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The Batesburg; Advocate. VOL. III. BATESBURG, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1903. NO. 38 THE JURY CHARGE!) By Judge Gary As to the Different Kinds of Homici e. WHAT THE JUDGE CHARGED. The Knd of a Iiouk and Tiresome Case. The Jury Out Twenty Hours and Then Agrees. The closing arguments In the case of J. II. Tillman were made Wednesday at 1.42 p. m. .1 udge Gary gave the case to the Jury. The arguments consumed two and a half days. Senator Tllhuan, uncle of the defendant, was present Wednesday. Col. Crott resumed his argument l?? the jury with the convening of court and made the clotting address for the defendant and tinal appeal for his acquittal. In summing up the defendant's case he dwelt upon the teitimony of witnesses for the defence relative to the position of Mr. Gonzales' hands as he approached Mr. Tillman, lie also pressed the point that the defendant was to be judged in the light of circumstance as they appeared to the defendant. Colone fvnft also addressed himself to law points involved. lie was loilowcd by General G. I). Bellinger, who closed for the state and made the final aagument of the trial. General Bellinger made a general summing up of the state's ease, laying stress upon the testimony adduced by the state relative to the shooting. Analyzing and comparing with the testimony of witnesses for tiie defence, calling special attention to the witnesses whose veracity had been attacked by the state. At the close of-Mr. Bellingers speech Judge Gary delivered the following charge to the jury: Jt'DOII GAltY's CIIAKOB. "Mr. Foreman and Gentlemen of the Jury: 1 congratulate you upon the approach of the end of this trial, which has consumed so much of youi time. It has required of you patience, endurance and self-sacrifice. I am glad to say that you have met the exactions in a manner to lie highly commended, and when you return to your respective homes you may enjoy the satisfaction which comes from a sense of duty well performed. J{y an analysis or t hat dehnltion, #entlemem. you will sec in order to const ittte murder there must he the killing of one human heintf hy another, that killing must he done with malice aforethought, malice premeditated. Malice may either he expressed or implied. Now, that is murder. Malice may he defined to he an evil spirit., a L depraved and wicked spirit, aud this w ? "Gentlemen, the trial has reached that stage when it is my duty to charge y?m what 1 conceive to he the law u! homicide. This 1 shall do as plainly and briefly as 1 possibly can, and if. in what 1 shall have to say to you, you should conceive the Idea that 1 intend to express or intimate to you any opinion upon the facts, 1 l)Cg that you will dismiss such Idea from your minds. "The Constitution of the State forbids me to express or to intimate to j you any opinion upon the facts and I do not intend to do so. The facts are exclusively for your determination. You tind the facts and apply them to the law which 1 give you and tind your verdict accordingly. "The defendant, .lames II. Tillman. stands charged by the State of Soul h Carolina w ith the murder of N. G. Gonzales. TIIKK KINDS OK HOMICIDE. "Homicide, gentlemen, is a general term, which means the killing of a man, regardless of manner in which tlickillicL' is done. There arc three kinds of homicide?justifiable homicide. excusable homicide aud felonious homicide. The law only punishes for felonious homicide, .lustiliable homicide is where one takes the life of another 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; he is carrying out the order of the Court, and the law says it is no wrong. Hut., gentlemen, as there is no intimation from any source that the alleged killing was a jusliti-| able homicide, you may dismiss that j kind of homicide from your consideration. "Now, I lie next is excusable homicide. Kxciisable homicide is where a man kills another under such circumstances as the law, in its regard for tlie weakness of human nature, condones, 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, accidentally kills another, the law excuses him and he has done no wrong and should sutler no punis'.iment. Then, again, gentlemen, if a man kills another in selfdefence, the law in its regard for the laws of nature, says that he has done no wrong and should not be punished. Now. 1 will charge you further on in what 1 shall say to you, as to what is necessary to make out the plea of self-defence. "Now. I have instructed you as t-o vdiat juslitiahle homicide is, hut that does not come in this case, i have instructed