Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-02
THE TRIAL OF TILLMAN.
Case of the State Is Being Developed
Gradually But Steadily.
tuesday.

The last issue or IHE ENQUIRIES Coh-
tained a summary Of the Tillman trial
from it's commencement up to the hour
of going to press on Tuesday after
noon, the synopsis concluding with the
effort Of the defense to draw from Mr..
A. E. Gonzales testimony to the erect
that his brother harbored deep NAL
ice against Colonel Tillman. Several
witnesses were examined during the
afternoon.
w. B. Cause, a member of the leg
islature from Florence county, was
asked if he had heard Mr.. Tillman
say anything about Mr.. Gonzales's edi-
torials, to which witness replied that
when some one asked Col. Tillman
where he was stopping he replied:
"I don't know that I am stopping
anywhere. stuck those editorials OF
the State in ray pocket, and told my
wife 1 might stop at the penitentiary
before left there
On-cross examination the witness
said he did not take the remark SER
iously.
The defense objected to all the tes-
timony relating to the carrying of a
pistol by the defendant prior to the
shooting unless it could be shown that
there was connection between the
carrying at that time and the shooting.
The court admitted the testimony with
the provision that if it was not devel-
oped that it was competent the jury
would be instructed to disregard 1t.
DR.. S. T. B. Lancaster member OF
the legislature from Spartanburg, tes-
titled that he saw a pistol in Mr.. Till
mans pocket on the day previous to
the shooting. Two boys, G. V. Zim-
norman and Francis Smith, swore that
they saw a pistol in Tillman's NIP
pocket on January 13, two days before
the shooting. The testimony was ad-
mitted, the court saying that If 1t de-
veloped, in the light Of further test1-
mony, that this was improper the jury
would be instructed accordingly.
H. S. Bowling Of Bamberg, who was
a second lieutenant in the Second
South Carolina regiment commanded
by J. H. Tillman said he saw Tilman
at the Jail after the shooting, when ne
expressed his regrets that he CTiliman)
was in trouble. Tillman asked. he
said, if he (witness) knew where he
had hit Mr.. Gonzales. The witness
left the Jail, and, upon ascertaining
where the bullet had struck, he went
back to the jail and informed Tillman
who, witness said, replied that "if he
hit where he lined, Gonzales sure was
a dead man."
Wednesday.
Files of the Columbia State, with
their alleged mischief making edito-
rials, were introduced in evidence on
Tuesday by the prosecution, and the
defense gave intimation Of its inten-
tion to refer to the papers also. There
was some testimony as to some of the
editorials on Wednesday,; but none Of
| them were read as evidence.
The greater part of Wednesday was
consumed in argument for and against
the admission of the dying .declara-
tions of the deceased. The defense
fought hard against this admission;
but the court at length ruled that
| these declarations were competent.
Mr.. Gonzales had talked to several
people after he was shot and there
were a number of material witnesses
as to what he said. The testimony
|
| fatally wounded was conclusive. DR..
Mcintosh had told him that he would
not live.
| DR.. J. w. Babcock, superintendent of
the state hospital, was the first to tes-
| tify to the dying declarations of the
deceased. He and several others were
present when they were made. Mr..
Robert Latham took the statement
down in shorthand and DR.. Babcock
made notes. The declarations were to
the effect that Gonzales knew he was
dying; that Tillman had killed him;
| that he had sent no message to Till
man; that after the publication of the
editorials he was not expecting any
more strife. The fact that no message
| had been sent was developed by Mr..
August Kohn, who asked the dying
man questions on that specific point.
A sensational feature of Wednes-
days proceedings was the testimony Of
Mr.. James A. Hoyt, Jr, assistant edl-
| tor of the State and a devoted friend
and admirer of the late Mr.. Gonzales.
Mr.. Hoyt was put up by the prosecu-
tion to tell what he saw of Mr.. Con-
zales after the shooting and the de-
| fense cross examined him closely in
order to show the bias of the deceased
and of himself against the deceased.
Mr.. Hoyt admitted in reply to direct
questions that he considered Tillman
blackguard and a coward. The wit
ness was requested to put on the
clothes that the deceased wore at the
| time of the shooting, ostensibly to
show the position of the wounds. The
witness was naturally very much af-
fected by the emotion thus caused,
and WAS able. to control his feelings