Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1903-10-03
TRIAL or 1ILLMAN
AT LEXINGTON, S. c.
Further Proceedings In the
the Celebrated Case.
MANY WITNESSES TESTIFY

Editor TerrilI, Of a Newspaper In Flor
ence County, Is Questioned by So
Iloitor Thurmond Regarding Threats
Made by TiIlman.
Lexington, 8. c., Oct. 2.-The read
ing of the editorials from The State
was concluded shortly after the trial
of James H. Tillman was resumed to-
day. T. c. Withers, an employe OF
The State, testified that he assisted N.
G. Gonzales into the office of The
State from the street after the shoot
ing, and that SF1RDLU P UPUPU
ing. He was asked If he saw any
weapon in the garments of Mr.. Con
zales at that time and replied that
he did not. J. W. Wallace testified
he was in the office of The State with
N. G. Gonzales after the shooting and
that Gonzales said to him that he was
fatally shot.
L. G. Wood, Of the editorial staff of
The State, said he saw no weapons
in the garments taken off, Mr. Con
zales in The State office and he never
saw pistol in the editorial rooms of
The State. M G. Wallace, an employe
Of The State, said he removed the over
coat from Editor Gonzales when he
was carried into The State office af-
ter the shooting, and that he saw no
weapons In the pockets of the coat.
c. J. Terrill, editor of a newspaper
In Florence county, was asked by So
licitor Thurmond If he ever heard Till
man make any threats. He replied
that he was walking along the streets
Of Edgefleld with Colonel Tillman in
the early summer of 1902, he thought
1t was, and he (Tillman) said he was
going for the governor and If Con
gales attacked him he was going down
thensan kill him. and l think he said,
like a dog.
On discrimination, the witness
was asked If it was a fact that he had
not made the statement he made to-
day when application was made for
bail for the defendant. He said he
had not. Witness was questioned by
counsel for the defense as to his per-
sonal feelings against the defendant,
and as to an editorial he had written
concerning the shooting He said he
had never written a line in his pa
per denouncing the defendant as AN
individual
DR.. c. L. Adams testified to a con-
versation he had with the defendant
during the campaign in which he said
he told Mr. Tillman If he wished to
be governor of South Carolina he
would have to fight Gonzales, to which
he said the defendant replied:
That won't do, because I'm the lieu
tenant governor and will be at peace"
The witness testified that Mr.. Till
man made the further statement:
"You boys need not worry. By
-, I'll snuff his life with this" the
witness adding, pulling his pistol from
his grip"
Continuing, witness said the defen-
dant said, among other things:
"Pll make 1t the -. tragedy that
ever happened IN South Carolina"
On cross-examination said he judged
the relations between the defendant
and Mr.. Gonzales to be unfrlendly. He
said he supported and voted for Till
man for governor.
Witness testified to further state
ments which he said T1llman made. He
said Colonel TNllman was loved by his
men of his regiment in the Spanish
war. Witness was member Of thu
regiment.
G. E. Leftarge was put upon the
stand to identify a map showing the
intersection of Main and Gervais
streets In Columbia.