The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-09

and don't know ~ hat else, and ssn.
other Speaking Of him cha llenEfngM Mr.
~ G9}nzaies n, s, writing as mock stheatrl.s
lsss d !, Did Mr. ~ TIllman say anything?
,. le ae, SAL ~ He can call it. mock
make it the God siamIdests1 tragsdv' 4 i =
that, f! E ever happened In South Caro-
THEATs By DEFENDANT. iis
@. J. Terrell, editor Of 5 the Il ohnsoni
mIonlCor was theSpext witness. Is He!
sWore that he: heard !; J I'm illman!
early in, the summer before the shoot
Ing sayifin Edgetl leld thht lie was no.
ing toiruh ex-governor, and ifithat fel.S
low Gonzales kept on attacking himhe
would go, down to Columbia and kill
himlike dog. Terrell saws he llyised
Tillman not to talk that way .ilanSl>
Tlllmnn replied that he would shoot
Gonzales like a;mad dog and give him
no chance whatever. : - i
A second time Editor Terrell saws he
heard Tillman make a threat. IG.was
on a railroad train between johnson
and Augusta. Terrellland Black were
IN the stnoaking room on the car when
Tillman walked,in. I started ito I'm
troduce him to Black, but he said he
knew Black. Later in conversation he
said. Black, old fellow, 1 am going
to do what said 1 would in regard to
that Gonzales business. I. am going to
stop his abusing people as he s does. .,
nlr. Terre- said he saw no pistol; in the.
possession OF the defendant. a third
time when he heard threats made by
Tillman against Gonzales was in Co
lumbta. They were made to Eb. Wat
son OF the State editorial staff in the
presence of Terrell. S5.i
On the croSS-eXamination Terrell
said that after q certain convention
Tlllman passed him several times with
speaking to him, but he had no hostile
feelings for Tillman. He admitted
that the cause. of Tillman'S anger or
feeling was a certain article he had
written in opposition to Tillman's can
didacy. The conversation with Till
man took place after the editorial IN
the Monitor appeared.
Col. Croft asked the witness If he did
not bear Tillman's considerable ami
mostly on account of Tillman taking
sides with q Mr. Perkins In dispute
over property and insuratce money,
Terrell replied that he had no personal
animosity toward 'Tillman. He had de-
nounced the shooting OF Gonzales con-
ditionally. He had advised Tillmau
not to shoot Gonzales, but suggested
to him that if he had a grievance to 90
down TO Columbia and whip Gonzales.
a VAIN EFFORT.
On Friday MIR. August Koiln, the
and Courier, was called to the stand.
Mr.. Nelson asked him whether he
knew that there was bad feeling be-
| tween Gonzales and Tillman. Mr..
KOhn said he knew nothing as to that
| personally, but Mr.. Nelson asked him
whether .hc did not remember the
various editorials In the State, repeat
ing the substance Of them. The wit
ness said that he remembered them.
but did not of his own knowledge know
whether Gonzales wrote them or not.
MIR. Nelson went through a long list OF
questioning, trying to make Mr.. Kohn
say that he knew of enmity between
Gonzales and Tillman, but the witness
held to it that he could not tell even
from the editorials what Gonzales
Thought of Tillman.
MIR. Nelson having failed to make MI
lNohn say what he wanted him to,
| Col. Croft took him in charge. He
went through pretty much the same
questions asked by Mr.. Nelson, but he
added additional interest to tho pro.
cccdings by putting his questions in a
loud and dictatory way. Mr. Kohn
SlSck TO III, GnaU personally he knew
nothing of Gonzales feelings. He cx-
pressed the opinion that If, an editor
might, for instance, attack a policy OF
President Roosevelt, it would not nee
essarily mean that there was, personal
enmity. Col. Croft yielded at Mr.. Kohn
and told him to stop, but the opinion
was expressed just the same. Mr.
Croft, in u tone Of voice as If command
ing the witness, demanded whether
Mr.. Kohn was an honorable man, did
not know of his own knowledge that
Gonzales was an enemy Of ,Tillman.
Mr.. Croft asked whether he would
swear before God and Christ tll.Llle
did not know. The question. was so
improper that even before the Drosecn-
tion attorneys objected the judge said
that the question could not be put,
MIR. kohn being Of the Jewish faith.
Mr.. Croft utterly failed in his attempt
to make the witness say wnat lie
wanted him to, and Mr.. Kohn again
asserted positively that he had never
heard Gonzales say q word against Till
man and he could not know what was
in his heart.