The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1903-10-08
TRIAL or 1NLMAN
A. LEXINGTON, 5. c.
Further Proceedings In the
the Celebrated Case,
MANY WITNESSES TESTIFY


once County, 10 Questioned by 30.
lIcitor Thurmond Regarding Th,pats
Made by TIilman.
Lexington, 8. G.. Oct. 2.-The road
Ing of the editorials from The State
was concluded shortly after the trial
Of James II. Tiliman was resumed to-
day. Il. G. Withers, IN employo OF
Tho State. testified that he assisted N.
G. Gonzales into tho office of The
State from tho street after the shoot
Ing, and that SHRDI.U = UPUPU
ing. He was asked If he saw eny
weapon in the garments Of MIR. Con
zales at that time and replied that
he did not. ]. w. Wallace testified
he was IN tho office OF The State with
N. G. Gonzales after tho shooting and
that Gonzales said to him that ho was
fatally shot.
i. G. Wood. OF tho editorial stan Of
The State, said he saw no weapons
In the garments taken off, Mr.. Con
gales In The State Office and he never
saw pistol in the editorial rooms of
The State. M. c. Wallace, an employe
or Tho State. said he renewed tho over
coat from Editor Gonzales when he
was carried into The State Office af-
ter the shooting, and that he saw no
weapons in the pockets OF the coat
=. j. TeTlll, editor OF a newspaper
IN Florence county, was asked by So
Acltor Thurmond II he ever hoard Till.
man make any threats. He replied
Hhat he was walking along the streets
or ndgefield with Colonel Tillman in
the early summer Of 1902, he thought
1t was, and he (Tillman) said he was
going for the governor and If Con
2ales attacked him he was going down
thon and kill him, and l think he said
like dog
On cross-examination, the witness
WIS asked II 1t was fact that he had
not made the statement he made to-
day when application was made for
nail for tho defendant. He said he
mad not. Witnes3>waS questioned Nv
counsel for the defense as to his uer-
sonal feelings against the defendant.
and as to an editorial he had written
concerning the shooting. He said ho
had never written n line in his ma
per denouncing the defendant as an
Individual
Dr. {. l.. Adams testified to a con-
Tersation ho had with the defendant
during tho campaign in which ho said
he told MIR. Tillman II he wished to
be governor Of South Carolina he
would have to fight Gonzales, to which
he said the defendant replied:
That won't do, because I'm the lieu.
tenant governor and will be at peace"
The witness testified that Mr.. Till
man made the further statement:
"You boys need not worry. BY
-. I'll snuff his lifo with this" tho
witness adding, pulling his pistol from
his grip"
Continuing, witness said the defen.
dant said. among other things:
I'll mako 1t the .... tragedy that
ever happened IN South Carolina"
On cross-examination said he Judged
the relations between the defendant
and Mr. Gonzales to be unfriendly. no
said he supported and voted for TIL.
man for governor.
Witness testified to further state.
ments which he said T1llman made. He
said Colonel Tillman was loved by his
men of his regiment In the Spanish
war. Witness was member OF the
regiment
U. Is Leftargc was put upon the
stand to identify a map showing the
intersection Of Main and Geryaia
streets In Columbia