The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-09
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; trial threw new light on Tillman'a
II pistols! we print bis Testimony be-
e low. * fter some Spreli Ininary 3ques-
tions he was asked the following ques-
tiOns: u
G: do you know the defendant,
Z James II. Tillmanp A; Yes, sir.
O. How long have you known him?
~ a.. ] suppose have known him may
* be i 0 or,1 q years.
o. Did you hold any official posi-
& tion4 at the time Ehe was q a,c0lonel In
the army?, "A. Yes, sir.
/ Q. w that position was that? Al
was q lieutenant Ia the Second South
q Carolina regiment. He was colonel OF
Il the First. @
@. That was during the Spanish
war? a. Yes, sir.
@. Did you attend the last meeting
4 of The general assembly,? A. l did,
K perhaps the 18th Of January the
d second Monday In January.
%. Did you see Col. Tillman during
the session Of the legislature? A. l
did, sir.
Q. When did you first see him and
wherep a. The first place saw him
was on Tuesday morning at the Cald-
Z we'll botel.
9. Where;were you boarding? A.
Z At the Caldwell botel.
81. Q. DO you know where Mr.. r.Tillman
was registered? a. AT the Caldwell.
O. What room did you uccupy? A.
I am not positive, but think it was
i No %.
@. Well. relative to tue one which
he occupied? A. Well, he occupied
the one adjoining mine.
@. On the same side Of the aisle?
a. On the same side, right next to it..
@. Will you please tell the jury
What led up to your seeing him the
next morning? A. Well, on Monday
night during the night l heard con-
siderable noise in the room next to
mine, and the next morning went
to the Office and inquired who Occu-
pied that room, and while I was in
the Office Col. Tillman walked in or
walked: to the door of the Office and
saw him there about that time.
@. Where did you go? A.. Or
Tuesday went up to the State house.
@. Where did you go from the
Office that morning? A. couldn't
tell you. 4.
Il @. You say you heard considerable
noise in the night before? A. Yes
sir.
4 Q. And what made you inquire:
A. Who occupied the room adjoining
mine.
@. Did you see anything more o
Col. Tillman that night? q. o.
Tuesday night?
Q. On Monday night? A. 1 neve
saw him at all on Monday night.
Q. You saw him on Tuesday morn
ing? AZ Yes, sir.
@. Where did you see him on Tues
day morning? a. About the otiic
door of the Caldwell hotel. That wa
the only place remember seeing hin
- that morning.
90. Where did you next see him
A. I saw him after that frequently
and the next day perhaps around til,
State house and at other places.
Q. Did you see him in the hotel an,
more after that and before this as
sault? A. You mean the shooting O
H Mr.. Gonzales?
@. Yes. A. I saw him on til,
morning Of the shooting.
S, g. What time was that, and where
did you see him? A. 1T was near
o'clock on the morning Of the shoot
ing. woke up very late; my room
mate had gone out; it was cold, and
we had no fire and LScalled to Mr.
Tillman and asked him if he had any
fire in that room and some one re-
piled YES" and gathered up my
clothes and went around to his room
and dressed there, and while dressing
in there Col. Tillman was dressing
also, and we decided we wouldn't be
able to get to the dining room before
1t closed to get our breakfast and we
ordered Off breakfast sent up to his
room.
Q. Who was in the room besides
you aid Col. Tillman? A. Mr.. Fred
Dominick< and Tillman Bunch.
think they went to breakfast and left
us In the room; they afterwards came
back in the room. III.
q. Did they come back before you
finished breakfast or afterwards?
A. They came back before went out
Of the room.
y @. When you went out OF the room
who did you leave in there? A. left
them all in there, I think.
I'LL @. Did you notice anything out Of
+ the ordinary in that room? A. Well,
sir, i don't know what you have re-
ference to. / saw some pistols in
" .''ere.
y,o' @. How many pistols did you see in
! there? A. saw two.
@. When you first went In the roolr
how many pistols did you sec? A..
There was two, think.
q. Do you know where they were?
a. They were on the mantelpiece, l
think over the fireplace.
q. Describe them. A. One OF them
was Colts pistol and the other was
magazine pistol had never seen a
pistol Of the kind before and eX-
amined it closely.
q. Do you see any pistol there? (ln-
dic.lting on table near witness stand }
A. Yes, sir.
Q. How does that pistol compare In
4 appearance with the one you saw in
that room? a. 1t resembles it. l
think it is likely the same pistol.
@. Did that pistol remain on the
mantelpicce? A. No, sir; l forget
which end of the mantelpiece it was
on, but Col. Tillman told Tillman
Bunch to take that pistol and carry
it over to some gentleman at the Co
lumbia hotel, and told him the gentle
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