The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, October 02, 1903, Image 1
VOLUME XIV
CAMDKN, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2/1903
THE TRIAL OF JAS. II. TILLMAN
two Hundred Witnesses to
Be Heard.
itEAT ARRAY OP COUNSEL
Trial Proceeds tepidly. Although
?8very Inch of ..Uround Will Be
?Vigorously Contested.
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ho trial oif former Lieutenant Qov
w' Jairt te# H. Tillman for the klli?
Of N, G. Qonzalee, formerly editor
The Columbia State, waa begun In
?? regulfr aeeelon of the circuit court
LexdngtoiS county, at Lexington, on
. jonday, September 28, Thi proceed
tWWthbtrU are given from day to
from the etenographer repOrte of
^ftfRciai court etenographer wlth
. . to lor or biaa.
Special.? Jamea H. Tlil
?an, aorae time lieutenant governor
irt South Carina and charged with
aurder qf N. O. Gonzales, editor
_tf State, on the 15th of January
... ? few days before the expiration
K.-hla term Of office, was on Monday
l&ead on trial for hla life,
*? a., w. SpUcttor Thurmond an
i the State ready.
may ^afely say that we shall
_l>a ready, though Rome of our wit
??o?9es are not here yet," said Con
imao . Croft of Aiken, Tillman's
me Kollcltor bwovo Clerk of Court
George and introduced tlio county
registration books and on thorn
Parnell b name did not appean
A lengthy argument ?turned. The de
fense presented testimony that the
ogginal registration hooks had been
lost or not returnedi when uaed In. an
election concerning the annexation of
a part -of this county to Richland
county.
Messrs. Croft and Johnstone argued
that the name might have been
omitted from the hooka and the State
having- propounded the question on
the voir dire had waved the right to
appeal to the hooks as the higheat ,
fevldenee. ? ]
Judge Gary held, however, that to ho ;
a legal Juror one must be a quail fled
elector and directed the inquiry lo that
point. He waa about to allow ParnoU
to go to his home 12 miles distant and
iekfCfe -for the certificate \ffien Mr.
Thurmond consented to accept his rul
ing with the* evidence in hctnii ? i
His houor ruled that talking Par
nell's positive statement in connection
with the apparent Irregularity of the
books he would admit him to be sworn
whereupon the solicitor excused Par*
nel) and so yielded one of hla five chal
lenges. Parnell waa the second man
drawn, an^ after hla case waa diapoetd
Attorney Graham, as son as the
judge entered, rose with & copy of
The State In hand and aald: "I think
it my duty t6 call to the court'a atten
tion an article entitled 'Jutglery With
the Courts.' " "i object," Interpolated
vote? audible throughout the room- He
was then granted permission to taki>
a seat with hid counsel,
The Bute had exhausted it* chal
lenges wbeh eight or nine had been
sworn and the defense had utilised all
of its ten before the jury box was. full.
Four of the 3d, A. D. Fallow. Joel H.
Ueiger, T. w. Dreher and Simon Cor
ley wera excused by the court (or one
or another cause.
Of the Jurymen selected Baylor, Ri?
inger, Leitesey, Koon, Sharps, Shoalcy
and Price are farmers; Wood,,' l?y
brand, Corley aaA Jumper are cotton
mill operatlveJ|nd is a carpen
ter. Wood is alloaa of a weave .room,,
The following jurors drawn were
challenged by the defense: M. M.
Klcckiey, Bugea^-G> Williams, LAither
J. Hook, J, Laurence Jumper, John B.
Stack, L? O. Wilson. O. M. T/ewia,
Thos. J. Roof, Oeo. W. Derrick.
The following were challenged by
thfe State; John B. Reed, John J.
Younginer, Noah H. Ta#or, Murray
Parnell and J. Eugene I<orlck.
Policeman Geo. lioland vfts the flrst
witness to take the stand when court
reconvened and his, with the testimony
cf other witnesses, is given In the sten
ographic report below.
Sheriff Coleman wAs next called* and
the prisoner's two pistols wem^cxhib
ited aa was aiso^the prisoner's over
coat.
CJeyk of court Walker also testified
as to the pistols. Requested to show
to the Jury how the magazine pistol
was operated, Mr. Walker found
difficulty with it. Judge Oray Inquired
if the pistols tfero loaded; The bullet
with which Mr. Gonzales was mortaljy
wounded was intrbduced, the defense
not admitting that it was euch pro
jectile and intimating that possibly
time was (he court room uncomforta- !
bly crowded. At no time was the least
excitement manifest. A stranger would
scarcely infer, except from the great
array of lawyers, tnat a case of un
common Interest wad engaging the
Lexington court of sessions.
