The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-01-23
Editor Gonzales Dies a Victim to the
Bullet OF Assassin Tillmdn
SOUTH CAROLINA MOURNS HIS LOSS

His" pean urr a, the co,ume', Hospital, at n O'Clock in III
Anernoon-Here fol -Four ays Ia. Bee Fought a renuou. Battle
to Give Relief to n Ii-Ttme Dying an m to Remove ron Him
n Danger of Comp,icarine DISEASE ut III uine-s-H
Powerful, constitution nj rhysque Rallied often lave Hope
o a II IIhmat Recovery, u tHe Pistol wound was Fatal-rh~
e Though o Unexpected CAST IA Deep GIoom uver His Native
1T n W. he whole southland-From all Parts of te
ty Came Message o + sorrow and sympathy-rhe Murderer suIIen-
L., Hear II New~ n Ii. Unrespon~ive to I-.n Autopsy Is Held
ove His Body-The Coroners Inquest Will Occur Thur~day After
oon-Th Afternoon Mt 4 OClock the Funeral services VIII "a
lace f-em Trinity Episcopal, Church n VIII b e conducted by
Bishop Capers II N oce OF Carolina.
Columbia, s. G., January 1s-At O'Clock this afternoon N. G. Gonzales
died at the Columbia hospital He "a unconscious when tn n "a m AMI
death was painless. His wife. his three brothers,, A. E, and W. E. Gonzales
of the State and A. B. Gonzales o. coloton. his sister,, Harriet R. E.. Con
zahs, and members of he editorial staff IF h State IN his devoted sur
The morning papers had informed te public that hope had been practically
abandoned. A few minutes after the end car it was known III over Column
b. The whole city is dep in sorrow. There is n o apparent anger, n 10 dis
play of excitement, but even o a strange ger passing through the city, the un-
natural quiet at a time when HI resence of HI legislature ad thu inaugu-
ration of a new administrator imminent should make it more hal unusu-
voices of he great calamity n in TIL universal silent expression OF sorrow
all other emotions seemt % be lost
At 6 O'Clock this morning DR.. W. Gill wyle. after consulting with Ds.
Query n Barren and members OF the family in view Of the hopeessness of
other remedies, decided to ty h e. pertinent of the injection OFF rmalde-
hyde acting O information of the recentd discoveries of Dr. Barrow of New
York, The fluid vas procured and pre- pared by an experienced druggist At
7o Mr.. Gonzales wa conscious and the family vas summoned, in anhcipa-
ton o. a possible unfavorable effect IF the injection AT O'Clock the hoec.
ton was made in the arm. 1t was known hat favorable results n arrest o
the pentonits, if they would follow ataL, would be at once manifest. But
there vas no Improvement.
As time passed the patients respira ttn grew weaker and the evidence of
approaching death palmer. Just before he end can the urgeons by re-
quest e@ted TO a second injection. There was a momentarys Strengthening
of h pulse but almost before the injection had been completed. Mr.. Con
zales was dead.
The following were among the official bulletins issued during the morning:
1870 a. MN. G.. Gonzales is almost in a dying condition. AS a last re-
sort, DR.. LeGrand Query injected mtra vtnous injection of 500 {. c solution OF
formaldehyde with a strength OF o 5000 No decided benefit a expert
enced and little is nw anticipated.
II a -Mr. Gonzales is dying but may last hour or W hours"
10 Noon-Mr. Gonzales is slowly sinking may last unit 1870.
At 43o this afternoon ar autopsy ontheb body vas held by DR.. A. E. Knowl-
ton, county physician of Rchland. By courtesy IF Dr. Knowlton, Ds. Le-
Grand Guerrry and James H. Mcintosh. attended Mr.: onzaes as
sisted. Other physicians present. were r w. Taylor J. w Babcock. Lewis ]
Griffith, D. {. Pope L. K. Phnpot, F A. Coward. D. !. ancaster r. W.
Gbbes and Dr. Ffshburne.
1t is understood nat he finding of thu autopsy to be reported will in a
general way be as follows:
"sepss due to a sloughng of the large bowel at and about the site Of injury
to that organ. The point o. entrance of h bullet a o the right side of
the right oft he middle line The pointof ext was Q n he left sde OF he a-
dcmen, eight and one-haf inches below the left nipple n dnne inches to tn
left of the middle line. There vas a slight injury to the front wall 81. the
stomach. Every vita organ ncludngheart' Kidneys ans spleen. pc
dix, liver bladder: tic, were exaninedand all found physically normal"
Surgeons attribute h death O. Mr. Gonzales 8 shown by the autopsy to
profound septic infection from gangrenous condition Of tissue consequen
upon bullet wounds.
nent business man. IS foreman most Of te other memoe being well kno"n
business men also The jury viewed the body. after which the inquest ws
county court room. The body was then taken o the residence Of Mr.. Con
tales on Henderson street. Attorney Coleman I. Blease who is said to be
ne of Colonel Tnmans lawyers, vas present. when the jury was at the hos
pital, but took n o active par: in the proceedings.
Soon after the death of Mr. Gonzales a telephone message carried the news
stated mt the latter 'eceveo '~ m0al lsr T VIZ %a. any ns,a, tmDht e 10
would make a statement n replied through his brother-n-aW' ex-Judge
Buchanan, that he had nothing 20 say.
The funeral will take place from Trinity Episcopal church at 4 oclock to-
Caroma VIII 0nouc re rue, iHS ScNe D@NDe0'el WI s -" H hS
been longest associated with him n representatives Of other oeparthen
of The State office.
When the ews that the n had come was bunetned to Charleston today,
the flags o. the building Of News COURIER Charleston POST were
It nee placed at half mast.
Tbroughou the day and tonight hundreds of kilograms of sympathy hav
SCUM oaonnl. %. ln . m Hman { Than1son ~ Sw york. -Govarno
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