you as to what excusable homicide is. WHAT KKI.ONlot'S IIOMICIDK MKANS. "The other homicide, and the only one for which a man is punished, is felonious homicide, which is either murder or manslaughter. Murder is defined hy statute to lie the killing of a human being with malice aforethought. either expressed or implied. definition has l?een adopted by tin Supreme Court of our Stats and bai been defined to |>e an evil spirit, a de praved and wicked spirit, such as i: found in the heart totally devoid ol social duty and fatally bent upon mis chief. Expressed malice Is where oiu person kills another with a sedate, dc liberated, meant and formed design such formed design being evidencec by external circumstances which dls cover the inward Intention, such a.' lying in wait, antecedent menacing threats, former grudges pnd concerted sclieires to do somebody liarm. "Now, as I said to you before, U constitute murder, it must be dont with malice aforethought and that may be either expressed or implied. I have just told you what expressed mance is. "Now, implied malice is sucli a* the law infers or implies from the kill log itself. If the killing is proved, and none of the attendant circumstances, then the laws infers or presumes that the killing was done with malice aforethought. That is what i> meant when we speak of implied malice, but, gentlemen, when all of the circumstances attending the killing are related to you, you have no right then t-o infer anything, you must look at those circumstances as they are detailed to you by the witnesses, and from those eirtumstances you must say whether or not the killing was done wit h tnuiicc aforethought. IN WHAT M ANSLA l'UIITKK CONSISTS. "Manslaughter is the killing of a human being in sudden heat and passion and upon sutllcicnt legal provocation. This, gentlemen, is said to be one of the charities of the law. in its tender gegard for the frailities of our nature it recognizes the fact that under c-rtain circumstances we are liable to lie so far transported beyond ourselves that we act from passion and not from reason. When one is suddenly thrown into a passion or transported beyond himself, reason loses its sway and lie acts from passion. if he lias .sullicient legal provocation for that passion then tile law. in its mercy, says that is not murder, but manslaughter. "1 will call your attention to tli" fact thai if sullicient time elapses lw?iween the receiving of tiie provocation and tiie act of killing to enable the blood to cool, to enable passion to subside, to enable reason to resume Its away, then tin* law says blood must ,-<u>l fcha WW., UIIV/ pMD.iiwu IIIU.-M ^UU.MUr, rUilMKI must assume Its away ami holds the man to as strict an accountability as if lie had not received the provocation. ''In tills case your impiiry will be. has N. (J. (Ion/ales liecn killedV Did James 11. Tillman kill him? If so. under what circumstances was the killing done? Was the killing felonious, such as the law punishes* for? If so. under what circumstance was the killing done? Was the killing falonious, such as the law punishes for? If so, was it murder or man slaughter, or was the killing excusable? These are the questions you will ask your self. WnAT THE DEFENDANT CLAIMS. "The defendant sets up tlie plea of selfdefence; that is, that he did the killing to save his own life, or to avoid serious bodily harm to himself. If the defendant has established Ids plea o self-defence, then lie is excusahie apd your verdict should lie 'not guilty.1 The pica of selfdefence, gentlemen, is founded on the idea of necessity; that is, that it was necessary to take the life of a fellow man to save one's own life or to avoid serious b idily harm. For the defendant to establish his plea of self-defence he must satisfy you, gentlemen, of four things, not beyond a reasonable doubt, hut by the preponderance of the evidence, Hemember, that he must satisfy you, not beyond a reasonable doubt, tint by t he preponderance of the evidence of four things: First, that he was without fault in bringing on the ditliculty; second, that ,ie believed at the time that he was in danger of receiving serioiibodily harm or losing his life, and that it was necessary to take the hie of his assailant. "lie must go fuither and show you that a reasonable man, i man of ordinary firmness, courage, prudence and reason, stituted as he was, would hav-: come to a like conclusion. Now, gentlemen, the qusction is, not what you would have done, or what 1 would have done, hut the question is, what would a man of ordinary firmness and reason and prudence, what conclusion would he