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: '?DO THOU LIBERTY GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAfcl^HJR LIVES IN 'PHY POSSESSION HAPPY, OR OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE." .]??_' . ? :'. VOL. XXVII. BENNETTSVILLE, S. C., FMpAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1903. NO. 14. THE JUEY CHARGED By " Judge Gary As to the Diff?rent .V -r y"' : lKindB of Homioi e. WHAT THE JUDGE CHABGBD. The Ead or a Long and Tiresome Oaso. The Jury Out Twen ty Honrs and Then Aireu. The closing arguments in the case -of J. H. Tillman were made Wednesday at 1-42 p, m. J udge Gary gave the case to the jury. L_ The -<T'irr.ent8 consumed two and - a half Qv.ys. Senator Tillman, uncle bf the defendant, was present-Wednes day. Col. Oroft resumed his argument to the jury with the couveulog of court and made the dosing ad dress for the defendant aud tinal ap .peal for his acquittal. In summing up the defendant's case he dwelt upon the teltimony of witnesses for the de - fence relative to the position of Mr. : Gonzales' hands aa he approached Mr. Tillman. He also pressed the point that the defendant waa to be judged in the light of circumstance as they appeared to the defendant. Colone '.Croft alBo addressed himself to law points Involved. Ho.was followed by General G. D. Bellinger, who closed for the state and made the final aagumcnt of the trial. General Bellinger made a gen eral summing up of the state's case, laying stress upon the testimony ad duced by the state relative to the shooting. Analyzing and comparing with the testimony of witnesses for the defence, culling anecial attention to tbs witnesses whose veracity had beeii attaoked by the state. At the close of Mr. Bellingers Bpeech Judge Clary delivered the following charge to the jiiry: JUDGE GAKY'fl CUAHOB. "Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Jury: I congratulate you uprm .'the approach of the end of this trial, which hus consumed so much of youi time. It has required of you pati ence, endurance and self-sacrifice. I am glad to say that you have met thc exactions lu a .manner to be highly commended, and when you return to your respective homes you may enjoy the satisfaction which comes from a sense of duty well performed. "Gentlemen, the trial hus reached that stage when it is my duty to ' charge you what I conceive to be the law of homicide. This I shall do as plainly and briefly as I possibly can, . and if, in what I shall have tn say to vou, you should conceive the Idea that jg I intend to express or intimate to you i. - any opinion upon the facts, I beg that y. you will dismiss such idea from your minds. ', % "Tho. Constltutlon^ofJihR SJtate_iojfc. ?bids me'Tjo---^-'-'y. ,r to Intimate to iy ?you any opinion upon tho facts and I B| dq^not intend to do so. The.facts .are ; exclusively for your determination. You And the j facts and apply them 't< ? the law which \ give yguG and lind your verdict accordingly.' : / . "The defendant^, James IT. Till V roan, stands charged hy the State of Sout h Carolina with the murder of N. G. Gonzales. ( .? THEE KINDS OF HOMICIDE. ? ?kl : "Ilomlclde, gentlemen, is a general term, which meuns the killing nf a man, regardless of munner in which the kllli?ii is done. There ure three kinds of homicide-justifiable homi cide,-excusable homicide and felonious homicide. The law only punishes for felonious homicide. Justifiable homi cide is where one takes the life of an other in the performance of a duty, for instance, if the sheriff hangs a man in pursuance of the mandate of a competent Court, it is justifiable homicide; ho is carrying out the or der of the Court, and the law says it is no wrong. But, gentlemen, as there is no intimation from any source that the alleged killing was a justifi able homicide, you may dismiss that kind of homicide from your consider ation. "Now, the next ls excusable homi cide. Excusable homicide is where a mun kills another under such circum stances as the law, In Its regard for the weakness of human nature, con dones, and it excuses the act. For Instance. For instance, if a man is in the discharge of a lawful duty, a lawful act, and without fault or negligence, accidentully kills another, the law excuses him and he has done no* wrong and should suifer no punish ment. Then, again, gentlemen, if a man kills another in selfdefence, the law ni Its regard for the laws of na ture, says that he has done no wrong and should not be punished. Now. 1 will charge you further on in what I shall say to you, as to what is neces sary to make out the plea of self-de fence. . "Now, I have instructed you as to what Justifiable homicide is, but that dues not come Ju this case. I have instructed you as to what excusable homicide ls. :- "WHAT FELONIOUS HOMICIDE HEANS. ' "The other homicide, and tho only one for which a man is punished, ls felonious homicide, which ls either : murder or manslaughter. Murder ls defined by statute to be the killing of a human being with malice afore thought, either expressed nr Implied, Hy ari analysis of that definition, gen tlemen!, you will sec in order to con stitue murder there must he the kill ing of one human being by another, that killing must he done with malice aforethought, malice premeditated. Malice may either bc expressed or im plied. Now, tu?t is murder^ Malice may he defined tn be un evil spirit, a depraved and wicked spirit, and this ' delinltlnn hus been adopted by the Supreme Court of our Stats and hus been defined to be an evil spirit, a de praved and wicked spirit, such as is found in the heart totally devoid of social duty and fatally bent upon mis chief. Expressed malice ls where one ?rson kills another with as?date, dc eratcd, meant and formed design, ih formed design being evidenced -sternal circumstances