Second Pay's Proceedings.
, The second day's pro|oe4Jng8 in the
famous trial of Jas, X. TUIraan for
the kill lug of Editor (Whales showed
gfio4j>rogrc?s in the taking of testi
mony for the prosecution.
One lino pursued by the State was
with a view to laying the foundation
for. the Introduction of, the dying
statements of Gonzaiffe Four of the
physicians who officiated in the opera*
Upv on Mr. Gonzales after he was
ahot were on the stand today, Drs.
Guerry, Pope, Taylpr and Griffith, an
of Colombia. Much of the testimony
of tl}0 physicians was tochntcal.
* Ambrose 15. Gonzales, publisher of
The Btate, and a brpther of N. G. Gon
zaies, was called to the etand when j
the solicitor offered in evidence the !
flies of The State for the year 1802,
Uie purpose being, 'as announced by
counsel for. the State, to introduce the
editorials- in the State newspaper, of
which N. G. Gonzales was editor from
July 1, 1902, to December 31, 19JQ2.
The editortals In question are l* re
lation to James H. Tillman, ltekdlng
of the editorials was postponed that
counsel for the defense might read
them first.
On cross-examination Mr. Gonzales
was asked by counsel for the defense:
"The relations Letween your brother
and Mr. Tillman have not been pleas
counsel and - Hdgefteto- tear
assemblage in the court room,
far from crowding, scarcely
It could scarcely realise for. a
at that the trial would actually
so frequent have been the pee
of further delay. Two ses
miirt Tjavn Intmrnfrj \n ftfcfr ;
tee the homicide, the defence
.^continuances at both and a
of venue* at the last Again
jctators were agreeably diiap
, when a jury wat> secured by
m. from the original panel. It
have been secured in half an
ave for the contest over Murray
rJfgftttPI of testimony by the
was commenced after the' re
'?*? ??? nnfaiv confined to
Itwas mainly conflned..^H
? story of thearre*t
... ldPntlfloStlon of
"o'j?tols by Sheriff Col
wtwniirofr ^
ol which plorced Mr."
igh and through, and to,
rf clothing wum br
t* holes, on the day
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contray evidence rfould be . offered.
Finally, when the witnesses had han
dled thd" f^a^e~WSS^ WoiS'lET
jury, Mr. Johnstone, who was sitting
by the prisoner, arose and remarked:
"We, are informed that that pistol is
both cocked and loaded at this mo
ment."
This weapon appeared to bo & nov
elty to the entire court and was eyed
with close attention.
THB FILES.
Mr. Croft requested that the defense
tie alloi^d to ''hAYfi' the . files of the
Columbia State, which h*rl h?An n?w?d
for. The solicitor said that they would
be tendered at the proper . . Mr.
Nelson replied that dnlesajJ^yXwere
given to the defeaa? beforttoandV in
tinis to be examined. ?Jtelai ^onlAhe
caused when they Were introduced,
After rfome further: discussion jand
pleasantries between thelawyer*. (Mr.
Crawford 'of the prosecution declared
themlo
that: was agreed upon
Then t he court adjourned nnUL 9:30
a. mA tommorrow. -
iSlerS^Tla te ^ ed ttorfiSft *??St
ant for some years, have they!" He
reglledU- ' ' ,
"They have not been pleasant."
Mr. Gonsales was asked on further
cross-examination by the defense If
he had not heard his brother express
himjbelf In denouneiatory language In
regard to Mr. Tillman, to which Jhe
witness replied: 3 -
"I cannot say I ever heard bim use
such language In the oatee. I think j
everything he said, hot everything he
knew or believed, but everything he
said to his relatival or frieudsbesald
in The State newspaper so that the
people aw could know."
In reply to further questions Mr.
Gonzales said he could not ?*y that he
knew his brother to a*ve entertained
bitter reeling toward J H. Tillman,
brother's feelings toward the
dant to' have been hostile. His
def en
had bofcn, he said, In control of the
editorials, and that his brother wrote
tham Without ? - - ?
W. B. Cause, a member of the Leg
islature, from Floresce "county, was
asked ft he had heard Mfc
when he met him in OolumhU _
the last session of the Legislature, say
anything about Mr, Gonsale#' editori
als, to which witaaaa replied:
? "Yet, sir; I was wnUttBf along, then
strett and w#;bM Cokmat 'Tillman
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[Cat FuruUfaod by rourtwy of The N?w York World.]