have reached? "Fourth, that he had no other probable means of escape. "If he lias shown these four things to your satisfaction by the preponderance of the evidence, then his plea of self-defense is established and he is entitled to an acquittal at your hands. "Now, gentlemen, what is preponderance of the evidence? It means the greater weight of the evidence. It is usually illustrated thus: If you put the evidence in favor of tlie plea in one pan of the balance and the evidence against the plea in the other | pan of the balance, and the evidence in favor of the plea bears down the | testimony against it, it outweighs, it. preponderates, and the plea is established. WHA r T1IK STATES MI ST I'KOVK. "It Is necessary for the State to establish its case to your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt, and stricter decree of proof is required of the i State than is required of the defendant. The State must make out Its | case t'f your satisfaction beyond a reasonable doubt. Now, what is a reasonable doubtj-" It is not a vague, whimsical, weak, imaginary doubt,but It is a strung, substantial, well-founded doubt, growing out of t he ev idenee, an honest hesitation of the mind. | brought al ton I by the evidence. Whilst j this is the definition laid down in the i iKioks, the words 'reasonable, doubt' j convey Just as much meaning to your 1 i mind as the detinition that is given in - the hooks. 1 think it will he enough > to say that a remarkable doubt is a A r reasonable doubt. "Now. if, upon a review of the j whole case, the whole evidence, that given by the State and that given by g| , the defendant, you Irave a reasonable 1 doubt as to the guilt of the prisoner - or as to any material allegation of the v ? indictment, then it is your duty to : acquit. I "The form your verdict will be either 'Guilty of murder,' 'Guilty of ? murder, with recommendation to : meroy,' 'Guilty of manslaughter,' or ; 'Not guilty.' J? "Now, gentlemen, If you should ju I conclude that the defendant is guilty >> ui luurucr, uul ne snouui not suner ? tlie extreme penalty of the law. your verdict would be 'Guilty of murder m with recommendation to mercy,' and ri that recommendation will of Itself re- V1 dure the punishment from death to 1 i Imprisonment for life in the l'eniten- . , tlary. \\ "Now, gentlemen, bring to bear on : this ease your best judgment, and Hud '! a verdict according to the facts as you find them, and the law which I have Va given to you and will give to you, re- 's gardless of any outside clamor that a already too many homicides have gone et unpunished in S >uth Carolina. You ' have nothing to do with that. You are only dealing with the facts and the law of this case. IV. "Now counsel for the State and j counsel for the defence have handed to me numerous requests to charge, 1 ' . will now proceed to consider them. 'V Some 1 will charge you and others I V.' shall decline to charge you." This ended the formal charge as to the principles of law. Then Jude Gary took up the bundle . ' of requests to charge, which he con- 1 sidered seriatim. J? The jury after being out about pa twenty hours brought in a verdict of su "not guilty." tit i Tl A Keinarkfthln Heeling. . en At one of the most remarkable cr church offerings meetings ever held So m the Atlanta Baptist Tabernacle, of ty which Dr. Len. G. Hroughton is pastor, recently raised *10,500 with co which to lift the church debt and co make Improvements on the building, th The church was crowded and much no enthusiasm was shown. One young re; .....j , nuu nums iur ucr living, looK tri fruru her tinker a dlmond ring which '"I represented n.ucb of her savings, and tli gave it to the fund. Several young It men jointly subscribed $100, redeemed the ring and returned It to the owner under her protest. The object of i of raising the money to pay off the whole j thi churcii debt as this time was to in- i w:' duce I)r. Bronghton to remain with de; tlie church. The minister received a ' Pri call to a large church in Boston and j no has not announced his decision. A lt committee from Boston church is Ti waiting upon him in an effort to aid do in making his decision. It is not be- j a.o lleved lie will now leave ti is church foi in Atlanta. Killed Ills Mother and Wile. \V Frank l'avltk created a dramatic - i scene in .ludge Clifford's Court in Chi- j to -ago. pointing an accusing tingcr at s uu his fattier and declaring that the lat- j in: i.er whs gililt v not only of wife mur- i ski d'-r, hut also that of matricide. of "The murder of my mother is not wl the tirst one committed hy my father,*' j sa said the accuser. "In Bohemia, sis where I was horn, he killed his own wl mother, lie became enraged at my B. grandmot iu*r and st ruck tier a vicious olow. For three weeks she suffered on | and finally died. My father was nev- H | er punished for that crime." hu Attorneys f.r the defendant told the ar jury they would make no denials of j co | the charge that the defendant killed ! Lit his wife, hut wouid seek to prove him en innocent. pa a >1 urtl?