which (lis t?n; inward intention, such as 'ri wait, antecedent, menacing former grudges pnd concerted o do some )< dy harm. ?8 I said to you before, to ? ! M ? \ ? constitute murder, lt must be dope with malice aforethought and fcuat may be either expressed or-lmplled. I have just told you what expressed malice is. , f "Now, implied malice ts such as the law infers or implies from the kill lng Itself. If tbe killing is proved, and none of .tho'attendant circum stances, then the laws infers br pre sumes that the killing was done with malice aforethought. That 1B what ls meant when we speak of implied mal ice, but, gentlemen, when all of the circumstances attending the killing are related to you, you have no right then to infer anything, you must look at tuo-ie circumstances as they are de tailed to you by the witnesses, and from those clrtumstances you must say whether or not tho killing was' dune with m ai ice aforethought. IN WHAT 31A NS 1. AU O UTK lt CONSISTS. "Manslaughter is the killing of a human being in sudden heat and pas sion and upon sufficient legal provo cation. This, gentlemen, ls said to be one of the charities of the law. j Iii ; its tender gegard for the (raill ties ol' our nature it recognizes the fact that under crtalu circumstances we are liable to be so far transported beyond j ourselves that we act from passion and not from reason. When one ls suddenly thrown into a passion or transported beyond himself, reason loses Its sway aud he acts from pas sion. If he has sufficient legal provo cation for that passion then the law, In its mercy, says that is not murder, but manslaughter. "I will call your attention to the faot that if sulficient tjrue elapses be tween the receiving of the provocation and the act of killing to enable the blood to cool, to enable passion to sub side, to enable reason to resume its away," then lue law says blood must cool, the passion must subside, reason must assume its away and holds thc man to as strict an accountability as if he had not received the provocation. "In this case your Inquiry wllf be. bas N. G. Gonzales beeu killed? Did James H. Tillman kill bim? If so, un der what circumstances was the kill ing done? Was the killing felonious, such as the law punishes for? If so, under what circumstance was the killing done? Was the killing falonl ous, such as the law punishes for? Il so, was lt murder or man slaughter, or was the killing excusable? These are the questions you will ask your self. "WHAT THE DEFENDANT CLAIMS. "The defendant sets up the plea ol selfdefence; that ls, that he did thu killing to save his own life, or to avolc serious bodily harm to himself. If tin defendant has established his plea o selt-dcfencc, then he ls excusable ant your verdict should be 'not guilty. The plea of selfdefence, gentlemen, ii founded on the idea of necessity; thal ls, that lt was necessary to take tin lifo of a fellow man to. sa ve one's owi liie...Or..tO A-V-rW-nQlT?U? bently-harm For the defendant to establish hi plea of self-defence he must sutisf; you, gentlemen, of four things, noi beyond a reasonable doubt, but by th preponderance of tho evidence. Item ember, that he must satisfy you, no boyind a reasonable doubt, but by th preponderance of the evidence of fou things: First, that he was withou .fault in bringing on the dilllculiy; sei und, that ie believed at the time tba he was in danger of receiving' sertnj bodily harm or losing his life, an thal it was necessary to take the lil of his assailant. "He must go fuither and show yo that a reasonable man, .1 man of urdu ary firmness, courage, prudence an reason, stituti-d as he was, would ha\ come to a like enohision. Nov gentlemen, the qusetiou is, not wha you would have done, or what I wo ul have done, but the question is, wlia would a man of ordinary lirmness ari reason and prudence, what concluslo would he haye reached? "Fourth, that he had no othc probable means of escape. '"If he has shown these four thinj. to your satisfaction by the.prepnnde ance of the evidence, then his plea < self-defense ls established and he entitled to an acquittal at your hand "Now, gentlemen, what is prepone erance of thc evidence? It mear the greater weight of the evldenc It is usually illustrated thus: If ye put the evidence in favor of the ph in one pan of the balance and tl evidence against thc plea in the otb pan of the balance, and the evident in favor of the plea bears down tl testimony against lt, it outweighs, preponderates, and the plea ls esta fished WnAT TUE STATE MUST PROVE. "It is necessary for thc State establish its case to your satisfaetit beyond a reasonable doubt, and stri ter degree of proof is required of t State than is required of the defc dant. The State must make, out 1 case to your satisfaction beyond reasonable doubt. Now, what ls reasonable doubt? lt ls not a vagi whimsical, weak, imaginary doubt,b lt ls a strong, substantial, well-fouti cd doubt, ?rowing out of thc evident an honest hesitation of the mir brought about by the evidence. Whi this is the dclinltion laid down in t books, the words 'reasonable dou! convey just as much meaning to y( mind as the definition that is given the books. I think it will be enou ; to say that a remarkable doubt ls i reasonable doubt. I "Now, if, upon a review of. t ' whole case, the whole evidence, tl given by the Slate and that given .the defendant, you have a rcasona ; doubt as to thc guilt of the prisoi i or as to any material allegation of t ; indictment, then lt is your duty , acquit. "The form your verdict will either 'Guilty of murder,' 'Guilty murder, with recommendation mercy,' 'Guilty of manslaughter,' 'Not guilty.' "Now, gentlemen, If you abo conclude that thc defendant ls gul j of murder, hut he should not sn . thc extreme penalty of tho law, y ' verdict would he 