The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-14
BY SPECIAL TRAIN
n,,. CROWDS THRoNG TO THE
LAM TILLMAN TRIAL.
ARGUMENTS NOT YET OVER
WILL GO TO JURY ABOUT
'A'N NOON TODAY.

political Sentiment Has
Injected Into the Case
claimed Gonzales Mind was Oie"r
,,.,on lie Made His Dying state
craft. Counsel for Defense
ned I'D Case and Was Speak
union Court Adjourned.
.;.s,on s. c., Oct. 1S.-The jury
vial of James H. Tillman lis
~ "a argument by counsel through
49,, entire day. When court con-
,.ered to-day an unusually large crowd
,resant and by the time adjourn
- ,.as taken tonight the room was
.Il,oa with many standing. The sec
,.osar,,ad for ladies was filed.
The special train which has been
.,,n,,,rg between Columbia and Licking
ron was filed when it went over this
,,,r,;rp. while a regular train running
,at.r i'm the day brought an additional
r,,o,ber. Many different parts of the
,.,+s were represented in the crowd OF
SPECTATORS to-day.
Contrary to the programme agreed
,,,on the arguments to the jury were
mot concluded to-day. When the hour
Of : o'clock arrived. Col. Croft, who
was closing the argument for the de-
4 fsnse observed that he could not finish
in time to permit Gen. Bellinger. who
n coses for the state, to conclude, unless
4 court should be run until a late hour.
BY agreement, an adjournment was
q taken so that the two attorneys could
q close in the morning, Col. Croft hav-
Il ing one hour yet remaining, and Gen.
4 Reringer nearly two hours.
Thus the case will not go to the jury
before the middle of the day, as it will
take some little time for the court to
Gever the charge after the attorneys
have finished. Requests by counsel
for instructions to the jury were read
and argued to-day.
Doctrine of SeIf-Defense.
The state desires that the jury be
S instructed that the doctrine of self-de-
tense requires that if there is any
u
must do it, and not take life; that in
order to establish a plea of self-de-
81 tense the jury must be satisfied by
y prepOnderance of evidence that the per-
son making the plea was not at fault
in bringing on the difficulty, and that
he believed he was in danger of serious
bodily harm, and further that a per-
son Of ordinary prudence would have
3 believed the same. The state further
+ asks the jury TO be instructed that
{ previous threats do not justify the TAX
ing of life unless there is a demonstra-
ton at the time of the homicide.
The defense asked that the jury be
instructed that the question to be de-
temined is whether or not any per-
son OF ordinary prudence and rea-
son would have done as the defendant
ad' also that a man may act upon
circumstances as they appear to him,
account being taken of any threats
that may have been communicated to
nm together with the actions of the
person making them when met.
q Col ?. H. Nelson, for the defense,
after addressing himself to the law
giving the Interpretation of the defense
as It applies to this case, made a gen.
VFaI review of the case, stating that
mad been transferred to Lexington
because of conditions adverse to the
uaendant in Richmond county.
referring to the liberty of the press,
Ne cited the libel law, and decisions
snow the extent of this liberty. He
uea spoke of the attitude of news
papers against the defendant. Follow
lg the defendant and N. G. Gonzales
ulIough the various incidents involving
"en' ne defended his clients course,
ana critically reviewed the course of
The late editor.
Too Much Personal Feeling.
M VOL Andrew Crawford, for the
'~'e followed, saying there had been
wv much personal feeling and too
mum political sentiment injected in
|" ~e case. Replying to the defense,
y "n'ended that Mr.. Gonzles' mind
'' clear when he made his dying
'"'eat' He dwelt at length ON the
'"ony OF Witness for the state
''' s"ld MIR. Tillman said, Good
O'''ig 10 Mr.. Gonzales when they
s1 ana reviewed at length the test
s' IeIang to the threats testi-
d. ana the shooting with a view to
,'s mat the defendant was not
''eu ID shooting. Col. Crawford
~. r''uuea after summing up testimony
~, ''' Gonzales was not armed and
made no demonstration.
' croft who closed for the de-
NJ was the last attorney to address
b.,e Today, speaking an hour and
& n. ]" plea for the acquittal of
e.r. N''uallt' lie has entered upon a
4 N, a. summing up of the case. He
s.,. '"@' 1t had been charged by the
into -, '''' politics had been brought
orp,s. Ease declaring that the case
ls@ N III politics, dating back to
& right tg a that newspapers have the
too, sroi,. say what they please. He.
been arra. OF the newspapers that have
Croft ssi g5ye 20 against the defendant Mr..
vas as = He turning point in the case
PIE, Of so,, whether a man making a
q q fcun,s,a,'...uetense may act upon the
Col g. IN. '. .. as they appear to him.
WI resume in the morning.
tie,, -s-e--e
prt,.. s'elaHd or to CHICAGO.
tetesdentt0nc ~, \. j.. Oct. 1s.-Former
.ot Chicsvoo 'eveland left here TODAY
''d He V over over the Pennsylvania