*r<*r Captured ca Cyrus Ihxon, a white man who was | working at, a saw mill near Socieu | Hill under the name of Lnrmin, has 1 r' lit-en arrested and carried to North U| {Carolina to be hun^r. It seems that r* he had heen tried for murder, convicted and sentenced to death, hut 1,1 escaped, anil came south hy water ,l 1 routes, leaving no trace, till aUmt 1,1 t wo roont lis a^o, his allections became 1,1 so Kreat for the widow of the man lie murdered lie went for her or went i" meet her. She was tracked with the u above result. After twdn^ recaptured i ; he tfave himself no concern, apparent- i Iv. hut his pleadings for the woman tli to lie allt wed to tfo was very earnest. pr ' Sc Unmet! In I lentil. i ot An atfed lady, Miss Nanny Hubert-{im son, living 10 miles almvc Laurens, v?t ; was burnt (1 to death in her house ;i| Wednesday nitfht. When the tire /sX was discovered the building was al- m, most destroyed and no rescue could m. he made. She was seventy-tive years | old. The tire is supposed to have vi< |originated from a lamp, a lar^e iptan- <ic tity of hatting becoming ignited ac- f,, cidentally while she was en^a^cd in vji 11 it i I tl n^r. Miss Robertson lived alone, mi Her nearest n itflibor lived about loo tii ! yards from her house. tli /is Itravo School (ilrll. kll I Hiring a tiro that destroyed two P" residences In ^rviiiK i\\rk Chicago. K'" three children were rescued from 1,1 death hy tfirl students of .lelTersou ( llitfh school. Raymond Saunders. live years old, perished in the tlaines. 1 The students were on their way to 1'' School, which is located two blocks ' 1 from the scene of the lire. Learn ink' 111 that there were children in the houses mi !several tfirls entered and hore the imprisoned children through the dense smoke to the street. In the confusion the Saunders hoy w;is not found. ,il 1 'ILLMAN GOES FREE. Jury of His Peers Declares Him "Not Guilty." DENES IN THE COURT ROOM Then the Verdict Waa Announced and Col. Tillman Received the CoiiKratulatiouH of His Frlfnda. The trial at Lexington is over and lines 11. Tillman is a free man. A iry of Ills peers lias pronounced him Not guilty" of the charge of murder. Thus ends one of the greatest and ost important trials that has occurd in South Carolina, certainly the ost important and far-reaching wlth; the last quarter of a century. It is perhaps due and proper that le verdict of a jury should be tinal. ruler American law this ought to id the matter. Whether or not lat verdict of "Not guilty" will he tisfying It is not for me to say. It for me to record, as I have underken during the progress of the itire trial, what actually occurred, id what was said, and ii is left for hers to draw conclusions. It will not, however, be amiss for e to suggest that this verdict of Sot guilty." while entirely expected, 111 not satisfy very many In this ate. The evidendce In the case has 1 been published, and a reading peoc will form its own conclusions as i that jury in Lexington Court ouse. Already I can hear the suggestion at tlie trial was a simple farce, and at nothing other thau what occurrl was to have iieen expected from a ry composed as was the Tillman nel. Already one can hear that eh a verdict was the result of poll's, and that the nephew of Senator 1 ilman had nothing to fear in a ! unty that had always shown a larg- i < proportionate vote in support of ) 1 nator Tillman than any other couriin the State. 1 It is not, 1 judge, violating any ntidcnce for me to say now that! I unsel for the nriispKiiMnn i e jury had been drawn, said that t tiling but an acquittal would be the < >ult of the trial. And then, as the j j al progressed, they hoped for a j i strial, but never did the counsel for 1 e prosecution expect a conviction, i may then be asked wiiy the trial? i There had to tr' ' of th~ ?~~o Wfrho Ur--: ^tlrcony and story i the tragedy han to be presented to J c world, and It w.