'Guilty of niur with recommendation to mercy,' 1 : that recommendation will of Itself duce the punishment from dcatl Imprisonment for life in the I'enit tiary. "Now. gentlemen, bring to beai this case your best, judgment, and I a verdict according to the facts as find them, and the law which I h ?Ivon to you and will give to yojVre; gardlesa of any outside qlainor that already too -many hu m leides have gone unpunished In South,Carolina. ' *pu. have nothing to do with that. Y?? are'only dealing with the faots and the law ot this case. '[-. . - ,<., "Kow counsel for the State and counsel for the defence have handed to me numerous requests to charge, I will now proceed to consider '"them. Some I will charge you and others 1 shall decline to obarge you." This ended the formal charge as to the principles of law. Then Jude Gary toole dp tho bundle of requests to charge, which he con sidered seriatim. The Jury after being out about twenty boura brought in a verdict of "nut guilty." POISON EATERS START. Dr. Wiley's Otana in Bulicylio Aoid Begins Eat lu;;. Tho tests that will be cohtlnued during the next eight months at the bureau of chemistry of the Depart ment of Agriculture to determiae the relative qualities uf food uuder differ ent conditions of artificial preserva tion have begun. Twelve youug men volunteers fdr the course of "free food and poison" took their breakfasts un der the watchful eye of Dr. Wiley, the chief of the bureau, at Washington under whose supervision the experi ments are being conducted, aud each was supplied with an eye-opener con sisting of a small capsule containing salicylic acid. This preservative will be one of three that are to be tested during the coming year. Lt bas been Intimated that the ex periments in this special drug may have to be discontinued within a few weeks owing tu its character, lt pre vents digestion when taken in large doses, and it ls this that has caused it to be selected for trial. Meats are pre served with it, and Its effect upon the human system will be carefully noted during its use at the department table. . As was done in the case of tue borax experiments last year, the drugs given the hoarders will be in thc same pru portiotis as are found In preserved food of the same kind. The drugs' are al ways administered in capsules, and every ounce of food Is webbed before being sent to the table. The most ac curate record is kept of every phase of the experiments and thc whole ar ranged fur eventual publication. In the case of the borax experiments last year the records are ' nearly ready for publication, when the results of the course will be kuown to the world, and foods the adulteration of which was found detrimental to the health of the consumers will be forbidden by law from sale in or importation into the United States or lt possessions. A Keiiiftrk&bl? Meetl??j., ! _Ak.llhti Q?. r.h? . ooot ?o?mVICSUlT? church offerings meetings ever held In the Atlanta Baptist Tabernacle, of which Dr. Len. G. Broughton is pas tor, recently raised $16,500 with which tn lift the church debt and make improvements on the building. Th-- church was cruwdi-d a d in den enthusiasm was shown. Oue y<tun?? indy, whit wnrks fur her living, tunk fruin her ting r a dim.mu ring which represented much of uer savings, and gave it to the fund. Several younis ineu jointly subscribed $160. redeemed the ting and returned it 'u tue Owner under her protest; The object, of raising the money tu pay off me whole, cliuicn debt a- titi time was to In duce Dr. Hroimhiiiti ty. remain with the church. T ie mintier received a cull io a large cliuieh in Hos Inn ?ind has nut announced ins decision. A cummittee from Boston-church i.> walline; upon him in an effort tn aid in making lils d?cision, lt is not be lieved lie will now leave his cl)urob in Atlanta. llilleil His Mothar ami Wife; Prank l'avhk created a d ama) ic sceue in Judge Clifford's Cuurt In Chi cago, pointing an accusing linger at Iiis father and declaring thct the lat ter was guilty not only nf wife mur der, hut al.so that nf matricide. "The murder nf my mother is not the tirst one committed by my father," said the accuser. "In Bohemia, where I was born, lie killed his own mother. He became cnniged at my' grandmother and struck her a vicious blow. Fur three weeks she suffered and finally died. My father was nev er punished fur that crime." Attorneys fur the defendant told the ju ry they would make no denials of tile charge that the defendant killed his wife, but would seek to prove him innocent. A I.y neilin;: Seo. Walter Jackson, the convicted mur derer of Ponnie Back, a 6-year-old boy, was taken from the county Jail at Hamilton Mont., Thursday night hy a mob and lynched. Shortly be t?re midnight seventy-live masked men, ail armed with rllles or shot guns, forced their way.into the jail and overpowered jailor Stephens. Jackson was found crying in the dark est portion of his cell, nc pleaded piteously for mercy, but was rushed out Into the street where the mob had alrerdy provided themselves with a rype. This was quickly thrown over au electric light pole and tho noose placed about, Jackson's neck. He was asked if he had anything ip say, but only pleaded for mercy. The mob then pulled him into the air, after which they quickly dispersed. Hot a shut was li red. llruvu School OlrlH. During a lire that destroyed two reside--ces In Irving Park Chicago, three children were rescued from death by girl students of Jefferson High school. Bay mond Saunders, live years old, perished Iii the Hames. The students wore on their way to school, which is located two blocks from ttic scene nf the fire. Learning that there were children In the houses several girls entered and boro the im prisoned children through the dense smoke to the street. In the confusi?n the Saunders buy was not found. Two E3xirenies. A bride of 70 years and a bride nf 15 were the extremes tn agc named in the applications for marriage licenses in Chicago on recent day. TILLMAN GOES F?j?E. .?ta>\'C- i i ' i."