The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-10-09

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HE said no had been ssenuat Sc or rom j,if,
i lBeanforts since 1896 I. He kneW3T illm;n
t'pyi repnt ntationi fore long time and shas
4 KnoWn MIN PERSONA " since y 300. 4 IL
man was then p ipresid otfcer Of THE
senate as sLtetl tltenantS g Governor. He
and Senator Brown were, he fthonph ht.
friends Of Co. Gilman IL He was thrown
With .Iiilman great I'd cal ~ Hes lust
saw Tillman on the day the shooting
j presiding in the Senate. He remained
I'm the Eengrossin department for "a
good while. He told Of going uptown
With ColeIillman and Senator Brown.
l3TillmanSs Joined them going up-town
! anQ stneS5lnrees smeh q 2 VT ent u town.
/ IiLheyswalked continue o1sly until they
Teached the transferI station. At the
transfer station he was on the outside.
next the street, Gilman in the middle
and Senator BlOwn on the inside. AS
ne got TO the transfer StatiOn.he recog-
nlzed MIR. N .sG. Gonzales. He had his
oyercoat. buttOned and he had his
nandS In his Overcoat. And then to
he said: ) J, = - 80
Mr.. Gonzales was ten or fifteen feet
from us when II first noticed him.
| When lie gotlWithin five or six feet Of
us Governor Tillmans said: How are
your Good morning. How are you,
hr: GonzalesI,ors MA some expression Of the
kind. Mr.. Gonzales turned toward the
transfer station, as; IL to pass us On the
inside. l:paid no further a attention to
him, as he gotout OF my line Of vision.
L was looking up the street about the
time | suppose he would get on a line
With us, heard the remark,:I rcceiv-
ed your message and then to my right
l saw Il pistol In Governor Tilllnan's
hand and Invent off,,
Then he went on to say that he
thought Mr.. Gonzales had Ii. 8 hands in
his outside coat pocket, but he was
not looking at his hands, and paid no
particlar attention to that.
Mr.. Tillman said, ..Good morning,
Mr. Gonzales, or "tlow are you. Mr..
Gonzales?' He was quite sure that
Tillman greeted Gonzales.
Gonzales passed on as if to turn the
corn /, but said absolutely nothing TO
Iillman. He, did not know OF Tany
threats on the part of Tilllnan and
had never heard rillman say anything
about Gonzales. When the shot was
tired Gonzales was about the second
window of the the transfer station and
and after he was shot Gonzales moved
on a step or two and said, .Hcre am;
| finish me-" =
| Gonzales then turned the corner
close TO the building and went around
on the GervllS street side. Tillman
backed out into the street. Tillman
had his eye on Gonzales. Talbird said
ne followed Gonzales TO see what was
tfle condition Of his wound If he had
been shot and Gonzales told him. II
am shot in The stomach; send for the
doctor" Senator Talbjrd said he saw
no hole and at first did not think that
Gonzales had been shot. He said that
when Tillnan had fired his first shot
that he rushed in between the two
men and, holding up his Two hands,
said, This thing must stop"
AS Mr.. Gonzales approached Col.
Tillman said, How are you, Mfr. Con
Zales?' or Good morning, Mr.. Con
Zales," and then Mr.. Gonzales turned
10 his lett without saying anything, as
II TO pass on the inside., He had got
ten out OF his line Of vision and Till
man said, II received your message, -
and just about then the pistol vent
of. He first caught a glimpse OF Lhe
pistol from behind. He was not look
ing for any trouble and it was all such
surprise and SO quickly done that he
did not expect anything to happen.
The expression, Il received your
message" he thought, was almost
simultaneous with The firing OF tile
pistol by Tillman.
Senator Talb!rd went into details as
to the relationship existing between
himself, Tillman and Gonzales. Hc
said that he was intimate with Till
man:1uring their life in Columbia in
the Legislative sessions.
Then he was asked if he knew OF
Tillman's having ally pistols or of his
carrying them. This brought on a
long fight and the question was with.
drawn.
After giving the location of the two
principals ut he timc.or shooting and
following their movements up Sena-
tor Talbird went on to say: He saw
Governor Tillman next going into
police station. Tillman asked him
about the condition OF Gonzales and
he told him what Gonzales had said
and he asked him to ascertain as
definitely as lie could the nature Of the
wound. He went to the Jail the ne ! t
morning and told him what he had
gathered about Mr.. GonZales's S declar;l-
tiOn. He did not recollect that Till
MN said anything in reply to the re-
port.
"Do you know whether he contem-
plated shooting again?"
{The wording CT the question was
changed to suit the objecCions)
"Tillman gave him two reasons why
he did not shoot again. FIRST, because
he was afraid he might hit him"
| (Talbird,) and second, that he (Tal-
bird) threw up his hands and said,
This thing must stop!' He was be-
tween Tillman and Gonzales at one
time. After the shooting he thought
he waSstanding up with his hands out
side of his pockets. From the time he
saw Gonzales until after the shooting,
he saw no demonstrate on on the part
OF Gonzales.
SENSATIONAL. TESTIMONY.
I One Of the most sensational wit
ncsSes was DR.. e. G. l.. Adams, pro-
minent young physician Of Richland
County, and Of distinguished family
lie Is strong personal friend OF Col.
Iillman and worked and voted for him
in his candidacy for Governor. His
Testimony is SO important that for fear
OF misconstruction it is given in full
from the stenographic notes: !.
| DR.. E. q. L.. Adams sworn. Direct
examination:
BY Mr.. Crawford: "Doctor, believe
you know Col James II. Tillman?"
81 know him quite well. Was in his
regiment"