The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-10-07
STORY UF TRAGEDY
TOLD BY A WOMAN.

recess was taken. At 8 o'clock Mr..
Hoyt testified to Mr.. Gonzales state
ment. DR.. @. w. Barron, brother of
the late EDITORS Wife, was called and
testified that at the hospital, a short
time before Mr.. Gonzales was operated
upon, the witness inquired of him If
he knew that he would probably die.
Mr.. Gonzales replied affirmatively.
Then DR.. j. w. Babcock, now and
for II years superintendent of the State
hospital for the insane, in Columbia,
was sworn. On accoun of his high
official position as we'll as his reputa~
stion as a professional man of expert
ence, poiSe and character, his testi-
vas heard with close
He was in the room with Mr.. Con
zales in the hospital; he was there
as q friend of N. 6. Gonzales" to
employ his w words, before the OPP
GRAFTON was entered upon and heard
Mr.. Gonzales make a statement. He
had taken down in long-hand this
statement as accurately asahe could,
and referring to his notebook, this
statement he repeated.
August Kohn, chief of the Charles
ton News and Courier's Columbia bu-
reau, was present with DIR. Babcock
and c~orroborated in general the state
ment as REPEATED by the latter. He
also testified that Mr.. Gonzales had
then told him that Tillman did not
address any words to him until after
liz II iI1u oDoll ihil VhI. Ivy I -
DR.. Babcocll's n Mr.. Kohn's testi-
mony as to the declarations ppeal
fully below i'm the stenographic re.
port.
Their Personal Relations.
On the cross examination of MIR
Wallace, Mr.. Nelson questioned him as
to Mr.. Gonzales feeling towards the
prisoner. Mr.. Wallace did not now
that Nh. Gonzales harbored enmity to-
wards him. Mr.. Nelson inquired of he
did not know from The State editorials
that Mr.. Gonzales attitude was bitter
towards Tillman. The prosecution OBJ
jected that the editorials, which were
in evidence, spoke for themselves. Mr..
Croft adopted a similar line towards
Mr.. Kohn, as did Mr.. Nelson towards
Mr.. Hoyt on the cross examination.
A Peculiar Request.
Mr.. Nelson asked Mr.. Hoyt to put
on the Goa and vest of his dead
friend, ~ostensibly to hib to the
jury the holes, some of them blood
stained, made by the pistol projectile
of the Luger pistol, and Mr.. Hoyt COM
piled with the trying request, as Mr..
Wood of The States reportorial staff
had done on the day preceding. In
complying, Mr.. Hoyt took off his own
coat and turned his back to the view
of the whole court room as he put on
the blood-stained garments of his dead
chief. The witness tried in vain to.
conceal the emotion which this pro-
cedure reused Mr.. Nelson ques-
toned Mr.. Hoyt closely as to his own
feelings towards the defendant and his
replies, forming an interesting incident
of the trial, appear in his testimony
elsewhere printed in full.
Other Objections.
When DR.. Babcock testified as to Mr..
Gonzales statement at the hospital,
the defense emphatically objected to
the admission of parts of it which it
was claimed did not bear on the actual
circumstances of tho shooting. The
point was argued at some length, and
then counsel withdrew the objection.
Mr.. Nelson, cross examining pr
Barron, the brother-in-law of Mr.. Con
zales, ~prefacing the question by saying
that he did not intend to wound his
feelings, but merely to show his frame
of mind, asked: did you say that If
Tillman We're acquitted he would be
killed." The witness responded with
positiveness that he did not, and in like
manner to other questions of similar
trend.
Such were features of the third day,
and all appear fully in the testimony
printed below.