The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-01-28

Judiciary meeting for an hour perhaps. Afls
That meeting was over I passed through tn
corridor Of the State House 10 the engrossint
department. having some business there. OF
. Qhe way Id the engrossing department / saw
T senator Ta'bird In Ghe corridor. and l thini
l told him 70 wait for me. ! VA. going down dow
short time and went over 10 the House 70 sex
. II one of my House colleagues who roomI
=. with me had gone down. and found that h'
You went o. r 70 the House ior q few mo
, ments."
ayes, sir; and when came back through
the corridor. senator farolrd joined me, re- snc ;ne
second n,or. senator fiIiman Joined u.s."
Juror: .5enator Tillman. or Governor
.Governor Tiilman I should say. We
walked down together. Whe1 we reached
4 the nrst building on The rixht.on the right
side OF Main street coming down. or up
whichever you msy call ii-comiug townrd
the busiu ess portion of the town. ! heard
someone behind and turned my bead and
recnenlzed q lady friend Of mine whom
"Was that on the right hand Bfde OF the
street walking this way ?"
ION the right hand side. and n did not
| have any special engagement with the other
When I recognised her j tSrned my body
With the view Of dropping back and walking
| with her. MY body had completely turned
See wSsn ,Rs Ps'S rsd o In had no de" vso
Gonzales ut all. This lady friend OF mine
was terrified By It and began 70 run on! iD
was directed 70 her. did not even look
hack. called to her. three or four times
pernaps, TO come 70 me and was at the same
70 % bsr % she was ont in the middle Of The street..
took her by the arm and carried her on the
opposite side Of the sidewalk. When got
,ss rS Sio s5 70 the err sos
find what bad happened d-wbat the trouble
was. Upto that time had no idea-well,
had no idea at ell. nothing 70 suggest what
Dos DoG .G: Sf the street sSs
very high state OF excitement and looked
around. a. I stated, 70 see u could md
what this pistol.nring meant: because bad
street-t think perhaps he was foot or two
around the corner-with two gentlemen. one
on each side, holding him. or course, did
me TO speculate about this matter. ! just
give you, gentlemen. tho facts ~ I saw them.
and you c.n form your own eonclusion. Oi
course. seeing Mr.. Gonzales, I need not tell
70 do with IL / carried this lady on up the
.What time Of day was tina, ?"
~ would say ;. about = O'clock that H. to
"You said you looked aroand after you
went across the street. How long was IL -.
II looked around after got her on the
other side Of the street.
"How long was that?'
1T In o matter OF speculation. Il must
have been q very short time. hurried to
get hold OF her and then hurried TO get her
out Of What she seemed 70 think imminen,
Juror: Did you turn around and 60 back
towards the State House 10 meet this lady ?"
:8si .RsSins yss' xas :Is; - shs vas behind me-"
.Yes, air bad 10 turn my body entirely.
heard something; I do not know what IL
vas; there was something behind me, and
eoenisea her as . oyhood friend"
"You turned back wards?"
II think I had taken only one step when
Juror: "Wnas direction we're you walk.
ing--what was your posltion 2"
II was on the inside VI the street Senator
Taibisd wsa In tho middle and Governor
Tillman wss on the outsida;'
"Then you stepped hack ?"
"Yes. sir; never paid any attention 70
these gentlemen any more. l WAS dropping
0:S y yos son nS 'hs ,ns
building when IN dropped back or had you
you dropped back 2
preston about that Lily Impression is-,his
transfer station. My Impression IL. and
THAT believe & 10. that , We h.S reached ,, In
and the corner. l am not certain about that"
did you nolice Governor Tillnan after
"When looked back was on the opposite
side Of the street With this lady. I saw Gov.
ernor Tillmsn cross the street. rather In the
d dirsction In which had goue.'
"WeIi, cir, it was hard 20 say. My attention
was engaged with the excitement that this
lady was under. Ny Impression was that he
bad S;. .,ss ,Ss pistol In hi" hand hanging down BY
"Was he backing Oh. or was he walking
away: vas he backing away from the scene
Of the trouble or was be walking awsys"
"Well, think he was walking rather side
ways; probably, yes, rather think 90. Be
fore the shooting heard absolutely nothing
TO attract my attention. There was absolute.
Y nothing, There wss certain revereera;
close 10 wall. did not know whether the
pistol had been shot on my right or left or
behind me, and never stopped 70 see Who
nrsd Il when aaw the condition OF this
sIou think the d. lng was done about op-
posi!s 70 2. that building; about opposite I"
"Woll; IN my recollection: as we'll q. re.
SSssI's'siy &c az close to the "'l''"
.is = %S,. ;S':s have been between you and SEN
.Thst IL Q matter Of reasoning. I do no,
know anything about II. never saw the
James F. Sims, white, sworn:
swell, on the day that this occurred. was
coming up 0ervais stset crossinx from the
City Hall 70 the transfer station"
.Whet day Waa that? ?"
"That was ON Thursday"
ado you remember the day OF the month 2"
"The 18th, about o'clock
"Thsn the time vas about O'Clock In the
"About O'Clock. yea. II might have been q
little before or u little Rfler. ! was crossing
from the City Hall 70 the transier station. and
before got 10 the sidewalk I noticed Cover.
uor Tiliman and the two gentlemen coming
ernor TilIman and the Two gentleman passed
lost ahead OF me. About that time I heard q
pistol ahot. looked around aud saw Gov
erpor Tiilmsn with Q pistol In bis hand
right hand. l then recognized Gonzales, who
stumbled or fell against the extreme corner
post OF The transfer station that 10. the cor.
corner then With one or both hands TO his
side. do not know whether he had both or
not. I stepped mp and askod him II he was
| hit. He said, Yea then asked him what
| he wanted me 10 do, and he said he wanted TO
| 70 home. ] sieadied him for minute. n
| look for q hack, but did not see one. Joined
Mr Gonzales again. Mr.. LaMotte came up
ABOUT that time. and We helped him 10 the
state ofiice. Tho shooting took place be.
tween the corner OF the building and the door
/ OF the trapsier station on the east side OF
Main Street. My attention was nrst attract:
Al looked up heard Governor Tillman say
| Il received your message"
| Mr.. Sims: "Did you hear Lieutenant Gov.