*'.''- . ." ,a A Jury of His Poors. Declares Him "Kot Guilty.".'- ' . . . ( . '- f ifi SCENES Hf THE COURT* ROO? Wlion'the Verdict Waa A^nnoaoood ? ... ?i-.-Vs y .?-.*i.'.f? - v ?ll . .'. arid Col. Tillman Received the Congratulations of Hts Friends. s The trial ; at Lexington ls over and James "H. Tillman is a free man. ? Jury of his peers bas pronounced him "Not guilty" of the charge of murder. Thus ends one of the greatest and most'important trials that has occur red In South Carolina, certainly the most Important and far-reaching with in the last quarter of a century. It is perhaps due and proper that the verdict of a Jury should be Anal. Under American law this ought to end the matter. Whether or hot that verdict of "Not guilty" will be satisfying lt ls not for' me to say.. It is for mo to record, as I have under taken during the progress ot the entire trial, what actually occurred, and what was said, and' lt is left for others to draw conclusions. J t-will not, however, be amiss for me to suggest that this verdict of "Not guilty," while entirely expected, will.not satisfy very many In this State. The evldendce in the case has all been published, and a reading peo ple will form its own conclusions as did that jury in -Lexington Court House. - Already I can bear the suggestion that the trial was'a simple farce, and that nothing other than what occur red was to have been expected from a Jury composed as was the Tillman panel. Already one can hear that such a verdict was the result of poli tics, and that the nephew of Senator Tillman had nothing to fear in a county that had always shown a larg er proportionate vote in support of Senator Tillman than any other coun ty in the State. It is not, I Judge, violating any confidence for me to say now that counsel for the prosecution, soon after the jury had been drawn, said that nothing but an acquittal would be the result of the trial. And then, as the trial progressed, they boped for a mistrial, but never did the counsel foi the prosecution expect a conviction. It may then bc asked why the trial? There had to be a trial of the case at some time; thc testimony and story of the tragedy had to be presented tc the world, and lt was thought that ll was at least due the memory of the dead editor to make the strongest presentation of the facts in his defence, not only to the juryt butvto r.p<\.w<tr>r'; It |s 1;nut.tottan?^fc?-J^i*!. -.-..ne^T?. ^iT??f?h;"'noi-1? tu ibr any one else to do so now, as he. has been tried 'anc acquitted according to the lawB and forms of this great State. DOW TIIE JUItY STOOD. When the jury retired to its roon Wednesday aitemuou, .shnrtly befon 2 o'cl lek; thi- ti i nt ballot re.sulted ter Lu two hi favor of an acquittal. It il uudcrst-io.I that the two jurors wh< Insisted upon a conviction fur man ?laughtur held out for hours. While of course, it is nut definitely knowt what occured in the jury room, it i? .said that the tir.st of the jurors tu In Hist upon a verdict of manslaughter Avhu joined the majority, was Mr. J H. Jumper. Tuts then lett Milton Sharpe as tin only juror wtiu stoud bet ween Jaine ll. Tillman an ois acquittal. Fu hours und Hours the uther juror argued with iii iii so as LU secure ni consent to u verdict. At break fas Mme Mr. Sharpe was alone and ins' 1 eut up..o ins position. At about li .' past lo o'clock he ti nally consented V a verdict., and Lite foreman of the jVir; Calitd lor pen and mk wi LU widen t< write thc verdict, ami knocked un Lh door lu announce Lo the expeCLan crowd that a verdict had been agree tipun-twenty hours al ter the jury ha retired Lu frame its verdict. Karly in the morning, when it wa understood that Juror Jumper, who I a pule-lt Hiking young mill operative had acquiesced in the verdict of at quittai, the impression grew stron and fast that it. would not be long b? fore "Not guilty" would be writte across the face of the Indictment. A TALK WITH THE JURYMEN. I have undertaken to find out froi the jurymen themselves what was tl: predominating reason for tho decisiot Several of the Jurors stated that thei was no "predominating reason," bi others explained that the ten juro had come to their cbncluslous fe various reasons, hut that the mlnorit; after being convinced that Mr. Goi sales made a demonstration when 1: met Cul. Tillman at the transfer co ncr, acquiesced In the verdict. Mark you, this concurrence in tl view that Mr. Gonzales did make demonstration is given rus the reasc fur ttie minority joining the majori 1 view, although lt may have bee simply an excuse for the juror. Whe the foreman uf the Jury knocked c. the duor to announce that a ve diet had been agreed upon every ot knew as far as such a thing could 1 possible that it waa a verdict uf "Ni guilty," because the first report th came fruin the jury room was to tl effect that ten jurors ravened au a quittai. Judge Gary promptly djreoti Caughman to bring the prisoner, Ct James li. Ti ll maa, into Court ai runners were sent out for Col. Tl man's counsel. It was not many mi utes bet?re Cul. Tillman appeared the Court room and, sitting arotii him, were all uf his counsel and qui a number of Iiis relatives and fHenri Solicitor Thurmond was in Court ai he asked that his associates for t prosecution he called. There was sor delay In finding the lawyers and M Thurmond ?nally -suggested that tl Jury might at least be brought out. Tn It J U KY COMES INTO COUKT. After thc jury tiled into the Cou room and tunk seats the t>!tuatlon w critical and the stress Intens0.. Eve ope seemed to he expecting sofnethlii and every uno knew what that son thing was, but Mr. Thurmund's as? chites had nut Come Into the Con room, and he was asking that t 1 Court walt until they arrived. . '"','.'