Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-10-02
VICTIM WAS ,UNARMED
BAD DAY FOR DEFENDANT IN
TILLMAN MURDER TRIAL.
All the Evidence Pointed to a Coolly
Planned, Premeditated
Murder.

| LEXINGTON. S. c.. October 2-The read
| ing of editorials from the State was con-
| cluded shortly after the trial of James "
| Tillman was resumed today. f. 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 shooting
| He was asked If he saw any weapon in the
| garments of Mr.. Gonzales at that time, and
| replied that he did not.
DIR. ]. w. Wallace, the next witness, tes-
| titled that he in the Office of the State
| with N. G. Gonzales after the shooting and
! that Gonzales said to him that he was IA
| tally shot.
l.. G. Wood of the editorial staff of the
State said he saw no weapons in the gar
ments taken off Mr.. Gonzales in the State
Office and that he never saw pistol in the
editorial rooms of the State.
NJ. c. Wallace, an employe of the State
| said he removed the overcoat from Editor
Gonzales when he was carried into the
State office after the shooting, and that he
saw no weapons in the pockets of the coat.
Threats to Kill Gonzales.
c. j. Terrell editor of a newspaper in
Florence county, was asked by Solicitor
Thurmond if he ever heard Tillman make
any threats. He replied that he was walk
ing along the streets of Edgefeld with Col
Tillman in the early summer of 1862, he
thought it was, and that he CTillman) said
"he was going to run for governor and if
Gonzales attacked him he was going down
there and kill him, and l think he said Ike
a dog"
On cross-examination the witness was
asked if it was fact that he had not made
the statement he made today when ap-
plication was made for bail for the de-
fendant. He said he had not. The wit
ness questioned by counsel for the de-
fense as to his personal 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
paper denouncing the defendant as an in
dividual.
ton he said he had with the defendant
during the campaign in which he said he
told Mr.. Tillman that if he wished to be
governor of South Carolina he would have
to fight Gonzales, to which he said the de-
fendant replied: That won't do, because
l am the lieutenant governor and will be at
peace" The witness testified that Mr.. Till
man made the further statement: You
boys need not worry. BY -, III snuff h s
life with this, tie with ss adding, pulling
his pistol from his grip
Witness Voted for Tillman.
Continuing, the witness said the defend
ant said. among other things, "Ill make it
the - tragedy that ever happened
in South Carolina.s
On cross-e.t.; imitation he said he judged
the relations between the defendant and
Mr.. Gonzales to be unfriendly. He said he
supported and voted for Tillman for gov
ernOr.
The witness testified to further statements
which he said Tillman made He said Col.
T1llman was loved by the men of his regf-
ment in the Spanish war. The witness was
a member of the regiment.
G. f. Leffarge was put on the stand 10
identify map showing the intersection of
Main and Gervas streets in Columbia