-.s thought that it a us at least due the memory of the ad editor to make the strongest esentationof the facts in his defence, t only to the jury, bul to the world, i1 is not for me to Judge James II. I ' lltnan. nor is it for aiy one else to s so now, as he lias b(en tried and : 0 Iuit ted according to the laws and ! rms of this great Statr. IIOW THE JURY tfiVX)D. When the jury retired to its room ( edncsday afternoon, diortly before '] 'clock, tile tirst ballot resulted ten j v two in favor of an acquittal. It Is ' ^ iderst >od that the twt jurors who 1 s listed upon a convietym for man- | r Liiglitor licld out for b|urs. While, i course, it is not definitely known t lat occured in the jury room, it is ' c id that the first of thujurors to in,t upon a verdict of manslaughter, v io joined the majority, was Mr. J. t Jumper. v This then left Milton iliarpe as the j ly juror who stood beween James r . Tillman an i ills aquittal. For j iurs and hours the nher jurors j gucd witli him so as t> secure his i t iim-iii t<? a verdict, it breakfast v mc Mr. Sharpe was alot- and Insist- |< i upon ins position. A about half- i,, si 10 uVlnck he finally Onsen led to ^ verdict. and the foremaiof the jnry r lltd for pen and ink wilt which to j > rite the verdict, and knotted on the ; p or to announce to the expectant I j< >nvd that a verdict liad bun agreed ; t, ton twenty hours after th jury had ; tired to frame its verdict. j |t Karly in the morning, who it was n iderstiMtd that .Inror Jumprt, who is j p.;le looking young mill operative, : ,d acquiesced in the verdct of ac- n illt.tl, the impression gliw strong , ? d fast that it would not b long be- I'j re "Not guilty" would t- written w ross the face of the indlctnent. ai A TAI.K WITH TilK Jl'ltVKN. 1 have undertaken to find ut from e jurymen themselves whaUys the i dominating reason for t he reislon. 11 verai of the jurors stated that he re j m is no "predominating reason, but 'a hers explained that the ten irors "j ,d come to their conclusion for " nous reasons, hut that the mirrity, w ter being convinced that Mr. Jonles made a demonstration whe he ' n< l'L Col. Tillman at the transferor- ! ul r. acquiesced in the verdict. ^ Mark you. this concurrence Inthe P1 cw that .Mr. (ion/.ales did ma a miiiimi,iiion us xivi'ii .is me r?on r the minority joining tlie majCty ^ ew, alt tio(i?li It may have V>n ('c nply an excuse fur the juror. W>n e foreman of the Jury knocked ?n 80 e door to announce that a yct had heen agreed upon every ie lew as far as such a thing could 3 'y ssihle that it was a verdict of " ta illy," liecause tlie tirst report tit or me from the jury room was to t* 'n ect that ten jurors favored an a it till. Judge Clary promptly dlrectt (v .ughman to bring tlie prisoner, Co ines II. Tiliman, into Court ?n'hj( oners wore sent out for Col. Till m's counsel. It was not many mlnm es iM'fore Col. Tillman appeared 11?jr e Court room and, sitting around , in, were all of his counsel and quite ^ number of iiis relatives and friends. ^ I Solicitor Thurmond was In Court and w he asked tiiat his associates Tor the h prosecution In? called. There was some delay in Uridine the lawyers and Mr. C Thurmond tinally suggested that the h jury might at least l>c brought out. ii TIIKJUKY COMKH INTO COUKT. '' After the jury tiled into tlie Court room and took seats the situation was w critical and the stress intense. Kvery .one seemed to Ite expecting something, and every one knew what that some- !r thing was, hut Mr. Thurmoud's asso- ; ciates had not come into the Court ^ room, and he was asking that the Court wait until they arrived. Judge Gary tinally broke the strain e: hy saying that he saw no use for tl furthur delay, as the wait involved an is unnecessary strain, with tins, Mr. di Koon, ttie foreman of the jury, arose bi and handed the indictment to Mr. G George, the clerk of tlie Court. di "One minute," Mr. Clerk, said ai Judge Gary; "Sheriff, if any one In w this Court room makes any demon- 01 stration, or If there is anv violat ion of Si the rules of Court, you will make a prompt arrest and bring the party be- ti fore me, and I will deal with the ease, tl There must be no demonstration in at this Court." in CLERK GEORGE HEADS.