The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-16

Preference to tho sGaff ffneys meeting and,
lob1ecti being made ttie: a Gestion
was ruled on 81
8 Witness, tinulng, said that On
various occasi i0ns: during the campaign
lTillman was q Yised to 20 to Golum:
bias and settle the troubles between
himself and iG onzales. ~ Tlllman inya-
Irlably!replied that lie could not afford
to have a difficulty and he would avoid
]Iit;if possible. II I
81 On Gross. examination, witness said
that nothing Adams had said was
false. He Omitted that when Till.
man lin his room In. the hotel at CO.
flumbia had replied to adams, he
reached into his. YaliSe and d rev out
q pistol.
Mr. Bellinger asked Whether that
did not. show that Tillman did carry q
pistol during the campaign.
Mr. Blease said the pistol had been
put In the vallse and when asked who
put it there. he declined to answer at
first on the constitutional ground that
witness cannot be compelled to In
Icriminate himself.
Finally he said that 1t was his pisto
and admitted that that was the plsto
to snuff out Gonzales's light.n
Witness said that personally he was
friendly with Gonzales, but politically
he. was far apart from him, and the
witness added that he was q Demo.
crat.
On redirect examination, he said
that pistol was put in the valise be-
cause it was expected that, Gonzales
would attack Tlllman in the opera
house in Columbi on the night of the
campaign meeting t fffe said he ex-
pected it because he knew s'some-
things would be said there that
night" and he knew Mr.. Gonzales was
q fighting man.
Mr., Blease then retired.
GONZALES IN THE SENATE.
Geo. w. Lybrand and r. f. SuS
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 a 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 his 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 discrimination.
Mrs. NJ. a. Evans, of Newberry
mother Of the Hon. Hub Evans, state
I'dispensary director, was the next wit.
ness She was in Columbia on Janu.
airy is, 1903. 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. Tho
latter was vindictivc; 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 itlookcd tt
| lier us II tnere was more in his pocket
than his hands. She passed on mucl,
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 sS-cXamination she said she
heard two well dressed gentlemen
seemingly men Of intelligence and
whom she believed to be member 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 then
since.
It 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.
1T WAS a BoTTLE.
Jesse Mahatfey, member OF the
legislature, was put up to show that
on thesday DR.. Lancaster said he saw
a pistol in Tillman's overcoat pocket
1t really was the neck of whiskey
bottle,4 and he proceeded to say that
he knew it wasa bottle. On cross.
examination the court had good deal
OF fun out Of Mr.. Mahaffey in aucs-
tionS put to him as to his experiences
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, door keeper of a sen
ate committee room, was the next
Witness and Colonel Croft brought out
is Confederate record as a preliminary.
lie 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: II mean your boss"
Witness replied he had no boss, and
the man went on to say that he sup
posed the lieutenant governor was
neglecting his duty as usual.
Witness did not know the man, but
DICK Hoizenbac!. told him the mali
was Gonzales. Gonzales also, had
said he 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
T the senate.
On croSs-eXaminatiOn he said Till
man had appointed him to the. posi-
tion. He had never seen Gonzales be.
fore. After Gonzales left he never
saw him again. When Gonzales adj
dressed him it was on the morning of
January II, 1902.
DESCRIBED TIE SHOOTING.
Richard II. Holzenback was the
next witness He testified that h1