The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-09
sTILLMAN IN ssTR IAI I1.;
The ARA 4 ment of the Man Who
'ss Killed EDITOR Gonzales.
THE JURY aU1cKLY SECURED.
! The Prisoner, When Placed in the
Box, Pleads .Not Guilty" to
the Charge OF Murder i.@
in u Firm Voice.

.AAsSSAt 4. = ACuNS SNoC Nu1tty 10 go
5A the Charge OF Murder -
in u Firm Voice.
E James n. Gilman, some time
i slientenant governor of South Carolina
land charged With the murder Of N.
4 g. Gonzales, editor Of The State, on
1.-The 18th Of January last, few days
! before the expiration Of Ills term Of
\ Office, was Monday placed on trial for
/, his life, at Lexington, S. @.
,ss The assem- blage in the court room,
which far from crowding, scarcely
realized for armomcnt that the trial
) would actually begin, SO rreqnet have
I been the predictions OF further delay.
Z Two sessions courts have interviewed
!. in Richland since the homicide, the
defense obtaining continuances at
S,both and, u change Of venue at the
last. Again the spectators were agee-
I; able disappointed when jury was
n secured by IL p. m. from the origi-
nal panel. It would have been secur-
led in half an hour save for the con-
S test over Murray Parnell.
When the court convened at 10 a. m /.
4 the counsel for the prisoner were pres
ent as follows: G. w. Croft, P. Fl. Mel
!, son, o. w. Buchanan, George John
v stone, Eflrd & Drchcr, w. II. Sharpe.
: G. Z. Graham, G.. r.. Rembcrt and C..
u. Blease. For the State, besides
{ Solicitor Thurmond, were q. D. Bel
linger. Andrew Crawford, Wm. Elliott,
1 Jr 7. l.. AShiii and L. r.. Ht;irkie.
The prisoners mother, Mrs. d. d.
!, In.n.li., Ills wife anu several lady
s. friends, were in the court room most
f of the day. Senator Tillman was pres
e ent.
THE FIRST MOVE.
Attorney Graham, as soon as the
I Judge. entered, rose with Il copy OF
/, The State in hand and said. 81 think
1t my duty to call to the courts atten-
tion an article entitled 'Jugglery
with the Courts Il object,u inter
; polated the solicitor. We are here for
the trial of this case and such matter
{ is not proper nor relevant to it.''
Judge Gary said: MY impression is
4 that Mr.. Graham desires to make u
Il statement in behalf Of the Lexington
u bar, and as suchI think it proper to
shear him.
Mr. ,Asbill Of the States counsel ad-
Sassdress The court and said; 81 consider
Smyself a member OF the Lexington bar
ssand l have heard otllng Of state
tsment on the part Of the bar"
Judge Gary-It would not he proper
to hear the statement unless it comes
fsfrom the whole bar. l so rule.
Mr.. Sharpe remarked that it came
ifssasfrom the majority Of the Lexington
~ 5sNS SWEARING THE JURY.
n earl il not all the jnrymen were
3splaceds on.their & ryoir; dires, and, with
= t::exse q they -sWore that: they
Sf had Expressed no opinions and were
al prisoner, e an attitude remarked by
(Ssonie as singular in its unanimity, con
Y sssldering the wide publicity the case
4 a has. received. After Parnell had an
4 sSWercd the usual questions the solicitor
8 El.1pquired II he had Il registration GER
ftttfcate. He replied atfirmativcly. The
I,,solicitor swOrc Clerk OF Court George
5Iand introduced the county registra-
fstion books and on them Plrnell's
name did NOT appear.
"A lengthy argument ensued. The
defense presented testimony that the
original registration books had been
lost. Or not returned when used in an
{electiOn- concerning the annexation OF
n a part. Of rhis county TO Richland
Il !cOunty.
". MessrS. Croft and Johnstonc argued
sythat the name might have been omit
ed from the books and the State hav-
ing propoundcd the question on the
YlOr dire had waved the right TO ap-
neal to the books as the highest cyi-
dence.
aa STOOD HIM ASIDE
Judge Gary held, however, that to
I; De legal juror one must be Il qualified
elector and directed the inquiry to
that point. He was about to allow
Parncll to 10 To his home II miles dis
tantand search for the certificate when
Mr.. IhurmOnd consented to accept
hiS:ruling with the evidence at hand.
His honor ruled that taking Par
nefl's positive statement In connection
with the apparent irregularity OF the
books he would admit him to be
Z sworn, whcreupOn the solicitor excused
4 Parnell anu SO yielded one OF his five
challenges. Parncll was The second
man drawn, and after his case was dis
posed OF the remaining IL jurymcn
were rapidly secured.
3The State had exhausted it's chal-
lengeS when eight or nine had been
sworn and the defense had utilized all
OF It's ten before the jury box was full.
ta THE JURORS.
-Four Of the 36, a. ID. Fallow, Joel II.
Geigcr, II. w. Drchcr and Simon Cor
LEY were excused by the court for one
or another cause.
OF the jurymcn selected SaylOr, Ris-
niger, LcitZscy, Koon, Sharpe, Shealey
and Price arc farmers: Wood, Lybrand,
f COrley and Jumper are cotton mill
operatives, and Hicks is IL carpenter.
Wood Is a boss Of Il weave room.
Thc following jurors drawn were
challenged by the defense: NJ. NJ.
kleckly, Eugene G. Williams, Luther
j. Hook, j. Laurence Jumper, John b.
Stack, l.. 0. Wil,on, G.. NJ. Lewis,
ThOs. j. Roof. Geo. w. Derrick.
M The following were challenged by
the State: John B. Reed, John j.
Youngincr, Noah II. Taylor, Murray
Parncll and j. Eugene Lorick
s THE PRISONER BROUGHT IN.
b A recess of half an hour was taken
4 at the solicitors request during which.
The prisoner was brought in by Sheriff
Cauglman When the solicitor an
n6unced the State ready, Mr.. Croft in
quircd. us Mr.. Ambrose T.. Gonzales
IN court and if in response to a sub
poena dllccs tecum issued for the de-
fense had he brought the files of the
Columbia State from April Is, 1902. 10
September 10, 1908. Counsel for the
State replied allirmativcly, and Mr..
Croft declared that though some of his
witnesses were still absent they would
be here and he could safely announce