* "NOT GUILTY." ^ Then Judge (iary permitted the clerk of Court to read the verdict of ^ "Not guiltv. The closeness of the slJ warning of Judge (iary and the read- p. ing of the verdict uo doubt did much y to keep down any hurrahing, but there was some enthusiastic friend who or could not rest rain his joy and nave one m good, hard cheer, hut nothing was (j( done with him. As soon as the verdict was announced Col. Croft and the other members of counsel for the defence nathered around Col. Tillman :if and congratulated him warmly upon c' his acquittal. I ar COL. TILLMAN CONGRATULATED. I tc Quite a number of Col. Tillman's Vj kinsmen have been devoted and con- m slant In their attendance upon the er Court, and they followed counsel in j)e their congratulations to Col. Tillman ^ For five or ten minutes the whole1 Court was given over to Col. Tillman. , wj The members of counsel for the de- ru Tence then went to the jury that sat , nearby and extended their personal! thanks for tlie verdict, and later on Jol. Tillman himself went over to the |t1| |ury and shook hands with each ;i^, member tiiat had given him ids liberty. it was wliile going from one jury- , Wl man to the other that Col. Till* s^; man seemed to most show his apprnci- ,je Km of ins liberty, because his eyes k,n jegan to water just a bit. From the ury Col. Tillman walked over and (j0 Jiook hands with Judge (iary. RELEASED FROM CUSTODY. C?J It took only a few minutes to draw lp the formal order releasing .lames 1. Tillman from the custody of ttie her ids of Richland and Lexington Co sountics, as the result of the acquital. While this formal order was benp prepared Mr. Georpe, the clerk of ^ourt, took the two pistols, those Till- , (jj( nan wore on the day of the trapedy, ?ut of liis drawer to hand them to Col. Tillman, and as he did so Col. Tillman vvii vaved l?othof his hands, as if to spurn | he offer, and said; "1 never want to 1 sul ee those thinps apain." There were 1 J a any requests from those around for ' tie rlpht to own of these weapons, j de; mt the smaller pistols was sent to its ed wner. ap The Luper mapazine pistol, from thi vhieh ttie fatal stiot was tired, was ma aken off by a relative of Col. Tillman, i cir vho wished to exhibit it in Aupusta. pel udpe Gary, before sipninp the order eleasinp Col Tillman, asked the Slate thi f there was any objection to his sipn- die np such a release, and after lie was i old that there was not. the order juc tras sipned and Col. Tillman left the no lourt room, surrounded by about fifty thi f his friends and relatives. ,-as There were no ladies in the Court tin oom at the time ttie verdict was read, vei Irs. James 11. Tillman was in the rny arlor of the residence portion of tiie sell ail, iiwaitinp the return of her hus- pie and. and as soon as Col. Tillman had not one into the jail to see ids wife he an( ;ft there with her to po and see his ( lother, who was at tiie Kaminer iotel, but siie met him oil the street, | etween the jail and the hotel, and, ^ lirowinp her arms around her son, (jt,r doomed him l?aek to freedom. Col. j^y 'illman then went into the hotel, ,t" 'ih*re ho had a regular levee uf friends \\y nd relatives. tl,r( LKKT KOK EDOKFIKLD. | Col. Tillman was Invited to dine, ^ id after that he arranged fur his ')a(, mther. Mrs. Norris, bis mother-inw, and liis wife, Ins little girl and ' I nisei f to leave Lexington on the "> ()Ut' clock train and go to Kdgetield, | ^ here he proposes to resume the prae- (ce of law. He said Thursday after- a[i ( ion it was too early fur iiim to talk . >out ills plans, but the prospects are lat he will remain at Kdgetield and ' actlce law there if he can so arrange t,u; He might stop over at Trenton . , id see Mrs. It. It. Till.nan, who was j veraly wounded In a runaway acci- ' mt several days ago. ! | During the progress of the trial for me reasons the Jurors refused to alw themselves to he photographed, v s it Thursday afternoon they careful- ( av arranged to have a group picture as a ken. Most of them left Lexington ' arc' i tlie afternoon train for their homes the various parts of the county. 1 ' brer BOMB AITVSITK KKKI.KI TIO.NS. (jj Is the time ever coming In South whi irolina when there will Ik* a return nun reason, and when politics and pas- ! slat in will not he dominant? com Perhaps the trial of lames 11. Till is m an and his acquittal will so tend to lngn aw public attention to the condi- land ins in this State, to the juries, to who e laws tlie sway of passion and poli- { peri ;s that the life of N. G. Gonzales | old i i ? rill have been last to some good is native Stale. Oil. Tillman shot Mr. Gonzales Olumbia on January lf>, 1903, and as been in jail in Columbia and L< igton since tliat time?ten moni 1 all. and even that is more punii lent than some folks thought ould receive. In that time he has become a I :iin and more reserved and quiet tanner, but otherwise he appears d the same James II. Tillman as ore. AN KXCEITIONAL CASK. There has never been a cause m( irnestly presented or defended th lat against James II. Tillman, a decided exception to tlnd a f tzen lawyers engaged in one caj at such, was the fact in the trial ol. Tillman, it has taken fourte iys of actual work to get a verdtt id this does not include the days hich recesses were made necessa i account of the illness of Jul liarpe, or Sundays. The actual trial has taken neat iree weeks, and the week befc lat commanded the attention of t torueys and others who were wale ig the developments of the case a ic arguments, or fixing the time 1 le actual trial to begin. The u ?ual interest in the case Ir indi*v.? i the great demand for bullcti om Lexington concerning the i lit of the trial. Hundreds of nev ipers and individuals asked for bul ns stating the mere result of t i.se. and both telegraph ofllces we 1 a constant rush all day sending o essages concerning the acquittal >1. Tillman. 