Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-10-02

only with difficulty. Another member
of the staff Of the State had been re-
quired to put on the coat previously.
Yesterdays Proceedings.
The proceedings Of yesterday were
uneventful. By agreement the con-
clusion Of Mr. Kohn's testimony was
postponed until today. Then the pros
ecution began to read the editorials
from the State newspaper, which are
claimed to have justified the shooting.
The reading took up the greater part
of the day. The editorial read includ-
ed one commenting on THE ENoU1-
RER's statement of the difficulty be-
tween Tillman and DeCamp at Gaff-
ney, and another commenting on TILL
mans utterances in the speech he de-
livered at Yorkville, as the same was
reported in THE ENQUIRER.
Today's Proceedings.
By Telegraph to the Enquirer:
LEXINGTON, October 2.-The Till
man trial proceeded today and, as US
ual, the lawyers contested every point
and little progress was made. The
chief feature of the testimony was
that of DR.. E. L. Adams of Columbia,
who was an officer in Tillman's regi-
ment during the Spanish war. He
said that he had suggested to Tillman
during the political campaign In l9O2,
that he ought to go to the State office
and attack Gonzales on account or his
editorials. Witness offered to accom-
pany him in order to see fair play;
but Tillman had said that he would
not go at that time, but that later ne
would see Gonzales and the God
Damnest tragedy that ever South
Carolina heard of would occur"
The idea of the defence was to show
with the other witnesses that Tillman
had enmity towards Gonzales; but
none of them said that they ever
heard Gonzales make any personal
statement as to Tillman.
This mornings session of the Till
man trial was the most interesting
that has yet been held. The testimo-
ny Is just now touching upon the cir
this there have been several some
what dramatic scenes, and certain tes-
timony as to threats made by Tillman
against Mr.. Gonzales, not hitherto
published.
The most exciting scene that has yet
occurred was the cross examination OF
Mr.. August Kohn by Messrs. Croft
and Nelson. These attorneys tried to
make Mr.. Kohn say that he knew that
there was bad blood between Mr.. Con
zales and Mr.. Tillman. Mr.. Kohn
stated he did not know. Col. Croft
asked If he did not know so from ed
itorials in the State: Mr.; kohn salo
Mr.. Gonzales may have had no per-
sonal feeling. Mr.. Croft was very ag-
gressive, shouting in loud voice insist
ing that Mr.. Kohn should answer
whether or not he knew Of bad blood.
Messrs Croft and Nelson spent half
hour or more framing every conceiV-
able question to Mr.. Kohn. Through
out the hot examination, Mr.. Kohn
was imperturable and answered every
time as originally.
The most important testimony OF
the morning was that given by DR.. =.
l.. Adams and Mr.. G. ]. Terrell, ed
itor of the Johnston Monitor, as to the
threats Tillman made against Con-
zales. Mr.. Terrell stated that once In
Edgefleld, he heard Tillman say he
was going to...Columbia and shoot
Gonzales doyRiaike a dog. Mr. Ter
rell demonstrated and told Tillman to
go and have a square fight. T1llman
said, mo. I am not going to give him
any more show than a maddog." Mr..
Terrell also heard similar remarks on
two other occasions, which he stated.
DR.. Adams said he was talking to Till
man in Columbia, near the end OF the
gubernatorial campaign. Several were
trying to get Tillman to go to the
State office and fight Gonzales. Till
man, after saying he was afraid he
would not get fair play, said: You
boys need not worry, for by God I'll
snap out his life with this" taking a
pistol from a grip. On another occa-
sion, he heard Tillman, after some one
had been reading editorials in the
State to him, in which the words
mock theatrical were used, said, He
may call it mock theatrical If ne
wishes; but will make it the God
damnest tragedy that ever occurred In
South Carolina" DR.. Adams was in
Colonel Tillman's regiment in the
Spanish war, and voted for him for
governor. when court took it's recess
for dinner, Senator Brown of Darling
ton, was on the stand. Senator Brown
was with Tillman when the shooting
occurred. ZACH McGHEE.