The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07
FIGHTS FOR LIFE.
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He said he had been Senator from
Beaufort since 1896. He knew Tillman
by reputation for long time and has
known him personally since 1900. Till
man was then presiding officer OF the
Senate as Lieutenant Governor. tie
and Senator Brown were. he thought,
friends ofCol. Tillman. Hewas thrown
with Tillman great deal. lie just
saw Tillman on the day of the Shooting
presiding in the Senate. He remained
| in the engrOSSing department TOR
good while. He told OF going uptown
With Col. Tiilman and Senator Brown.
Tillman joined them going uptown
and the three men went uptown.
They walked continuously until they
reached the transfer station. At tue
transfer station he was on the OUTSIDE,
next the street, Ti!lman in the middle
and Senator 3 own on the inside. AS
he GOT to the transferstation he recog-
nlZed Mr.. n g. Gonzales. He had his
overcoat buttoned and he had his
hands in his overcoat. AnG then to
exactly quote Senator Talplrd' words,
he said:
Mr.. Gonzales was ten or fifteen feet
! from US when l first noticed him.
| When he got within five or six feet Of
us Governor Iillman said: How are
you? Good morning. How are you.
Mr.. Gonzales? or SOME expression OF the
kind Mr. Gonzales turned toward the
transfer station, aS if to pass us on the
inside. l paid nc further attention to
him, as he got out OF my line OF vision.
was looking up the street about the
time suppose he would get on a line
with US, heard the remark, i receiv
ed your message, and then to my right
! saw a pistol in Governor Tiilman's
hand and it went OFT.
Then he Went on to say that he
thought Mr. Gonzales had his hands III
his outside coat pocket, bat he was
not looking at his hands, and paid no
particlar attention to that.
Mr.. Tillman said, Good morning,
Mr.. Gonzales, or How are you. Mr..
uOnZaleS?" He was quite sure that
Tillman greeted Gonzales.
Gonzales passed on as if to turn the
corn +, but said absolutely nothing to
Tlllman. He did not Know OF any
threats on the part OF Tillman and
had never heard rlllnan say anything
about Gonzales. When the shot was
tired Gonzales was about the cond
window Of the the transfer station and
and after he was shot Gonzales moved
on step or two and said, Here l am:
finish me-"
Gonzales then turned the corner
close to the building and went around
on the Gervais street side. Tillman
backed out into the street. Tillman
mad his eye on Gonzales. Talbird said
he followed Gonzales to see what was
The condition OF his wound if he had
been shot and Gonzales told him. Il
am shot in the stomach: send for the
DOCTOR Senator TalbirG said he saw
no hole and al urst did not think that
Gonzales had been shot. He said that
when Tillman had fired his tirst shot
that he rushed in between the two
men and, holding up his two HANDS,
said, This thing must STOP
AS Mr.. Gonzales approached Col.
Tillman said, How are you, Mr.. Con-
zales?' or Good morning, Mr.. Con-
zales," and then Mr.. Gonzales turned
to his LETT without saying anything, as
if to pass on the inside. He had got
ten out of his line Of vision and Til
man said, Il received your message, F."
and just about then the pistol vent
off. He first caught a glimpse OF the
]; pistol from behind. He was not look
ing for any trouble and it was all such
asurprise and so quickly done that he
did not expect anything to happen.
The expression, i received your
message he thought. was almost
simultaneous with the firing OF the
pistol by Tillman.
Senator Talb:rd went into details as
TO the relationship existing between
himself, Tillnlan and Gonzales. He
said that he was intimate with Till
man turing their life in Columbia IN
the Legislative sessions.
Then he was asked if he knew OF
Tillman's having ally pistols or OF his
carrying them. This brought on a
long fight and the question was with
drawn.
After giving the location of the two
principals at he time OF shooting and
Following their movements up, Sena-
tor Ialbird went on to say: He saw
Governor Tiliman next going into
police station. Tillman asked him
about the condition of Gonzales and
he told him what Gonzales had said,
and he asked him to ascertain as
definitely as he could the nature of the
wound. He went to the Jail the ne>t
morning and told him what he had
gathered about Mr.. Gonzales S declara-
tion. He did not recollecu that Till
man said anything in reply to the re-
port.
"Do you know whether he coDtem-
plated shooting again?''
(The wording CT the question was
changed to suit the objections.)
"Tillman gave him two reasons why
he did not shoot again. FIRST, because
he was afraid he might hit him
! (Talbird, } and second, that he (Tal-
bird) threw up his hands and said,
This thing must stopn He was be-
tween Tillman and Gonzales at one
time. After the shooting he thought
he was standing up with his hands out
side of his pockets. From the time he
saw Gonzales until after the shooting,
he saw no demonstrat on on the part
Of Gonzales.
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY.
One Of the most sensational wit
nesses was DR.. E. G. L. Adams, pro
minent young physician o! Richland
County, and of distinguished family
He is a strong personal friend OF Col.
Tillman and worked and voted for him
in his candidacy for Governor. His
testimony is so important that for fear
Of misconstruction it is given in full
from the stenographic notes:
DR.. E. G. L. Adams sworn. Direct
examinations:
BY Mr.. Crawford: doctor, believe
you know Col James II. Tillman?'
Il know him quite well. Was in his
regiment"
"Do you know him intimately"
"Yes, sir"
"Did you at time during his cam
paign for Governor last year have con-
rersations with him?"
siNoS cir 7 had one or TWO Of the