Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1903-10-09
RURAL RETREAT, VA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8, 1908

! man who had killed my best friend
and suppose if harbor vengeance to-
wards anybody it would be toward
him, replied the witness.
Mr. Nelson continuing:
Q-"After the killing did not you
write in the hardest terms of him as
a BLACKBOARD, gambler, drunkard,
and murderer"
A-eYou will find in the -
1 Q-"Don't tell what will find. am
asking you did you write or not?"
| Al did not write all that
/ sQ-"What did you writer"
Al wrote he was cowardly as
sassin and signed my name to it in
The State of January 16"
DR. c.. W. Barron, of Columbia, was
at the hospital when Mr.. Gonzales was
brought there from The State office
He said he asked Mr. Gonzales within
item or fifteen minutes after he had been
arried into the hospital:
IN. G.. do you understand your con-
dition?"
T do" the doctor said Mr.. Gonzales
replied, when witness said he asked
him the further question:
| DO you understand, N G., that you
will probably die?" the reply being,
witness testified: II do
| The doctor said Mr. Gonzales had no
| nope of recovery. He considered Con
zales in extremis. Witness said Con
zales made statement at the hospital
| which the witness said Gonzales said
| was death statement
DR.. j. w. Babcock, superintendent of
The state insane hospital saw Gonzales
as he lay on the floor in The State
| office. He described the location of the
bullet wounds, and gave the opinion
hat it was indicated that the body of
! man receiving such wounds was on
he point of turning. DR.. Babcock also
aw Gonzales at the hospital just after
le was received there. Gonzales he
said made a statement to him which
le said he took down in long hand
| .otes Reading from his notes he said
| he following were the words of Con
Gales as near as he could take it down:
| lie had one man with him who was
! particular friend of his, Talbird;
another man whose face did not OBJ
serve. | started for the state house as
usual. AS got to the corner of Ger
vais street I recognized Tillman. |
knew if kept on I would collide with
aim as they were three abreast, both
on the outside. | cut diagonally across
to the left intending to turn the cor
ner into Gervis street which l could
| have done without touching the inside
man. AS got on the turn TWO or three
feet from the exact corner, he said,
pulling pistol, or had In sleeve, pulled
and fired and made some expression.
The shock threw me around against the
pillar on Main street. l faced him. He
pointed the pistol so called him cow
ard. He said I took your advice" or
something to that effect; he put pistol
in pocket and sauntered into the street
| never sent him message. He said
have taken you at your word"
suppose he referred to something I
said in an editorial in the campaign
He said this after he fired. / had no
idea of meeting him. had seen him
TWO days before in the lobby of the
louse. The thing was finished as far
IS | was concerned"
The statement was first given by the
witness in the absence of the jury, the
defense Directing to the introduction of
The latter part, but subsequently with
Drew the objection.
August Kohn, newspaper writer,
Who was at the hospital at the time DR..
3abcock was there, said Mr. Gonzales
sold him at chat time in answer to
question that he (Gonzales1 had not
| sent a message to Mr.. Tillman.