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

znles had sBatd ;hes:W would make Iiilmluaunr i lu d
show heswhite sfeath hery aga d when he
met him. He Ba i'd e maybe s Captain
White al idn,ts hear that. Witness said
That shest bought IGonzale les \ was going
70 osklllsElllmani but he failed to warn
aIilllnan on the day Of 8 the homicide,
He He SAID thai tor the shooting z lie
heard rLlllman saY Z got you IL mes.
sage. =" He denies that be was walk.
Ing with any bod y and thatE lust as
'Tiilman pulled bis pistol wi tneSs; and
his companion dropped back. He de.
|'nied that he had made such d state.
ment to seyeralindividuals. He de-
MED that on the 11th Of J anuary,
] Goa, that he had said to certain 10.
dividuals that he didn't expect to get
a}job in the 'leglslat atnre, butts that: he
was going to Columbia for something
better. He denied 4 hat he HAD sex.
hibited two So bills in$ $suhstautiation
OF his statement. He did say, however,
II bic; did not get the legislature Job he
would get another job. S fssss I;.
THE DEFENCE CLOSED. tss IS
After Col. Tillman finished I his
testimony on Friday which is; pub.
lished elsewhere, the defence, examln-
ed two or three unimportant witnesses
and then.announced, that they had no
more witnesses to examine.
The State then introduced several
witnesses to impeach Holsenback's
testimony and others. Col. Tillman
in his testimony said he had notibeen
on good terms with Mr.. Gonzales for
years. In contradiction of this state
ment Mr.. H. N. Edmunds, who was
at one time an editor on The State,
testified that he saw Col. .Tillman in
MIR. Gonzales private office chatting
and laughing with him after the close
OF the Spanish war.
NJ. w. Clark, J. j. Williams, Il. r.
Denny, Mack Toney, DR.. J.. Huiett,
Louis Holmes, William Toney, and
others testified that they would not
believe Halsenback on his oath. ~ VI.
Saturday the State put up August
Fischer, chief Of police of Orangeburg,
John B. Livingston, of Orangeburg
q. w. Parker and G. B. Simmons,
real estate dealers Of Columbia, all OF
whom testified that they would not
believe T. D. Mitchell on oath. J a.
Salley, of Orangeburg, who was sum
moned by the defence to. prove
NIitchell's good character, when put
on the stand swore that he would not
believe Mitchell on oath. IT. G..
lleidt, Of Columbia, swore he would
not believe Mitchell on oath. Several
Of the witnesses testified that Mitchell
had beat them out Of house rent.
Heidi said that Mitchell would rather
move than pay rent.
The following testified as to Holzen-
baclSs good character: Captain S. M.
Smith. p. B. N1ayson, j. A. Lott,
John r. Hcidson, j. w. Hardy, John
a. Hester, and several others, all be.
ing from Edgefeld.
Superintendent Wallace Of the Co.
lumbia city railway company declared
that he would not believe witness
Flowers on his oath. Flowers is the
man who said he heard Gonzales say
in a car that Tillman would never
take his Seat as governor even if he
was elected because Gonzales would
kill him.
Before the jury came into the court
Saturday morning Judge Gary said
that he was satisfied that he hat
made mistake in his ruling Friday
when he did not permit Mr.. Edmund.
to testify as to Gonzales's eyesight
and the fact that it was absolutely
necessary for him to wear glasses in
order to see. He said he made thi!
statement SO that the -prosecutioI
might taAe advantage of it }sifss i
choose andsnot be -prejudiced by az
previous sElling. ,,sss ~ ~ \, y J
All the testimony is now In and the
argument by the lawyers on the tWs
sides commenced Monday morning. .Is