8IIOWED OllEAT INTEKEST. Senator Tillman spent only one di . the trial, but that was quite sul ent to show his interest In the cas id it may lie noted that he has cai illy watched every phase of the ma r, and has been constant In his a ce and suggestions. Senator Ti an would no doubt have been prt it during the entire trial had he n en out of the State in the ear lys of the trial. Recently he h en in constant attendance on t ife, who was severely injured in naway accident. ALL HONOR TO JUDUBOARY. In the closing statements concer g the Tillman trial. It is well aiu speak of the satisfaction tin octal Judge <?ary gave. He did h >rk well and, under trying circuc inces. made prompt and uatisfactoi cislons. He has done much for h od reputation. The above account of the release < >1. Tillman was written by M igust Kohn, for the News ar urier, from which-paper we clip i A CARD OF THANKS, il. Tillman Hayn He Deeply Hcgro Mr. Gonzales Death. After his acquittal Col. Tillma :tated the following card of tliank lich he asked should be given tl dest possible publicity: "1 feel very grateful as to the ri It of the verdict, but at no time hi ipprehettd any serious consequence "I, of course, deeply regret tl ith of Mr. Gonzales, but 1 was for to do what I did. I have nevi prehended- a conviction, for 1 fe at 1 did no more than any oth< in would have done under the sam ouinstances, and what 1 was con lied to do. "My position was fully stated i 2 testimony 1 pave on the stand. 1 ask for a change of venue becaus convinced, on account of pr< lice in Richland County, 1 coul I pet a fair, and impartial trial i it county. 1 felt as soon as m ie could be presented to an impai 1 jury 1 could be vindicated. Th diet has justified the correctnesst judgment. Lexington County wa ected by the prosecution, its pec are law-abiding and have long bee ed for the fairness of their verdict 1 been praised by the press. "Signed.) .lames H. Tillman." A l.ynChliiK Bee. Valter Jackson, the convicted inui er of Fonnie Mack, a 6-year-ol , was taken from the county jai Hamilton Mont., Thursday nigh a mob and lynched. Shortly be s midnight seventy-five maskei n, all armed with ritles or shot is, forced their way into the jai 1 overpowered jailor Stephens kson was found crying in the dark portion of his cell. He pleadei Hiusly for mercy, but was rushei into the street where the mob ha< rdy provided themselves with i e. i rm was quickly thrown ove lectric light pole and the noos? ;t*d about Jackson's neck, lie wai L'd if he had anything to say, bu 1 pleaded for mercy. The mol n pulled him into the air, afte ch they quickly dispersed. Not i l was fired. Ii*r?l Times on (jrnml Cayman. ccording to information reeeivec iteamship from Georgetown, Granc man, the conditions on the islands result of the hurricane and Hood deplorable, and the people are scfng from fever. It is also stated t the supply flf food Is scant. The iking out of tlie fever Is attributed ctly to decaying fruit and sap tree* ch were felled by the storm and lerous cattle that perished. It is ed that small donations of food art ing from various sources, hut there lit KUllicicnt to relieve the sutleri of the poorer classes. On the isI arc only two physicians, one of in is a young man of limited exetice, while the other is rather an mau. J SHIPS WRECKED he By the Do;an in the Late Storm "K Which Raged ih he OFF NORTH CAROLINA COAST. bit ln News Iteacbo* Norlulk of Klnnnteru to ltiMht an'l Lett. Splendid Work Done by the Dlfe Having Station. )re A dispatch from Norfolk says the an tirst news received from the North It Carolina coasts since the hurricane ull that ratted there ten days ago dispels se, the hope that the terrltic shoals off ot Currituck and Hatteras have not en claimed their quota of the craft, ct, Two vessels are known to have been on lost ou that stretch of the coast and .rj Turther reports are expected to bring or news of other wrecks as at this time three schooners are missing together rly with one barge. Two