The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-07

tie over the admission of dying decla-
rations made by Mr.. Gonzales to sew
eral friends. So long and lasting were
these disputes that only three wit
neSseS were heard. The jury was sent
out Of the court room three different
times, while the lawyers argued over
the testimony. In all these instances
the evidence was given to the judge
and then the attorneys cOntended over
it's admission or declaration. Then the
jury was brought back and the case
proceeded according to whatever was
the ruling Of the court.
GONZALES DYING STATEMENT.
When court reconvened ats p. M,
Mr.. Hoyt proceeded to give his state
ment. Mr.. Hoyt then said Mr.. Con-
zales made the following statement to
him:
'.He said that he had left the State
office to go to dinner; he was walking
a ong Main street towards the state
capitol, and he got nearly to the city
railway transfer station when he saw
jim Tillman coming from the capitol
with two men whom he didn't recog-
nize; he said there were severa people
standing around the corner, and that
he saw if he kept on his course along
e edge Of the pavement he would
brush against these men, and to avoid
them, be cut diagonally across the
pavement towards the corner OF the
transfer station, and as he was going
across he saw Til man pull big pistol
and shoot. He said that he turned and
faced him and exclaimed: Shoot again,
| you coward. You have killed me-
He looked Tillman in the face and
| Tillman held the pistol at him, but
didn't shoot: he said that then some
gentlemen ran up and helpel HIM; he
said that just as he shot-just about
the time Tillman Shot-that he GILL
many exclaimed, I have done what
you said or l have taken you at your
word OF something like that"
The statement, Hoyt said, was about
half an hour after the shooting. Mr..
Hoyt was questioned on cross examina-
Uion by Mr. Nilsson as to his feelings
towards the defendant.
"Your feelings towards him are very
bitter, aren't they?' Don't you feel
very revengeful about him?''
"Well, / don't think I harbor ven
geance against anybody"
"You don't feel hostile towards
him."
'That hardly expresses it.
"Well, express it YOURSELF said Mr..
Nelson.
II feel very indigant towards the
man who had killed my best friend,
and l suppose if harbor vengeance
towards anybody it would be toward
him. replied the witness.
DR.. c. W. Barron, of the Columbia
hospital, was present when Mr.. Con-
zLes was brought there from the State
o:fice. He said he asked Mr.. Gonzales
within ten or fifteen minutes after
he was carried into the hospital:
''N. G., do you understand your con-
dition?"
II do, DOCTOR" Gonzales replied,
when witness said he asked him the
further question: "Doy you understand,
n. G., that you will probably die?'
the reply being, witness testified: Il
do"
The doctor said Mr.. Gonzales had no
hope of recovery. He considered Con
ZaleS in eXtrenis. Witness said Con
zaleS made statement at the hospl-
tai, %hich the witness said Gonzales
said was death statement.
ANOTHER STATEMENT.
DR. J. W. Babcock, superintendent
of the State Insane hospital, saw Con
zaleS as he lay on the floor in the State
office. He described the location Of
the bullet wounds, and gave the opin-
ion that it was indicated that the
body of ruan receiving such wounds
was on the point of turning DR..
Babcock also saw Gonzales at the hos
pital just after he was received there.
Gonzales, he said, made statement
to him which he said he took down in
notes. Reading from his notes, be
said the following were the words OF
! Gonzales as near as he could take 1t
down.
He had one man with him who was
/, a particular friend OF his, Talbird; an
other man whose face | did not OBJ
serve. | started for the state house as
usual. AS | got o the corners OF
Gervais street, recognized Tillman.
knew if kept on l would collide
with him, as they were three abreast,
botn on the outside. | cut diagonally
across to the left, intending 10 turn
the corner into Gervais street, which
I could have done without touching
the inside man. as got on the turn
two or three feet from the exact
corner, he said, pulling pistol Tor he
had it in his sleeye) fired, and made
some expression The shock threw
me around against the pillar on Maln
street. ! faced him. He pointed the
pistol; 1 called him a coward. He
said, j took your advice or some,
thing 10 that effect; he put the pistol
in his pocket and Sauntered into the
street. never sent him a message.
He said, I have taken you at your
word I suppose he referred to some
thing l said in an editorial in the
| cam oaign. He said this after he tired.
| l had no idea of meeting him. After
| haG seen him two days before IN the
lobby of the house. The thing was
| finished as far as | was concerned"
The statement was first given by
the witness in the absence OF the jury,
the defense objecting to the introduc-
| UlOll VI Ol2S ldOCSl R@A " wv
" withdrew the objection.
August Kohn, a newspaper writer,
who was at the hospital at the time
DR.. Babcock was there, said Mr.. Con
Zales told him at that time in an an
swer to question that he (Gonzales)
had not sent a message to Mr.. Illl-
man.
DJ-II DAY
Thursday was dull day in the trial;
Almost the entire time was consumed
in the reading of the editorials that
have appeared in the State criticising
Co.oneI Tillman. The files of this
paper were put in evidence on the first
day of the trial by the prosecution and
such matters as that side of the con-
troversy desired to use was read today.
Washington King, member OF the
legislature, from Florence, was the
next witness. He testified that on the
day before the shooting he saw James
Fl. Tillman with pistol in his left hip
pocket. This was in the afternoon.
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