...' . ../'. . . . : . j: this. CJour^-?h sbratiori^?^^j f h ? ' ' Vii 1 aaVKf?? their congr?tn For ?ve or Judge?^f?tfi'^ly br0^0 .tbe '.strain by;.'8ayil?'?-^'i if Jw .. saw no use for '?urfcbu'r de^tf^bViibe wait inyolved an j uanecessary^'yairL:? with thlB, Mr. Koon, :tl3fe^o*??n of the Jury, arose | and .'h?na?*dx?f?y:indiotment to Mr. George,- tBtfljp?k^?f the Court.- ? - "One'Ojn^ifeVMr: Clerk, Bald Judge-/if^^MSii?Hirj tr.any one in /m jnakes any demou _ :ffi?re ls any violation of | tho :r0(ej8^^rart, you'will make a prompt atrest f^d'brlng.tho party be fore me, andjXwlll deal with tho case. Tbere^-m??t^ ?fn'o demonstration In thia C??r^-^vy:, .ci?B?Ck?^ ?BADS: ? ''NOT ; -\ GUILTY.'' Then jji'u^?Gary permitted the clerk of TC^jm'?p read the verdict of "Not igulli^K^he closeness of the warning:bXwW?? Gary, and the read in? ot the. vCW?ct no d?ubt did much to keep dp^ifpApy hurrahing, but there waa Bom?^?u?h?aiastlo friend who could nob resf?lln hl? Joy and gave one good, i harcL-"&"&er, hut nothing was dpao with filiii-As soon as the verdict was. announced".Col. Croft and the other ' membdsf pf counsel for the de fence gathiirw-around Col. Tillman and congratilKtcd him warmly upon his acquibtal'T: . COL. Tl&irtm CONGBATULATED. Quite ? ' hupnber of Col. Tlllm'an's been devoted and con slant lb the.4 attendance upon the Court, and vtlpy followed counsel in atlous to Col. Tillman n minutes the whole 'Court was givBn over to Col. Tillman The members'of counsel for the de fence then went to the jury that sat nearby and extended their personal tbanks for the verdict, and later on Col. Tillman himself went over to the Jury and shijqk hands with each member that bid given bim his liber ty. It was while going from one jury man to the other that Col. Till man seemed to! most show bis apprecl atlou of his liberty, because "hlB eyes began to water'just a blt. From the Jury Col. Tllfman" walked over and shook banda with Judge Gary. li li LE Ai* Kp FROM CUSTODY. It took only a few minutes to draw up the formal order releasing James Fl. Tillman from the custody of the sheriffs of Richland and Lexington counties, as th? result of the acquit tal. While this formal order was be ing prepared Mr.' George, the clerk of Court, took tn?;two pistols, those Till man wore on the day of the tragedy, out of his drawer to hand them to Col. Tillman, and ak he did so Col. Tillman waved both of Jjjs bands, as If to spurn the offer, and'safd; "I never want to see those thingft.agaln.'' There were m?ny requests^rom those around for ttie ri?ht 'UijpW?' of * these ; weapons, but the 8manpr^Istx)l8 was sent to Its owner.. . 3' .{.';:'... ^nicb';theT:i. ^ . ." fired, was taken off by a relative of Col. Tillman, who wished tc exhibit it In Augusta. Judge Gary, before signing the order releasing Col Tillman, asked tbe State If there was any objection to his sign ing such a release, and after he was ? t?tld that there was not. the order was signed and Coi. Tillman left "the) Courtroom, surrounded by about li f ty of his friends and relatives. There were nu rf ad les In the Court! mom ar. the time the verdict was read. Mrs. James H. Tillman was In the I parlor of the residence portion of the | I jail, awaiting thu return of her hus band, and as soon as Col. Tillman had ?.one into the jail to see his wife he left lhere with lier to go and see his mother, wno was at the Kami uer Hotel, hut she met him on the street, j between the j til and the hotel, ami, I throwing her arms around her son, ! welc?med him back to freedom. Col. Ullman then went into the hotel, wnrre he had a regular levee of friends and relatives. _j LEFT FOR BBGEFIELD. Col. Tillman was invited to dine, and after that he" arranged for his mother. :Mrs. Norris, his mother-in law, and his wile, his little girl and him.seir to leave Lexington on the 5 o'clock train and go to Edgelield, where he proposes to resume ttie prac tice of law. Ile said Thursday after noon lt was too early for him to talk about his plans, but the prospects are j that he will remain at Edgelield and practice law there If beean so arrauge it. He might stop over at Trenton and see Mrs. li. fl. Tillman, who was severaly wounded In a runaway acci dent several days ago. During the progress of the trial for some reasons the jurors refused to al low themselves to be photographed, but Thursday afternoon they careful ly arranged to have a group picture taken. Most of them left Lexington on the afternoon train for their homes In the various parts of the county. SOME AI'l'OSlTE IlEFLECTIONS. Is the time ever coming in South Carolina when there will be a return lo reason, and when politics and pas sion will not be dominant? Perhaps the trial of James II. Till man and bis acquittal will so tend to draw public attention to thc condi tions in this Statct to the juries, to the laws the sway of passion and poli tics that the life of N. G. Gonzales will have been lost to some good for his native State. Col. Tillman shot Mr. Gonzales In Columbia on January 15, 1003, and he luis been In jail in Columbia and Lex ington since that time-ten months in all, and oven that ls more punish ment than some folks thought he would receive. In that time he has become a blt. thin and more reserved and quiet In manner, but otherwise he appears to be tbe same James H. Tillman as of yore. AN" KXCKI-TIOXAL CASE. There has never been a Cause more earnestly presented or defended than that against James tl. Tillman. It ls a decided exception to find a full dozen iawyers engaged In one case, but such was the fact in the trial of Col. Tillman. It has taken fourteen days of actual work to get a verdict, and this docs not Include, the