schooners, and >rt- oarge in addition to those wrecked lie between Cape Henry and Dam Neck :b- were lost during Thursday and Friday, nd The crew of the schooners were saved 'or hut the barge went down with all u- hands on board. ed The tug Buccaneer, Captain Joseph ns Lane, reports that the barge Oracle re- foundered oil Cape Henry with Cap's tain Cookson. her cook and three seale men, all white. The tug sailed from he Baltimore, towing the Oracle which re was coal laden. (JIT Hod island the ut storm struck her on Thursday and the of barge with her crew went down. The tug could not approach the heavy sea, and was forced to come here for safeay tyObserver A. W. Drlnkwater of the ' Currituck station, reached Norfolk ' Wednesday by the inland route and . reports the loss of the schooners Ma(j bel Rose and J. W. Halden. The lifeII savers had seen tlie Rose about 2 p. >s m., Saturday with lier crew iu the (it rigging, but she was then two miles out at sea and nothing could be done ,*s for her. At 4 a. m., Sunday the life' -.avers succeeded in shooting a line a across tiie wreck and within eighteen minutes after the tirst man had been started ashore the captain and crew of seven men were on the beach In n_ safety. It is estimated that the cargo t<( of lumber carried by the schooner lt Rose was worth more than $">0,000. Is Three-masted schooner J. B. Hoi- - -rr-r n' den, of Suifolk, is ashore near |False rv Cape, Va.. ?nd is a total loss. Uef js captain. W. U. Crammer, of Suifolk, and her crew were taken otf by the r,f life-savers and are safe. The Holden r was heavily laden with lumber and in |(j attempt to save at leat a portion of t her cargo will be made. The ocean going tugs accustomed to stand oif Cepe Henry awaiting the arrival of Baltimore bound schooners were unable to stand the storm outside and came in to Norfolk. They report that the schooners Isabell Gill, May Lee i'atton, Jennie ,n Thomas, bound from the south for s Baltimore, are not accounted for. The ^ wires to the coast are oown but there is grave reason to fear for the safety of these vessels. Cautain Thomas. s- commanding the schooner Henry S. Id L^tle, wliicli came in Wednesday ;in s. distress, is reported in the marine dis?e trict as saying that he saw three c- schooners in a very dangerous predicajr ment, and whicii seemed to be in it danger of going on shore. He mansr aged to keep clear of the coast and e made this port. It is regarded as i- possible tlrat the Gill, Thomas and l'atton may have made some port and n the fact not yet reported. In an Earthquake. ^ The Norwegian steamer Ellida, Capt. Petersen, which lias arrived in n Mobile, was caught in an "earthquake'' at 2.f>"> A. M., September 20, r tourteen miles otT the Cuban stiore, e and the shock, was so severe that it j. threw the men from their bertlis and s knocked all quite violently about. } Capt Petersen says the Ellida was er route to Santiago from Venzuela with s cattle. The engines were running full speed and every thing was all right. The water there is from 1,200 to 1,400 fathoms deep. There were no other vessels in sight. Suddenly, with no warnings whatever, the " Ellida seemed to have run aground. ' She quivered, creaked, her propeller 1 was out of water, and it seemed as though the steamer was constantly ris' ing on the crest of a hidden reef. Then, in the twinkling of an eye, she * seemed to absolutely drou into t.he 1 very chasm of the deep. Bold ltolihers. j One of the most daring hank robj beries in Illinois was committed early j Wednesday morning at Berwick. Knur t men, armed to the teeth, in a wagon, r drove into that town and entered the e Farmers' Stale Mank, where they s forced the combination of the big L safe with dynamight and secured $2,, 800 in cash. The explosion awakened r a number of residents of the town, k who appeared on the scene, but at the point of nuns they were compelled by the robbers to keep away from the hank folding until they had loaded their booty into a bunny. The rob, hers then drove olT In an easterly , direction, but were not followed by ! the territied citizens, who were panicstricken by the boldness of the robj bery. A Lucky Ne?ro. I Andrew lieared, a negro, who has i earnened a modest salary in the I machine shops of the Louisville ana i| Nashville railroad in Iiurmintrhain, Ala., for 20 years, has sold to the : makers of the .lanney car coupler a patent car coupler, which he invented 10 years a^o and has perfected since ' until found acceptable to eminent railroad authorities. Heard is to tret i j i 100,000 and royalties for 17 years on j all couplers made on his m >del.