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In, Jfronf ?/ ?U- Gohzavz i ?fcr
Ono said; he was stopping at one
place,' and some at other*, and Colonel
Tillman
? "I don't know that 1 urn utoppinK
anywhere. ! stuck thoao editorials of
?The State' In ray pocket^and told my
wife 1 might atop at the penitentiary
before I left here."
On, cross examination the witness
said he did not take the remark serl*
* W. P. Btelglit*, a gun-smith In Co
lumbia. when shown the automatic
pistol which has been exhibited during
the trial, said a call had been made
upon him the day before the shooting
for a magazine for a pistol like th?
one showifr to him on the stand, but
that n<4t having any In stock tie r?
paired the old one, which was called
for on "he morning of the day before
the shootings
Dr. 8. T. B, I^ancaster, a member of
(he Legislature from Spartanburg, tes
tified that he saw a pistol In Mr. Til
man's pocket on tbi day previous io
the shooting. Two boys, C. V. Zim
merman and Francis Smith, swore
th&t they saw a pistol In Tillman's
hip pocket on January J3, two days
before the shooting.
Objection was raised by the defense
to all the testimony as to the weapon
the defendant may have carried a dny
or two previous to the shooting.
testimony was admitted, the court say.
ing that If It developed iu the light
of further testimony that this was im
proper the Jury would be Instructed ac
cordingly.
H. O. Arthur, of Edgefield, said he
saw the defendant In Edgefield some
time last October. He testified that
he was going Into livery stable there,
when he pasped Col. Tillman and an
other man who were talking togethor.
Ho said he heard tho name of Gonzales
mentioned arid the sentence: "If any
way to get at hlra." /?
The witness said he walked on as he
knew what they were talking about
and he did not want to hear It.
H. S. Dowllng. of Bamherc. who!3*Wi
second lieutenant In the Second South
Carolina Regiment, commanded by J.
H. Tillman and a member of the Leg-,
islature, and whose vptyn adjoined
Tillman's in a hotel at Columbia,, was
lt\ the defendant's room on tho morn
ing of the day of the shooting, he tes
tified, and they h$ul breakfast togethor
in the room. The witness swore that
ho saw two pistols bn the mantle over
the fireplace, on& qf which was an au
tomatic mbgazlne" pistol, and one
which attracted attention. He was
shown the two pistols u;hich have
been exhibited to different witnesses
as the ones carried by the defendftht
These, he believes to be the same ho
saw in the room.
Others came into the room that
morning before lie left, he said, nam
ing them, one at. whom, loaded the
magazinX of the Automatic plBtol aud
handed to Mr. SDillman just as wlti"
ness was leaving the room.
? "Ttre wuness thftn sal 3-He~lT<bct saw ]
Tillman at the jail after the shooting,
when he expressed his regroU that h*
(Tillman) um .in trouble. Tillman
a?k?*l, he eald, If he (wltneHS) knew'
where he had hit Mr. Gonzales. 'Wre
witness left the jail and upon ascer
taining where the _bullet?had struck lu*
went back to jalUand informed Till
man, when, he said, Tillman replied
that, "If he hit where he aimed l.c
sure wais a dead man,"
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
Condition* For P?it W??k Reported
By the Deportment,
The week ending 8 a. m., Monday,
September 28, "had a mean temperature
of 71 degrees, which la about H de
gieta below normal, The first parV of
the week was unusually cool, the latter
part warmer than usual. Light fronts
were reported from the upper parts of
Pickens county. The weather was too
cool for growing crops, but was excel
lent for harvesting operations. The
winds were generally light Easterly.
The skies were cle^r; but with some
cloudiness^ iir'the" eastern counties du
ring the middle of the week. The
strong easterly winds along the coast
caused high tides that flooded some
rice fields.
There was no rain during the week,
and the need 6f rain lq again urgent
for fall truck, turnips, peas, and for
putting the soil in condition for fall
grain seeding. The absence of rain was
favorable for harvesting operations,
especially for haying, for picking cot
ton, and for gathering corn. The late
corn c?pp la very j?oor in the western
counties.
No tmprovoment in cotton la indicat
ed, but rather continued deterioration.
The proapect t6r a top crop is poor.
Hii8t is still prevalent, and blight on
Ken-Island and on some upf&nd, but
there Is less premature opening, the
cool weather having checked It, and
the cool weather alao^ checked the
growth of young bolls. In places eotton
continues to open rapidly, and picking
keeps pace with the opening general
ly. but In ^ few bounties picking made
Blow progress owing tfi a scarcity of
pickers. In some of the eastern. coun
ties cotton is from half to two-thirds
gathered, while In the western counties
only a email portion of the crop haa
opened. Correspondents are unanimous
estimating the crop to be h short
one, or below an average one.