days on which recesses were made necessary on account of thc Illness of .Juror Sharpe, or Sundays. The actual trial has taken nearly three weeks, and thc week before , that commanded the attention of the attorneys and others who were watch I lng tho developments ot thc case and the argumenta, or fixing the.tlme for the actual trial to begin. Tiro un usual interest In tho case. ls indicated by tho : great demand for ?bulletin} from Lexington concerning tho re sult ot the trial. Hundreds of news papers and individuals asked for bulle tins stating the mere result ot the case, and both telegraph offices were on a constant rush all day sending out messages concerning the acquittal or Col. Tillman. BHOWBD GREAT INTEREST. . Senator Tillman spent only one day at the trial, but that was quite suffi cient to show bis interest in the case, and it may be noted that be has care fully watched every phase of the mut ter, and has been constant In blB ad vice and suggestions.' Senator Till man would no doubt nave, been pres ent during the entire trial had he not been out of tho State in the early days of the trial. Recently be has been in constant attendance on his wife, who was severely injured in a runaway acoldent. , . . ALI. HONOR TO JUDGE ?ARY;' In the closing statements concern ing the Tillman trial. It la well to again speak of the satisfaction that Special Judge Gary gave. He did his work well and, under trying circum stances, made prompt and satisfactory decisions. He bas done much fur his good reputation. The above account of the release of Col. Tillman was writtenv by Mr. August Kohn, for the News and Courier, from which paper we clip it. A CAED OF THANKS. Col. Tillman Says Ho Deeply Regret* Mr. Gonzales Death. After his acquittal Col. Tillman dictated the following card of thanks, which he asked should be given the widest possible publicity: "I feel,very.'grateful as to there suit of the vefdlct, but at no time did : I apprehend any serious consequences. "I, of coures, deeply regret. the death of Mr. Gonzales, but I was forc ed to do what I did. I have never apprehended a conviction, for I felt that 1 did no more than any other man would have done under-the same circumstances, and what I was com pelled to do. "My position was fully stated In the testimony I gave on the stand. 1 j did ask for a obange of venue because ! I was convinced, on -account, of pre judice In Rlohland County, I could not get a fair, \ad impartial trial In that co?nty. I felt as soon as my case could be presented to an impar tial Jury I could be vindicated. The verdict has Justified the correctness of my Judgment. Lexington County was selected by the prosecution. Its peo ?wabidlog and: have long.beea ; - rtvefdlcT5" and o^en praised by the press. ("Signed.) James H. Tillman." TWO LAWYERS ARRESTED. \ Scrutation Crops Out of the Tilintan Trial The Augusta Chronicle Lexington correspondent .?ajs the Tillman case had a sensational byplay Wednesday evening, lt was the serving of war rants on Attorney E. L. Asblll, of the prosecution, and his friend Lawyer Sturkie, both of the Lexington county bar. These warrants charged Asblll with carrying a concealed weapon and trespass and Sturkie was charged with I merely the latter offense. It seems that a rumor gained cir culation In Lexington last week that an attempt had been made to pay Melton C. L?rick, a witness for the def euee, two dollars and a half a day tu leave Lexington and remain away until the trial was iini6hed. The of fer was said to have been made by At torney Asbill through Wallace E. L?r ick, a brother, who was- one of the lirsb constables In charge of the jury. The story was told In Lexington by J. Ai II. Geiger, a relative of the L?r icks. Now to the warrants of today; In the latter part of last week, Geiger and W. E. L?rick stated that they would swear out warrants for Messrs. Asbill and Sturkie, on the grounds ahove stated. It seems that when Asbill heard of these rumors he se cured a buggy and In company with Sturkie drove out to the home of Geiger, some eight or ten miles from Lexington. He demanded an atlldavit from the two men denying the state ment that bad been made in Lexing ton. Geiger and L?rick alleged that they refused to irive these atlldavit s on the ground that what they had said was true. Asblll denied this alleged and that it was a scheme to Injure his repu tation. Geiger says he ordered thc two men off his premises. In his atlldavit for warrant, Oeiger alleges that As bill drew a pistol at this stage of thc quarrel and Sturkie prevented a dis turbance by getting Asblll to leave. Sturkie was present merely as a friend of Asbill. Friends of Asblll deny the transaction. Asblll and Sturkie gave bond. _ Hard Times ou Orana Cayman. According to Information received by steamship from Georgetown, Grand Cayman, the conditions'on the Islands us a result of the hurricane and Hood are deplorable, and the people are suf fering from fever. It is also stated that the supply of food ls scant. The breaking out of the fever ls attributed directly to decaying fruit and sap trees which were felled by tho storm and numerous cattle that perished. It is stated that small donations of food are comlhg from various sources, hut there ls not sufficient to relievo the suffer-. Ings of the-poorer classes. On the Is land are only two physicians, one of whom ls a young man of limited ex perience, while tho other is rather an old man. Killed by a Madman. Miss Josephine Mead, aged eighteen years, formerly a school teacher at Angelas, Cal., was shot ami killed by an unknown man, who committed suicide. Miss Mead left Angelas be cause of tho unwolcomo attentions of this man. For soveral months he por pcrsecutcd her and Insisted that she marry him. When she refused he threatened to kill her, and in fear of her life