Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-17
RICHMOND. VA sATURDAY.H Y.HJANUARY II.
so'clock.--Pulse. 12O !: temperature, 1ooo1s ooo11s; !;
respiration. s9. Condition just about the

9o'c1ock.-Pulse. 12O; temperature, 4 0o1hL |;
respiration. 20. Condition just about the
sa S;
This is all thatsca be told Of Mr.. Con
zales's condition at this time. The first
crisis is expected TO be reached during
j lt Inc 5nlg ~ ght, tWenty-four hours after the
operation. ~ fa ~.
TIL. Prisoner.
Then there s. is the other figure in
the awful tragedy-Lieutenan Governor
James +. Tillman. He is taking things
quietly and calmly, in the county Jail,
During the day he mad visitors, and three
OF ms laWyers-GongressTl George w
Croft, former Judge o. w. Buchanan,
and Mr. Coleman =. Blease, spent most
Of the day with their client. Mr.. kP. II.
Nelson, who is also said to be in the
case, was consulted during the day.
IieutenaHt-GoveTnor Tiilman is quar-
tered tered In the corridor room On the second
floor Of the county Jail He has a room
to himself. This afternoon he had new
furniture brought to the room, and is
comfortably fixed.
rS during the afternoon, two of his coun-
sci brought a copy Of a statement which
Colonel Tiliman had prepared In response
to an offer from a New York paper tina t
Its columns were open to him. It was
also requested that the statement be sent
to the Associated Press. It is as follows:
thank you for your courtesy and
Kind telegram, in view of the fact that
the dispatches sent out from Columbia
emanated from tue Office of the State
newspaper. OF which AIR. Gonzales was
editor. I do not deem it necessar:., to deny
anything that las been sent from that
quarter J can only say that when the
truth of the unfortunate affair is known,
my friends. as wei1 as the people, will
know how thoroughly was justified in
acting as did.
The statements already published in
the papers are untrue, and this. at the
proper time, will be prepared to show.
Beyond this I do not care to make any
further sta atement.
tsigned} JAS. H. TILLAIAN.'..
Line OF Defense.
The New York papers, with whatever
accounts the5 may have published, have
not reached here, to be read; and the
reports published here were based on
available facts and evidence. The under
standing is that Colonel TilIman's line
of defence will be that he thought Mr..
Gonzales was ar1ned-that he had wea-
pom in his coat pocket, and that he had
his hands in his coat pocket. He lis
said 10 contend that he had every reaso,,
TO believe that Mr.: Gonzales was armed,
he was; not. Mr.. Gonzales was not
armed.
Second. that when he aimed his pistol
the second time at Mr.. Gonzales, he did
so expecting Mr.. Gonzales to defend him.
self, and that he lowered his weapon be-
cause there was no response, and not
because Of anything Mr.. Gonzales said.
He denies the reiterated statement OF
Mr.. Gonzales's that he told him. with a
bullet through him and unarmed. "shoot
again, you coward. .
Mr.. Tillman will also, it is understood,
contend that he had not met Mr.. Con
zales before. This is denied, it being as
serted that Mr.. Gonzales and Mr.. Tillman
were in the Senate chamber and State
Capitol together. Lieutenant-Governor
Ti,lman, however, makes the statement
that appears over. his signature.
Mrs. Tillman and Mrs. George D. TILL
man are expected here tonight