Rico harvest made favorable, prog
ress, although yields are disappointing.
Some rice was damaged by salt water
in olleton countyowing to high tides
flooding the field's, Swtwi potatoes are
very promising. Some oats, barely and
rye have been sown. Excellent progress
was made in gathering hay. Minor
crops generally are good, but pastures
and gardens are iroor: "" " '
JT.hft flovsmmrnlg Reports .
Washington, SpeclsT.? The. weather
bureau's weekly Jrammary of crop con
ditions sayfl;
perlenced weather conditions excep
tionally favorable for maturing late
< orn, and while iroets have been Quite
general in the central and eastern por
tions of the corn belt, no materia)
damage is indicated.
- "With. generally seasonah^ temper**
turee jmA practically no rain over
the entire cotton belt, cotton has open
ed rapidly and picking has beqn active*
J I earring on, .* largenaciiitthe .crip
having been gathered. Cool nights and
the general prevalence of drought in
the eentral- and western districts have
beML detrimental, and cost and shed
ding continue to be extwefy?4y' report
ed, although^*! is^ iome whilv , lees
prevalent in Georgia. Oft the whole the
croD.fiw:
clally In the central and western por
tions of the belt. Little or no top crop
is promised. In Texss the plant has al
most, entirely ceased fruiting and in
some central counties Is dying, tn
North" "Carolina the * conditions have
favored the maturity of late cotton,
In Bbuth Carolina premature opening
has i>een checked. , \
Mynt^y of Murder.
Pittsburg, Spaclal. ? George Wortb
lngton Garwood, a wealthy coal bro
ker, aged 65 years, shot and killed
Hilda Vogel, aged about 22, and therj
. killed himself In a room occupied by
the couple at 131 Moultrie street.
Jealousy was the cause ot the deed.
Garwood has a wife and nine children.
Abput two yeare ago il ls said Gar
wood became Infatuated with Hilda
Vogel,- who was a waitress In the res
taurant where Garwood took his
meals. Since then the couple have
been on more or lets Intimate term*,
the man frequently showing his Jeal
ousy oyer attentions shown the girl by
rrr^0,cTue>day iwSh
her friend* to one of thsiocaLtfco*
atree; occupying one of the bojte^rigt
fore the performance was Bnlahed Oar
wood left the house In an angry mood
TU. wwBiftjiM
rouniTl/Ingln bed under the covering.
Garwood was $S*g 'ouUl^oTK* bed
.clothe* wltllli. rolwMn lils heart No
i persona lis ths boose heard Jtbe tfcofe.
flinor Event* of the Wwk la ?
Brief Form.
Stole i Pntol
Walterboro, Special. ? Thursday
Daniel Plncknoy, a negro boy about
21 years old, wa? arrestee and fudged
In jail lor entering Mr, T, T? Craves'#
dwelllijg house and stealing a pistol
therefrom. It appears, from the testi
mony before Magistrate J, a. Bryan
this morning In a preliminary hoar,
ing, that the negro entered the front
door of Mr. Craven's house last Sat
urday night As the boy was leaving
room he wan seen and recognized by
Mr. Craven. He waa then cha<?ed for
some distance by the latter, but, sue
. ceeded in reaching the aw&nrpsTA -
gro nam*d Archie Terry, who lives
abolit 200 yards from Mr. Craven,
testified that the boy entered his
house about 12 o'clock the same night. ,
The prisoner was captured by the
magistrate's constable In the lower
section of thfl^fifiunty, and Mr. C*V
ven'S pistol was found In hit posse*
slon. Magistrate Bryan, after hoar
lng the testimony, sent the prisoner
back to jail to await his trial at the
Novembor term of court.
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Night Clerk Arrested,
? Spartanburg, 8. Cw Special, Dante*?
G' Hart, former night clerk In the lo
cal postofflce, ya a arrested by Chief of
Police Dean, on suspicion of beiti* In
volved In the robbery of the pestoffico,
A warrant for his arrea^-iffas" "taken
Out ? before Commissioner McGowan,
and an investigation wa*. set for ft
o'clock ,at which Mr. Putylfevpostof
flce inspector, appeared In behalf of
the government, but having arrived
only an hour before the preliminary,
stated that he had nothadP tlmeto se
- cure his witnesses. He 'therefore nievea.
for a continuance, which motion was
sustained by the commissioner, wa&f
next Tuesday was the time set
.hearing.
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