The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-30
MORE OF THE PROSECUTED
! ,ther of the Dead Editor on the Stand.
Testifies That the Relations Between the Defendant and N. c. Con- gales Had Not Been .osleansant
 For Some Years.

Lexington, s. C., Sept 29.--Good speed was made today in the trial here of form CT Lieutenant Governor James H. Till man who is charged with the murder of N. G.. Gonzales, editor of The State. A large number of witnesses were exam ined today. The crowd of spectators was not as large as yesterday. Mrs. J. H. Tiilman and the defendants mother oc- cupied seats within the railing through out the day.
 One line of examination pursued today by the State was with a view of laying the foundation for introduction of dying declarations. Four of the physicians who participated in the operation on MT. Gonzales after he was shot were on the stand today-Drs. Guerry. Pope. Taylor and Grffith, all of Columbia. Much of the testimony of the physicians was
 Ambrose F. Gonzales, publisher of The State and brother of N. G. Gonzales. was called to the stand when the Solicit tor offered in evidence the files of The State for the year 1902 the purpose as an- nounced by counsel to introduce the edi- torials in The State newspaUr of which N. G. Gonzales was editor from July 1. 1902, to December 31, 1902.
 Ed1torals on Ttllman.
 The editorials in question are in rela- ton to James H. Tillman. Reading of the editorials was postponed so that counsel for the defense might read them drst,
 On cross examination MT. Gonzales was asked by counsel for the defense:
 The relations between your brother and MT. Tillman have not been pleasant for some years have they?"
 He replied, "They have not been pleas ant"
 MT. Gonzales was asked on further cross. examination by the defense If he had not heard his brother express him self in denunciatory language In regard to Mir. Tillman. to which the witness re- piled: ;.
 .I cannot say [ ever heard him use such language in the office. I think ev- or believed but everything he said to his relatives or friends, he said in The State newspaper, so that the people all could know"
 Gonzales Not Bitter.
 In reply to further questions. MT. Con gales said he could not say that he knew his brother to have entertained bitter feelings toward J. H. Tillman nor could he say that he knew his brothers feel ings toward the defendant to have been hostile.
 W. B. Cause. member of the Legis- lature from Florence County, was asked if he had heard MT. Tilman when he met him in Columbia during the last ses- sion of the Legislature, say anything about MT. Gonzaless editorials. to which witness replied that he met Tillman on the street and when some one asked Col onel Tillman where he was stopping, he replied: 1T do not know that am stop ping anywhere. stuck those editorials of The State in my pocket and told my wife I might stop at the penitentiary be- fore left here"
 On cross examination the witness said he did not take the remark seriously.
 It developed during the examination of Dr. Pope, who followed Dr. Guerry on the stand. that The State was laying the foundation fer dying statements by MT. Gonzales. Under objection the statement by Dr. Pope that he heard Mir. Gonzales say T am killed" was admitted. but the court said later that when ruling on oth- CT questions he would let it stand or in- struct the jury to disregard 1t.
 The defense objected to all the testi- mony relating to the carrying of a pis- tol by the defendant prior to the shoot ing unless 1t could be shown that there was a COnHcCLlOH DCt"CCh thO NoaA ms at that time and the shooting.
 Temporarily Admitted.
 The court admitted the testimony with the provision that if 1t was not developed that it was competent the jury would be instructed to disregard it.
 w. F. Steiglitz, gunsmith of Colum- bia, wheE shown the automatic pistol which had been exhibited during the trial, said that a call had been made upon him the day before the shooting for a magazine for a pistol like the one shown to him On the stand, but that not having any in stock, he repaired the old one, which was called for on the morning oi the day of the shooting.
 Dr. s. T. B. Lancaster, member of the Legislature from Spantanburg, testified that he saw a pistol in MT. Tillman's ,sket the day previous to the shooting Two boys, C. V. Zimmerman and Francis Smith, swore that they saw pistol ir Tillmans hip pocket January 13 two days before the shooting.
 H. G. Arthur of Edgefield. said he saw .he defendant in Edgefield some time last October He testified that he was going into A livery stable there when he passed Colonel Tillman and another man who were talking together. He said he heard the name Gonzales mentioned and the sentence '1f there was any way to, get at him.
 Didn't Want to Hear it.
 The witness said he walked on as he knew what they were talking about, and he did not want to hear It.
 H. s. Bowling of Bamberg, who was second lieutenant in the End South Caro- lima regiment, commanded by J. H. Till man, and whose room adjoined Tillman s in a hotel at Columbia was in the de- denfant's room on the morning of the day of the shooting. testified that he saw two pistols on the mantel over the fireplace, one of which was an automatic magazine pistol which attracted his at- tention. He was shown the two pistols which have been exhibited to different witnesses as the ones carried by the de- fendant. These he believed to be the same he saw in the room.
 Others came into the room that morn. ing before he left. he said, naming them One of these arrivals, he said. loaded the magazine of the automatic pisto and handed it to Mir. Tillman just as the witness was leaving the room. The wit rosS then said hR DaNf SaN TillrnaO al