she gave up her position and left Angolas for tho cast. ~ THE DEAD LETTER OFFICE. , An IntcrcbtiiiK Abstract pf tho Ro ? port of ito OporottbnHi. ?t '-'j An interestlog abstract of tbe an ? nual report, of the business and opera- ^ tiona bf tbe,dead letter ofiloe for tbe fiscal year ending Jlune'30, i903, ls presented by the Washington Times.' . According, to' this .report, there bas been a large and steady increase in the annual receipts of tbe dead lette) office. The total receipts for the year . were 10,155,140 pieces-the largest in the history . of the offlce-T-excedlng those of the preceding year by 864, 705 pieces. This total included all classes of matter, domestio and for eign, ?and for the treatment' and dis position of which the services of a clerical and laborers force of 135 em ployes, male and female, was requir ed. Of the aggregate number, 302, 521 pieces were delivered unopened tx domestic addresses, which included letters wbiob should have been return ed to the can! addresses of senders by postmasters, and those for which cor rected addresses" were supplied by this office; 055,020 were returned unopenea to foreign countries, os against 818, 504 the previous vear, a striking in crease of .130,432; and the enormom, total of 8,895,205 pieces were opened. Some of the letters sent to the deao letter office contained large sums ol money, the money found In letters opened last year amounting to 848, 034.04. Commercial paper found, such as drafts, checks, money orders, etc., represented a face value .bf 81,493,503. The numberof merchan dise parcels received was 254,580, which were restored to the owners a* far as possible, and the remaineer held to be Included In one of thc annual sales. Pbotographs were found lo 210,95.5 letters and parcels. Letters, which contained postage stamps in varying' *atpbunts from "1 cenf up ward numbered 249,955. -The domes1 tic misdirected letters received num bered 534,201, an increase .of more than 50,000, and foreign, including postal cards, 137,190, an increase ol 25,000 in round numbers. Of the domestic 7tj,005 were delived to .cor rected addresses, an increase of_ovei? 13,000, and of the foreign 21,012, an increase of about 2,500. There wert" 131,032 held-ror-'postage letters re ceived and disposed of. Under the regulations, undeliverable merchan dise matter ls to be hereafter held for one year, instead of two as formely,' before being sold, and this rendered necessary an addition sale during the year. The first was held in Decem ber, 1902, and the gross proceeds were 83,535.85. The second occurred in February, 1903, gross proceeds, 85, 244.15; total of both, 88,780. .... A STARTLING STORY;. : < How tho Standard Oil Company Knocks Ont Competition. Under date of Dallas, Tex , Sep tember 8, the Associate press carried the information that the Forth Worth Telegram prints "the most'startling story that bas ever come out from the Hean mont oil fields and states. that the Informant ls one of the mosfprom inent men of Fort Worth who re- , cently returned from Beaumont." Ac coidlng to the Forth Worth Telegram, this Beaumont citizen declares that "the Standard Oil company has per petrated a gigantic steal In the Beau mont fields and that positively estab lished details are just coming to light." According to the Beaumont citizen, "the independent oil compa nies of Beaumont are the victims, many of which have been wrecked by the Standard's work. Recently some of tho leading men of the wrecked or Injured companies determined to In vestigate and in two days' time they raised 827,000 with which to push the work." Io the story printed by the Fort' Worth paper, lt Isexplalned that "the numerous oil wells that apparently were ruined by salt water were put in their bad condition by thc StandarQ Oil company's conspirators. As fast as a company went to the wall its property was brought in by the trust. By accident, it is said, the desparate work of the Standard company was discovered recently. The Standard Oil company long ago built a pipe line from Beaumont to the Gulf of Mexico. A pumping station was erected at Beaumont and another at the gulf. Oil was pumped through the pipe Une to the gulf and thence shipped to va rious parts of the world. Suddenly many wells of independent companies had salt water In them. The ruin ol the owners ls part of the history of the field. One day not long ago one of the pumping stations got ' out of working order, and oil pumping to the gulf had to bc suspended while re pairs were being made. Wells that had been giving out fully one-half salt water began llowing nothing but oil, good fuel oil, it is de clared. That put the investagatlon on foot. The Investigators secretly plugged up the pipe Hue at the Beau mont end. They drove several miles into the country, dug into the ground over thc pipe line, made a tapping in to the linc and salt water gushed inttf thc air nearly 100 feet, lt ls claimed that the pressure was from tho gulf pumping station and that saltwater was being pumped to Beaumont into lite wells thal lue Standard company's conspirators desired to wreck; that there was no pressure from the Beau mont end of tho plugging of thc pipe. The luformaDt of t the Telegram de clares that a force'of detectives is at work bp develop who should be arrest ed lu conucctioh with the conspira cy. M orderer Cnptured. Cyrus Dixon, a white man who was working at a saw mill near Society lilli under the name of Lormin, has been arrested and carried to North Carolina to be hung, lt seems that ho had been tried for murder, con victed and sentenced to death, but escaped, and came south by water routes, leaving no trace, till about two months ago, his affections became so groat for tho widow of the man ho murdered he wont for her-or wont to meet ber. She was tracked with tho