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WI "DO THOU L?B?BTY GREAT. ' lilSP?RE OUB SOULS AND MAKE OUR'tlV&MrffHY. POSSESSION- HAPPY, OB OUB DEATHS GLORIOUS IK THY CAUSE." BENNETTS VTLBE, S. C., EBEFj^-JF, OCTOBER 9, 19U3. TILLMAN ON TBIAL. ? ?v'^j?rra'?iment of tho Man Who Xilled Editor Gonzales. - ,? ^ THE JURY QUICKLY BEOUBED. V ..The. Prisoner, When Plnced In the Box, 'pienils "Not Guilty" to . .' the Ohnrse of Murder in a Firm Volco... : James H. .Tillman, some time ' lieutenant governor of South Carolina . and charged with the murder of N. G. Gonzales, editor of The State, on - the 15th of January last, a.few days -. before tho expiration of his term of o'lllce, was Monday placed on trial for P his life, at Lexington, S. C. The assemblage In the court room, which Tar from crowding, scarcely realized for a*momcnt that the trial , would actually begin, so freqnet have Jibeen the predictions or further delay. ? . Two sessions courts have intervened ; in Richland sinCe the homicide, the defense obtaining nonti nuances at. \- both . and. a change of venue at the last. Again the spectators were agee * able disappointed when a Jury was secured by 1.15 p. m. from the origi nal panel. It would have been secur ed in half an hour save for the con test over Murray Parnell. When the court convened at 10 a. m. the counsel for the prisoner were pres ent ?s follows: G. W. Croft, P. H. Nel son, 'O. W. Buchanan, George John stone, Efl rd & Dreher, W. II. Sharpe G. T. Graham, G. ll. Rcmbert and C. L. Please. For the State, besides Solicitor Thurmond, were Gi D. I'el ' linger. Andrew Crawford, Wm. Eliott, Jv T. L. A sbi 11 ;i nd L. T. Kt ti rk ie. The" prisoner's mother, Mrs. D. D. Tn.man, ina wile anu several lady friends, were in the court room* most of the day. Senator Tillman was pres ent. THE FIRST MOVE. ) Attorney Graham, as soon as the i -judge entered, rose witli a copy ot ? The State in hand and said. "1 think j'it my duty to call to the court's atlen -tion an article entitled 'Jugglery i r- With the Courts.' "I object," Inter f polated the solicitor. We are here for i the trial of this case and such matter ?5 ?B not proper nor relevant to it." . V . Judge Gary said: "My impression is ! that Mr. Graham desfres to make a ! statement in behalf of thc Loxington bar, and as such! think it proper to hear him." Mr.Asbjll of the State's counsel mi nidress (he court and said; "1 consider ? myself a member of the Lexington bar S and 1 have heard nothing of a state ment on the part of the bar." T Judge Gary-It would not be proper to hear the statement unless it comes ufrom the whole bar. 1 so rule. jfe--Mr. Sharpe remarked that it came lr'>yfroiu the majority of the Lexington bar." "S '8WEA.HINO THE .TU KY. "Nearly; if not all the jurymen were V placed; on their voir dires, and, .with . ' viut.. ?x;;i:p?4o;''iy they-swore that- they i liad'expressed no .opinions and were . ''conscious ;Oi no bias for or against the i prisoner, an attitude remarked by i'sonie as singular in its unanimity, con Vside'ring thc wide publicity the case .imV. received. After Parnell had an ?.s.w?rcd the usual questions thc sol iel tor linquired if he bad a registration cer 1 tillea te. He replied atlirmativoly. The r?olieitor swore Clerk ot' Court George linnd Introduced the county registra I'tion. books' and on them Parnell's thumb ?lfi not appear. I A lengthy argument ensued. The : defense presented testimony that t he \ original registration books had been ;lost.. or not returned when used in an i election concerning the annexation ol' ?a part-of rbis countv to Richland county. ;. Messrs. Croft and Johnstone argued '.that the name might have been omitt ed from Gie books and t he State hav ? lng propounded the question on the ,Vior dire had waved the right to ap neal to the books as the highest evi dence. ?* ' STOOD 111M ASI 1)1!. Judge G,ary held, however, t hat to be a legal juror one must heil qualified elector and directed the inquiry to that point. Ile was about to allow Parnell logo to his home 12 miles dis tantand search for the certMicate when Mr. Thurmond consented to accept his ruling wil li the evidence at band. His honor ruled that taking Par nell's positive slat.euio.it in connection with.the apparent irregularity of the books he would admit him to be sworn, whereupon the solicitor excused Parnell ano so yielded one of his live challenges. Parnell was the second pian drawn, and after his case was dis posed of the remaining ll jurymen were rapidly secured. :' The Stale had exhausted its chal lenges when eight or nine had been sworn and the defense had