Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-10-10
Second Week Of The TiIlman Tria
Entered Upon.
MANY WITNESSES FOa DEFENSE.
The Outlook for . Lorg Drawn Out
Trisi-Much Testimony Sill TO Be
GiVen-The State Rests.

- the jury whether Won ever heard 8
James y. Tiliman make any threa. /
against Gonzales. ssid Solicitor Thur /
mond.
After stating that ne had. and in
answer Co a question saying it was ON
the streets 90 Etgedeld Just before the
beginning % The campaign OF last SUM
mer. witness was asked 20 state what
Re said. when he made the fast state
ment
We were walking along and spoke
90 him about his health and his im-
provcmcnt from his trip. and as We
reared the ofice door and we had been
discussing some printing ne wanted
done. he made the remark that he was
going go run FOR Governor and was go
Ing 20 De- elected. and ~ that -
-. referring Co Mt Gonzales with
several pretty severe oaths. attacked
him like De had been doing that ne
was going down and kin him like
% dog. [ demonstrated with him about
that. I told him thought 30 would De
wrong I'm principle and every way. and
the best thing DO could 90. 10 10 bad
given him any insult or cause FOR ANY
thing like that. vas 90 20 down there
and tackle him man and man and give
him what he thought was needed Tie
said NO. that DC vas going down there
would a mad dog"
did you az any other time hear him
make "a threat7' The solicitor aske1
Yes. sir" witness replied lie theE
said. in answer Oh questions. that 10
was on a train going 90 Columbia. and
that o. ID Black was present. In
answer tc an inquiry from the so'ic-
ifor the witness said Black ani I
were talking. and Colonel TNlman
came up. and I introduced them
s1fd Colonel this is Afr Black go you
know He said. 'oh. yes. know
Black and slapped him on the shout
der or leg slapped him that way Un-
dicarngl and from that the conversa-
ton went on on general topics until
presently he referred to what he called
the Gonzales matter. want To- dis
unctly understood. ] am NOT trying go
quote verbatim what Uas said but
am just giving an idea 20 mr rcooNec-
/ t.on 81 the words THAI were used lie
said. Black. old boy. ! ann going 90 q
/ what ! aid about that old fellow. 7 am
cciug Co put an enc to his way ~ ahus-
f ing me-. slanlering nae. etc. like that
I ] ann going 90 pat stop to it. SOME
\ thing like that. / don't remember the
/ exact words"
Asked as 20 any other statements
/ the witness said. ION the day they
were canvassinE the returns in Column
hia. / went 90 Columbia to make "a
I trial for advert. sing ! was standing
I in front OF The Attorney Generals OF
/ foe talking at the time to Attorney
General Guufer ani Secretary 90 Staae
I CAN'T and Watson q think his initials
/ are r. J. Mr.. Watson. 90 The State
r. j.. I think are his initials. All -FOUR
~ us were talking. and just as Iilman
-
and Colonel liiiman. alIrfssinc Wat
son made some statements hc said
that scOunired - with some Oatns
before it-in that building yonder had
attacked him. Ee went on 20 say ahou,
his attacking him and being unjust tc
h.m and made some threat I don't re-
member the nature OF TO- hut hc said
/ be- had had as much % To- as he was
going 90 have. and made some demon
stgative threat and told Watson You
can -el him that 10 yoG want Watson
declined 90 90 H. He said j wish you
would DO ia. made 10 With the .nten-
tion 90 10 golng % him. in % demon
stlative way that way Ondicatingl
and Watson declined 60 go IT,
The testimony OF Dr. Adams was q
the effect that Tillman. in interview
had said he would snun his Coma
le'sl lie out with this referring q
pistol Several other witnesses yer,
put ON the stand FOR the State.
The nrst week OF the TnimRn tria
closed with Saturday. The Stat,
practically exhausted It's evidence. o
which most was only in corroher
ti0n Of that already given. The dc
Tense opened with its first witness.
The defendants witnesses hcarC
Saturday was Mary j Roper who Wa
formerly from Eiseield. but IS nov
living In New NOrS. During the yea
1902 she had charge she said. OF an in
frmary ar Spartan burg. and nurse,
Captain Raphael Elliott. an uncle O.
y. G. Gonzales Mr. Gonzales SD,
said visited his uncle at the inhrm
ATTY there. and when asked II she ha'
| heard Mr Gonzales make any refer
ence 10 Mr.. Tillman in his converse
tions with Capt Elliott. she repiieI
in the Affirmative stating what sh
testified be said concerning Mr. Til
man. In her direct examination IN
witness made this further statement
He asked me II / considered Co
Tillman a brave man. | told him
= certainly dii, he said he did not, tina
: he had made Mr. Tillman show IN
white feather twice. that Col. Tillma
had challenged him TO two dueis whic
he did not acknowledge and that Co
Tillman had no more resentment tina
TO come 10 him in the hotel lobby an
l offer him cigar. which was declined
0 Was il one OF more occasions ths
2 you heard him speak Of Nh Tillma
d in this deTOgatOry manner"
v "On several occasions. the re-
( DAYS he was in the hospital" reptile
che witness.
Z She said she had known Lieut. Co
r Tilman's family all her life and ths
q the families are connected by ma
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