The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1903-01-24
TILLMAN USES
HIS REVOLVER.
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina Meets
Editor Gonzales. with Whom He Had Had
Trouble: and Shoots Him Down at CO.
lurnbia. S. C.---Victim May Die.

Columbia, S. c., Jan. 16.-Narcisso
Gener Gonzales, editor of The State.
Is at the Columbia hospital in criti-
cal condition from a pistol wound
inflicted by James H. Tillman, lieu
tenant governor of South Carolina,
and nephew of United States Sena-
tor Benjamin II. Tillman. The shoot
ing occurred on Main street, just at
the intersection of Gervais street, in
most frequented corner in Columbia.
Wound Probably Fatal.
IL was just a few moments before
two o'clock p. m, Thursday, when
the cry was passed along the streets
that Jim Tillman has shot N. O..
Gonzales" Immediately there was u
rush . towards the scene of the
tragedyN The Offices Of The State
are on the same block as the scene
of the shooting, and it took but q
few moments for great throng tn
assemble in front of the newspaper.
The excitement and indignation on
the streets was intense. Mr.. Gonzales
was taken to the Office of The State,
where physicians pronounced his
wound very dangerous and probably
fatal.
story Of the Shooting.
There appears to be no conflict of
testimony as to the essential fea-
lures of the tragedy. Mr.. Gonzales
was walking home alone from his Of
fee to his lunch. Lieut.. Gov. Tillman
left the statehouse just after the SEN
ate, over which he had presided. had
adjourned. He came out of the state
house, accompanied by Senator Tai
bord, of Beaufort. and Senator
Brown, of Darlington, and was joined
on his way uptown by Congressman
elect Wyatt Aiken and former Rep
resentative Dominick. The meeting
with Gonzales was just at the turn of
Main and Gervais streets, on the north
side of the street. There was no en-
counter, no fist fighting. no laying on
of hands. Tillman, so far as the evil
dence discloses, simply drew his re-
volver and fred at Gonzales.
Cause of the shooting.
The i'll feeling between Lieut.. Gov.
Tillman and Editor Gonzales has
been brewing for some time and fol-
lowed very severe denunciation Of
Tillman, which Gonzales made in the
columns of his paper and on the
stump throughout the state. The
trouble between the two men, how
ever, first grew out of a fight be-
tween Senator b. II. Tillman and
Senator McLaurin on the floor of the
United States senate. Maj. Micah
Jenkins, who had served with Roose-
velt's rough riders in Cuba and who
had won record for bravery and
merit, was to have been presented
with sword by the people Of South
Carolina in recognition of his cour-
age and the fame he had won for his
state in the Spanish war. The pres
entation was to have been made by
Lieut.. Gov.-elect Tillman, who on
Thursday shot Gonzales. When Pres
ident Roosevelt withdrew his invita-
tion to state dinner in Washington
which he had sent Senator Tillman,
because of the fight the latter had
in the United States senate. Lieut..
Gov. Tillman refused to present the
sword to Lieut.. Jenkins.
Mr.. Gonzales took up the matter
through the columns of his paper, the
Daily State, and bitterly denounced
Lieut.. Gov. Tillman. He repeated the
denunciations on many different &C.