utilized all Of its ten before the jury box was lull. TIIK .IUKOK8. : Four of the SO, A. D. Fallow, Joel II. Geiger,'!. W. Dreher ?ind Simon Cor .l?y were excused by the court for one or another cause. . Of thc jurymen selected Say lor, Uis inger, Leitzsey, Koon, Sharpe,Shealey and Price are farmers: Wood, Lyhrand, Horley and Jumper are colton mill operatives, and Hicks is a carpenter. Wood is a boss ot" a weave room. ! The following jurors drawn were challenged by the defense: M. M. Kleckly, Eugene C. Williams, Luther J. Hook, J. Laurence J limper, John IS. Stack, L. O. Wil-on, G. M. Lewis, Thos. J. Hoof, Geo. W. Derrick. The following were challenged by the Slate: John H. Heed, John J. Younginer, Noah ll. Taylor, .Murray Parnell and J. Eugene L?rick. Tl IK PUIBONKlt lUtOUOlIT IN; -A recess of half an hour was taken at the solicitors request during which the prisoner was brought in by Sherill' Caugliman. When Hie solicitor an nounced the State ready, Mr. Croft in quired, "ls Mr. Ambrose E. Gonzales in court" and if in response to a sub poena duces tecum issued for the de fense liad he brought the liles of the Columbia State from April 15, l(M)2, to September 15, \\m.\. Counsel for the State .replied allirmat ively, and Mr. Croft declared flint t hough some of Iiis witnesses were st ill absent they would he here and lie could safely announce tho defense ready. Tho prisoner (intered thc small semi octagonal dock, which is elevated atiout 12 inches from thc Door, and stood in it for arraignment. On one siqestood Mr. Croft and on the other Mr.-helson. Clerk of Court George .*r.***tU0 indictment ina matter of W -Mid the prisoner replying to Vi . 'on, said, "not. guilty" ' out t he room. ni'^ ' liss ion to "ti and jl?arg?d Judge Gary directed thesherll? Lo uave two of bis constables swum, he instructed "td take .charg?" of.- the jury ?nd .keep them together, in .the . recess ind to allow none to approach them with regard Lo the case, Mr. P. ll.'Nelson of prisoner's^oun ?el here said:' "While no literature bearing on thc case should go Into the Jury's hands 1 th|nk it proper to.rc quest that in view of utterances In the (Jolumbia Suite last Saturday and to day, they be especially instructed not to read that newspaper during this trial." "1 think that request proper," said the judge, and lie so instructed tho jury. The court then adjourned until A p. m. TAKING TESTIMONY. Tho hearing of testimony by the Stute WHS commenced alter ihe recess. lt was mainly confined lo Policeman Boland's story ol the arrest of Till man, to the identification of Tillman's pistols by Slieril? Coleman and Olerk of Court Walker, together with Hie buhot from the German magazine pis lol which pierced Mr. Gonzales through und through, und lo the identificatiuns of clothing worn by him willi its bullet holes, on tlie day that he was mortal ly struck, tue hitler hoing sworn lo by Messrs. Hoyt, Wood and Wallace ot The Stale. Tue court then adjourned to Tuesday. Mr. Ambrose E. Gonzales, eldest brother of Hie late edilor, was present throughout thc day. Such is an outline of the fast day's story. Every point was contested closely as it arose. Brief delays were nut infrequent and the indications ure that the trial will be lung draw.n out. Anio time was the court room uncom fortably crowded. Al no time was Hie leasl excitement manifest. A stranger would scarcely Infer, except, from Hie great array ol luwyers, that a case of uncommon inteiest was engaging the Lexington court of sessions. COUNTRY SCHOOLS. Some Trs???f-s About Thcsn TZ.a? Parents Should Itciiiciiiber. One of Hie greatest mistakes willoh many boards ol' school trustees make, says Hie Commoner, is tu hire teach ers with refereuce' merely to the amount of salary stipulated for. A "cheap" teacher is generally an in-' experienced line, to say the least, and cuuntry chlliren are thereby robbed ur Hie benefit they have a right tu de mand from Hie muney spent for theil Instruction. The country school, in too many instances, seems tu be given over tu Hie ''prentice hand" uf young, inexperienced boys and girls, who shuuld themselves-be gulng to school and the muney npportinoned fur the maintenance uf Hie school is thus worse than frit! ered away, bc cause ul Hie careless, unscholarly way in which the sohoni work is carried un. Coun try children, like city children, shuuld have the advantage of good teachers, but we are surry tu say that in- many instances, the school is given to the uno who will take it fur the least muney, regardless of fitness for the place, when Hie .additional tax of a few cents for each taxpayer will give