above result. After being recaptured he gavo himself no concern, apparent ly, but Ms pleadings for the woman to be allowed to go was very earnest. SHIPS WRECKED 3y tho Dozen in", the j Late S torm. 8 . Whioh Raged .:< i . . " )?F NORTH GAROMNA COAST. Vows Ueaqbes Norfolk or Disasters? Right and Lolu Splendid. Wort Dono by tho Dtfo Barina Station. A dispatch from Norfolk says the Bret news received from tho North Carolina coasts since. the hurricane: that raged there ten days ago dispels the hope that th?'torrlflo shoals off Currlluck and Hatteras have not claimed their quota of the craft. Two vessels'are known to have been leaton that stretch of the coast and further reports are expected to bring news of other wrecks as at this time . tj?? three schooners are missing'together : with one barge. Two schooners, and a barge, ip addition to those wrecked . between Cape Henry and t Dara Neck. ?vere lost during Thursday and Friday. . The crew.of tue'schooners were saved out the barge went ' down . wi th all i lands on board. The tug Buccaneer, .Captain Joseph Lane, reports that the barge ' Oracle foundered off Cape Henry with Cap tain Cookson, her cook and three sea- ' ! men, all white. The tug sailed from Baltimore, towing the Oracle which was coal laden. Off Hod island the storm struck her on Thursday and the : barge with her crew went down.. The tug could nob approach the heavy Bea, ( and was forced to come here for safe ty. Observer A. W. Drinkwater of tho ? - Curri tuck station, reached Norfolk Wednesday by the inland route and .reports the loss of tbe schooners Ma- (. bel Rose and J. W. Halden. The life- ' sayers had seen the- Rose about 2 p. ? i ml\ . Saturday with . her brew in the rigging, but she was then two miles ; Out at sea and nothing could be done, for her. At 4 a. m., Sunday the life savers succeeded in shooting a line icrqss tb?'.wreok and within eighteen nlnutes after the first man had been <fearted~. ashore-'the captain and- crew ' .' if neveu men were on. the,beach, in, safety, lt fc> estimated that the cargo ?f lumber carried A by the sohooner > Rnse-was worth more.than'.850,000. ; Tt?re?-masted Bchooner J. B. Hol den, of Suffolk, 48 .ashgre near g False , Cape, Va., and ia a tqtal loss. Her captain, W. O.^Orammer, of Suffolk, and heir" crew were taken off by the life-savers and are .safe. . The Holden was heavily laden .with lumber and an attempt to save at 1 eat a portion of uer cargo will be made. The ocean j.o\n g "? tugs accustomed to stand off Cape Hen^y. awaiting: the arrival-of- - Baltimore bound schooners w ?re uu able to stand the storm outelle andi came in to Norfolk; They report tuat the schooners Isabell Gill, May Lee Patton, Jennie ? Thomas, bound, from the south tor Baltimore, are not accounted for.-The - wires to the coast are aown but there ls grave reason to fear for the safety of these vessels. Captain Thomas, commanding the schooner Henry S. Little, which came in Wednesday tin distress, is reported in the marnie dis trict as saying that he Baw three schooners in a very dangerous predica ment, and which .seemed to be in danger of going on shore. He man aged to keep clear of the coast and made this port. It is regarded as possible that the Gill, Thomas and Patton may have made some port and ,elie faot not yet reported. In an t?arthquake. The Norwegian Bteamer Ellida, Capt. Petersen, which has arrived in Mobile, was caught In an "earth quake" at 2.55 A. M., September 20, fourteen miles off the Cuban shore, I and the shock, was BO severe that it threw the men from their berths and knocked all ?quite violently about. Capt Petersen says the Ellida was en route to Santiago from Venzuela with cattle. The engiDes were running full speed and everything was all right. The water there ls from 1,200 to 1,400 fathoms deep. There wore no other vessels in sight. Suddenly, with no warnings whatever, tbe Ellida seemed to have run aground. She quivered, creaked, her propeller was out of water,, and it seemed as though the steamer was constantly ris ing on tbe crest of a hidden reef. Then, In thc twinkling of an eye, she seemed to absolutely drop into the very chasm of the deep._ Bold Robbers. One of the most daring bank rob-* beries lo Illinois was committed early Wednesday morning at Berwick. Four men, armed to the teeth, in a wagon, drove into that town and entered the Farmers' State Bank, where they forced the combination of the big safe with dynamight and secured 82, 800 in cash. The explosion awakened a number of residents of the town, who appeared on the scene, but at the point of guns they were compelled by the robbers to keep away from the bank building until they bad loaded their booty into a buggy. The rob bers then drove ou* in au easterly direction, but were not followed by the terrified citizens, who were panic stricken by the boldness of the rob bery. _._ Barned to Death. An aged lady, Miss Nanny Robert son, living 10 miles above Laurens, was burned to death In her house Wednesday night. When the fire^ was discovered the building was al most destroyed and no. rescue..could be made. She was seventy-live years old. Tho lire ls. supposed to have . origlniited froth a lamp, a.large quaox tl ty ot batting becoming ignited ac cidentally while she was engaged in quilting. Miss Robertson, lived alone. Her nearest neighbor lived about 100 yards from her house. A ljiicky Neuro. Andrew Beared, a negro, who has earnened a modest salary in tho machine shops of the Louisville and Nashville railroad in Burmlngham, Ala., for 20 years, bas sold to tho makers of tho Jannoy oar oouplor a patent car couplet, which be invented 10 years ago and has per footed si nco until found acceptable to eminent rail road' authorities. Beard is to get 8100,000 and royalties for 17 years on all couplers made on bis model.