The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-10

pavement toward me MS oVercoat was
tightly buttoned up and both his hands
were thrust in his overcoat pocket.
The thumbs of both of his hands were
outside of his overcoat pocket until
he started to cut across that sidewalk
coming directly toward me and then
the thumb of his right hand disappear
ed in his pocket. and it happened al
most directly in three or four seconds
after that, 1 was expecting him to
shoot and said, I got your message
and fired"
The defendant stated that when he
said message" he had in mind what
was reported to him by Capt. White
and Mr.. Holsonback.
Answering counsel, he said he did rot
fire a second shot because Mr.. Con-
zales did not return his fire.
when 1 fired 1 did not know" said
worked or not, and l threw the barrel
over on my coat sleeve and was ex-
pecting Mr.. Gonzales to fire on me and
was fixing to shoot again. He did not
fire and 7 took down my pistol"
He said he did not hear Mr.. Con-
zales say: Shoot again. you coward"
Expected an Attack.
Mr.. Gonzales passed on by me to
the corner of the transfer station"
he said, "and went around it a few
feet, and seemed to stop, and hest
tate, and then he turned around, and
L
down Main street, looking in the di-
rection of The State office, and 1 i'm
mediately thought what was in his
mind, and 1 thought l would be at
| tackled from that quarter. and that
was what made me side-step off the
sidewalk
The defendants attention was call
ed to the testimony of the witnesses
who have testified that they took mes
sages to him, when he repeated prac-
tically what had been said, saying in
one instance: Il suppose I received
at least a thousand messages in the
state. 1 can't remember everything
| that was said" He said that in view
of all the rumors carried to him he
expected trouble whenever he went to
| Columbia.
When he said something to the eff
feet that he might have to live in
the penitentiary as testified to, the
| defendant stated that was said jocular-
| ly, and that he said if the editorials
| in The State were true he might have
! to do that.
Differences Had Been Settled.
| The cross-examination was conduct
ed by Gen. Bellinger. and in answer
! to his questions the defendant said
their differences began in 1890, but
said he wrote a letter to Mr.. Gonzales
in 1892 thanking him for a kindness,
and that their differences were at an
end at that time. He identified the
/ letter. which was offered in evidence
by the state and read.
| On further cross ton he said
| he had no ill feelings toward Mr.. Con
zales, until the attacks were made on
him about the time he was in the
army.
You SPOKE of him severely on
every stump in the state?" queried
Mr.. Bellinger.
Pretty near every one" he replied.
! Having stated that he did not care
to get in any trouble, while Lieutenant
Governor, Mr.. Bellinger said:
You did not mind carrying a con-
cealed weapon, while you were Lieu
tenant Governor"
Not after my life was threatened;
the law gives me that right" replied
| defendant.
Didn't you tell some of your friends
that you and Mr.. Gonzales had an
understanding that when you met that
you would shoot the thing out?"
Il made the statement that it was
the general understanding that when
we met we would have to shoot it out"
Gonzales Had Pistol.
The last witness for the defense was
w. T. Hyatt, a fireman at the State
House. He swore that he saw pistol
in Mr.. Gonzales pocket while the lat
ter was at the State House. On CROSS
examination he described Mr.. Con
zales as a man about four and a half
feet tall.
When he had left the stand the state
Immediately put on number of char
acter witnesses attacking the testi-
mony and veracity of r. H. Holson-
back. one of the defendants witnesses
who testified to the shooting. Other
witnesses testified as to statements he
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fair. One of the rebuttal witnesses tes-
titled that ]. H. Tillman was in the
office of the State in 1898.
When court adjourned at 6 o'clock
tonight the end of the trial was near
er in sight than it has been at any
time in the last few days.
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