a sum that would hire a tether who Would 'nut only be a'blessing in " thc school room, hutu power fur untold good among the young peuple nf Hie neigheorhood. In selecting ?a man tu care for the stuck, regard is had to his fitness foi the work, and he is usually under sur veillance; neglect or treatment tend ing to induce deteriuralion in value, of the animals under his care, is at unce resented by Hie owner; The wise farmer considers it poor economy to let a. good hand gu because one of interior qualifications can be had for ii few duhars a munlh less un his wages, and these wise pr?cautions should be exercized to a mud) greater i'Xtent where our children are con-' cerned. How many parents know what is taking place in the. school room, or even on the grounds, cr whether ur not the teacher Is even quail lied to give oversight to the moral deport nient- of the children in Iiis or her charge? What do the par ents know, exept by hearsay, (if even that) of the amount of intellectual growth the child is making, ur if it is progressing at all? How often du they visit the schools? What du the direc tors kuuw about the wurk of the teacher they have given the people? Whose business it il? Who makes it iMir business? A farmer who would leave thc care of the slock entirely Lu the hired man, never going near it, himself, would be. considered a very slack "hand," but very few parents visit Hie schools where their most precious belongings aie learning more than book lore. Do you ever think that your Indigence encourages any tendency the teacher may have to slight ur neglect the schuol duties? Where visitors ate frequent, Hie teacher, as well as the pupils are anxious tu have things in shape to merit approval, and we may not measure the good our presence and oversight may do to both. IO von at the cost of a few additional dollars to yourself lind others, you should in sist on giving your children the bene fit of a teacher whose broad knowledge, scholarly training and ambition tu earn the wages given him, would result greatly lo their ad vantage. Children, as a rule, care very little to gu to school, except fur the excitement of the play-ground, and the ordinary "cheap" teacher has neither the mental ability, moral capacity ur scholarly attainments willi which lo awaken Hie interest, or amuse Hie mind of thc little .unes placed In Iiis or her charge. Found in a Uiver. The dead body of Robert Padget? who has been missing for several days, was found Wednesday floating down Hie river at Williamslon, Ni C.' It was In an upright position and people un a passing steamer thought the mau was alive until within a few feet of the corpse. Severe bruises were found on the forehead and indicated foul play. If he was murdered it was not for the purpose of robbery, as the man's muney was still in his pockets. killed hy a Full. Mrs. M. I). Howe, of West Point, Ga., as guest of her daughter, Mrs. S. T. Whitaker, in Columbus, Ga., had the misfortune to stumble and fall while going down the steps at their home, receiving injuries which proved fatal one week after the accident happened. She died in Columbus at (J.JJO o'clock Wednesday night and her remains were brought to West Point, Lia., for interment this morning. : MURTS FOR Lim .* .-; Tinman's lawyers .Wanta to Exclude . 1 :. ' the Dying Statement of /. ? --. Svj THE 8TATE'8 DEAD EDITOR Prom tho Kori} of tho Jury "Who . are to Say Whether Till man id Guilty or Innocent. The Tillman case is still being heard at Lexington. The first witness on Tuesday* was Mr. Geo. M. Kohn. He test!lied as to how he got the bullet which killed Gonzales. He.took it from a lad and turned il over to the sheriff. . Di's. Guerry, Taylor and Pope were tho next witnesses. Bf5 Guorry Said he did not have any hope for Gon zales from the Hist as he regarded his wound a fatal one. Dr. Taylor corroho lated the above testimony. He de scribed the course of the bullet. The solicitor asked him a question about the position of the prisoner and Hie dead man when thc bullet was fired. The lawyers had a long discussion as to whether or not the, witness was an i xpert in such matteis-and "whether the question should be answered. Finally, thc wt-ness was allowed to,nn SW?rand he said from the direction of thc bu Ucl it must have bc u lired downwards, and that lt. had been shot at the ?ide of the victim, and could tut have been shot at the front. From the very first the witness had recogniz ed that the wound was fatal, though lie was not certain of lt until after the operation. KIKEI1 FUOM THK SIDE. On cross examination he said from the nature of the wound it