The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-10-14

the truth or falSity Of the editorial in
! reference to the Gafney meeting and,
objection being made, the question
was ruled out.
A:.ness, continuing, said that on
various occasions during the campaign
Tillman was advised to go to Colum-
bia and settle the troubles between
himself and Gonzales. Tillman inva-
riably replied that he could not afford
to have difficulty and be would avoid
it if posi- bic.
On cross examination, witness said
that nothing Adams had said was
false. He admitted that when Till
man in his room in the hotel at Co.
lumbia had replied to Adams, he
reached into his valise and drew out
a pistol.
Mr.. Bellinger asked whether that
did not show that Tillman did carry a
pistol during the campaign.
Mr.. Blease said the pistol had been
put in the valise and when asked who
put it there. he declined to answer at
first on the constitutional ground that
witness cannot be compelled to in
criminate himself.
Finally he said that it was his pistol
and admitted that that was the pistol
to snuff out Gonzales's light
Witness said that personally he was
friendly with Gonzales, but politically
he was far apart from him, and the
witness added that he was a Demo
crat.
On redirect examination, he said
that pistol was put in the valiSe be-
cause it was expected that Gonzales
would attack Tjllman in the opera
house in Columbia on the night Of the
cam paign meeting He said he ex-
pected it because he knew some
things would be said there that
night" and he knew Mr.. Gonzales was
a fighting man.
Mr.. BleaSe then retired.
GONZALES IN THE SENATE.
Geo. w. Lybrand and R. F. SuX
were put on the stand to show that
City Auditor Allen behind The lattice
work Of his office could not see man
smiling across the street.
Mr.. Allen had testified that he saw
Gonzales with smile on his face while
the latter was across the street.
These men had visited the city
auditors office and said they could
not recognize a smile under the
circumstances.
Senator Douglass, of Union, said
he saw Gonzales the day before the
shooting standing at the reporters
desk in the senate chamber Till
man soon after vacated bis chair and
Senator Sheppard occupied it. After
leaving the reporters desk, Gonzales
went to one of the pillars of the gal
lery and looked over the senate. There
was no croSS-eXamination.
Mrs. NJ. a. Evans, Of Newberry,
mother Of the Hon. Hub Evans, state
dispensary director, was the next wit
cess. She was in Columbia on Janu-
ary Is, 1908. Going from the state
house down Main street she met Mr..
Gonzales not far from the city railway
transfer station. She noticed Con
zales's demeanor and expression. The
latter was vindictive: there was
tragedy in it. She noticed these
things from what she had heard in
the lobby of the senate. That was
why his attitude and expression were
SO closely observed. Mr.. Gonzales had
his hands in his pockets and itlooked to
her as if there was more in bis pocket
than his hands. She passed on much
agitated and when she heard the shot
she threw up her hands with an ex-
clamation, which she was not per-
mitted to repeat.
On croSS-examination she said she
heard two we'll dressed gentlemen,
seemingly men Of Intelligence and
whom she believed to be mem bers of
the legislature, make remarks which
agitated her in connection with this
homicide. She said she did not know
the gentlemen and had not seen them
since.
1t was not developed in the testimo-
ny what the remark was that so agi-
tated Mrs. Evans, because the rules
Of evidence would not admit it.
IT WAS A BOTTLE.
Jesse Mahaffey, a member Of the
Legislature, was put up to show that
on thesday DR.. Lancaster said he saw
a pistol in Tillman'S overcoat pocket
it really was the neck Of a whiskey
bottle, and he proceeded to say that
he knew it was bottle. On cross
examination the court had good deal
of fun out of Mr.. Mahaffey in ques-
tions put to him as to his expertness
as to bottles. Amongst other things
which created much merriment, he
said he would rather be shot" with
a bottle than with pistol.
j. A White, a door-keeper of SEN
ate committee room, was the next
witness and Colonel Croft brought out
is Confederate record as a. preliminary.
He testified that one day when the
senate was in session, Senator Shep-
pard presiding, man came up to the
door OF the senate and, coming back,
asked witness: Where is Lieutenant
Governor Tillman?" He added in an
abrupt way: L mean your boss
Witness replied he had no boss, and
the man went on to say that be sup
posed the lieutenant governor was
neglecting his duty as usual.
Witness did not know the man, but
Dick Holzen back told him the man
was Gonzales. Gonzales also, had
said be had made Tillman show the
white feather, and would do it again.
Witness told Tillman about it soon
after in the room of the president Of
the senate.
On cross examination he said Till
man had appointed him to the posi-
tion. He had never seen Gonzales be-