The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-10-14

ment; and had he ever been charged
with stealing a pistol, put up q forfeit
and neglected to appear and vindicate
himself-were ruled out upon legal
grounds by Judge Gary.
The defense placed on the stand q
third eyewitness, Chief Clerk Wilson
of the comptroller generals office. Mr..
Wilson bore himself well on the stand.
He was not especially close to the
shooting when 1t occurred, he saw a
man.. standing two to two and a half
rect from n outside of the pavement,
with hand extended tr%ansversely across
the sidewalk with a pistol in it, and
simultaneously heard q shot. He also
remembers seeing a man somewhat in
front of the man with the pistol.
by the witness Holsenback Ii was
testified that Mr.. Gonzales turned to-
wards the inside or wall side of the
pavement. Yet Mr.. Wilson was sworn
for the defense. Mr.. Crawford ex-
amined this witness.
A member of the legislature from
Sp~artanburg was sworn for the de-
Tense, Mr.. Mahaffey. A member of the
legislature from Spartanburg was
sworn for the State some days ago, two
I'm fact. Mr.. Horace Bomar and DIR. s.
L. ID. Lancaster. Mr.. Mahaffey's tes-
tinony speaks for itself. It's object APP
parently was to show that what DR..
Lancaster was positive was a pistol
handle in the prisoners pocket might
have been the neck of a bottle. Mr..
Mahaffey saw the neck of q bottle, and
according to his testimony, 1T contained
whiskey, sticking out of the pocket of
the lieutenant governor of South Caro-
lima. Mr.. Mahaffey's testimony may
unpleasantly recall to the public mind
some of the abusive editorials that
appeared i'm South Carolina papers last
summer-but that is another story. Mr..
Mahaffey did not seek to shirk the
reputation of a man who understands
something about w%hiskey. The main
point is the contrast between DR.. S. II.
ID. Lancaster of Spartanburg and Mr..
Jesse Mahaffey, both members of the
South Carolina house Of representa-
tives. Wherein that contrast lies is not
to be specified here. DR.. Lancaster is
well known throughout the State. So
is Mr.. Mahaffey. Each side in the trial
has a Spartanburg legislative witness.
the people of the State who know
these two men consider the two speci-
mems and take their choice.
Senator Douglass of Union was the
first witness examined for either side
who was not cross examined. He is a
given yesterday will probably not be
impeached.
The inference from yesterdays tes-
timony is that James H. Tillman fired
upon N. G. Gonzales because the latter
had his hands in his pockets and
mo i6i itoiio oSSDSL III llo
pocket. The testimony all appears in
the s~tenographic report and no intelli-
gent reader will fail to gather a fairly
correct estimate from it's perusal. 1t
speaks for itself.
other witnesses who testified yester-
day were James Davis of Edgeheld, C.
l.. Blease of Newberry, of ounsel for
the defense, who had his name, of his
w motion, stricken from the
roll of counsel for the defense.
after he had testified; Mrs. Mary A.
Evans of Newberry, George w. Ly-
brand and r. r. Sox.
Mr.. Blease's testimony was principally
the State m was generally to the eff
were conditioned by Tillman On his be-
ing first attacked by Mr.. Gonzales.
The audience yesterday was about as
prisoner took the stand 1t was some
The people of Lexington continue to
and many a minor cause has attracted
assemblages many times as great.
The indications point to the closing
OF the testimony for the defense at an
early day, perhaps today, but this is
conjectural.
The jury seems to be enduring their
long confinement we'll. Judge Gary Is
ever considerable of their comfort and
laXation-which is enjoyed by others
connected with the trial not less than
by the jury.