncnt saw no weapon of any char
actcr on the person OF N. G.. Gonzales
and does net believe that a weapon
could be removed from his person dur
ing the time he was with him without
deponcnt seeing it.
a. Gamewcll LaMottc
This affidavit was corroborated by
M. Q. Wallace, Lewis G. Wood, Jr., +.
G.. Withers, l.. a. Griffith, Nj. d., aud
Jas. Fl. Mcintosh, NJ. d., who were
the persons that first reached Nir.
Gonzales after he was shot and took
Off his overcOat NlesSrS. +. j Wat
son, w. e. Gonzales and JAS a. Hoyt,
,Jr., who worked in the Office with AIR.
Gonzales, testified that they never had
seen Mr.. Gonzales with Il pistol on his
l.person at any time. They had seen
him hundreds Of times in his shirt
| olCStSS htiNi lltS llC iGu
the last ten years they could not have
failed to have seen 1t, as they were in
timately associated with him for that
many years. -
Personally appears S. Il. ID. Lancas-
ter, he being duly sworn says: / am a
member or the State house Of represen-
tativcs from Spartanburg county. On
The 14tll day of January, 1908, the day
preceding the shooting of N. G.. Con
zales by James IL. Tillman, / walked
past Tillman, who was standing Oh
the outer edge OF the pavement in the
State house grounds with his back
towards me, and | saw a pistol stick
ing out from the rear coat pocket of
the said J. u. Tillman, then lieutenant
governor. S. IT. d. Lancaster.
Francis w. Smith ard Vcddcr Zim-
Norman, two twelve year old boys,
stated that on Il day previous to the
shooting they saw a man with a pistol
showing in his hip-pocket from under
Il Prince Albert coat. whom from a
picture, they later believed TO be Till
man. They said he was on Main street
near the State Office, and seemed to be
looking for some one.
Next week we will publish the tcst-
mony Of the defence In rebuttal Of
the above. We would do so this
week. but the want of space forbtls.
| Care Of Nicktc Ware.