must have been tired from the Side?' In answer to Mri Nelson he said that the opera tion on Mr. Gonzales was performed in tiiu hope of recovery. Mr. Nelson put question sb that,it would appear that Mr. Gonzales submitted to the opera tion in the hope of recovery, and on redirect examination bc said that Hie operation was performed because physician thought it was necessary and Mr. Gonzales must have had that hope, else he would not have consent ed to thc operation: The witness test!Hedi however, that Mr. Gonzales had said not hing to him and the only reason he said that. Gonzales bad hope Was because he had-consented to the operation. All this was brought out in order to prevent a declaration of Gonzales, after he was shot, that lie had sent ho message to Tillman, being introduced as evidence. Thc law re quires that a dying declaration cannot bc admitted as evidence if tho-dyhig man had hope or reason to believe he would recover. Dr. Pope testified that he heard Gonzales make a statement after lie was taken to the. hospital, a d Mr. Nelson asked quest ions, endeavoring to show that morphine dulled the mind and prevented one from having a clear understanding. The lawyers were in another wnfngle as to whether Dr. Pope could testify as to whether death was Imminent. The court de cided that he could do so and Dr. Pope proceeded to try to tell .what Gonzales said t.OL,h}m-sbon-aftoi- tho ! shobting-'Wliile he was lying In the State ollice. ?i > '* i ?.>;. CONTESTING A POINT. Lawyers for the defense objected at nearly every point and the Jury was sent out ol' thc room while the ques tion of admitting the dying declara tion was discussed. - The admission of a declaration by the deceased editor is one of the chief points In the case, because it directly contradicts any statement that, Gon zales sent any message i o Tillman and also gives Gonzales' stat ement I hat. he Aas crossing the pavement in order hot lom el Ti hnan on he day ol* Hie tragedy and was not approaching him in a menacing way as the prisoner had asserted. Under the ci icu mst ames t he lawyers fought most, vigorously inl and against t he ad mission ol any dying' dcclaruti ii. While the jury was out Dr. Pope was allowed to tell what. Gonzales said to him and that was,'.'1 am dying." ' V The fl?tense argued genera.'lyj:(?hat Gonzales was under ttie influenceof morphine and that even were-be iiot the fact was that he submitted to lin operation because he had hftpas^Qf re covery, and, ace rding to law,,;if lie had any hope whatever, any de'cfeit tion made by him was incompetent.. The prosecution argued t hatCoiizak;s' Statement, 1 am dy ii g," was".positive evidence t hat he had no hope and the operation was performed not because Gonzales hail any hope, but as an act of humanity by physicians, who, under such Circumstances, will do all they can to save life. .lodge Gary tinnily admitted the tes timony and Dr. 1'ope fold the jury that Gonzales said to him In a low tone of voice-"I'm killed." Later, he saw Gonzales inakiiigasialement tostenog ra pl ie rs at the hosp.tal, the purport of which he did not know. At the Stale ollice and at thc hospital, Gon zales was in a critical condition, and tlie witnesses did not have any hope lor him. Gonzales1 min i was clear cn both occas ons. If the operation had not been performed Gonzales wou.d haye died from bleeding in twenty lour hours. RELATIONS LIN PLEASANT. A. IO. Gonzales, brother ol' the late Ts*. G. Grnzales, then took the stand and test I tied that thc relationship be tween his brother and the d?tendant had hot been pleasant. Mr. "Nelson asked whether he had not heard N. G. Gonzales refer to Till man as a cur, a thief and a coward. The slate objected, but, the court al lowed the quest ion. The witness said lie could not remember that, but he thought that all X. G. Gonzales said was said in t he Stat e newspaper. Ile did not recall that beever heard N.O; Gonzales discuss privately Tillman's character. Mri Nelson asked whether as a mat ter of fact he did not know that N. (J. Gonzales entertained hostility and ma lignity towards .lames H.- Tillman. On object ion being made, th? cou rt re fused to permit/the question. The wit ness said that, all he had ever heard his brot her say was expressed in the editorials. His brother was a man of few worsd. Ile wrote more than he gossiped, lt was a rare thing for him lo denounce any one. He rever made a threat. If he thought it necessary to denounce a niiin his brother w mid go to liim to his lace. He never so fai ns he knew denounced any hotly privately. Mr. Nelson tried to bring out that N. G. Gonzales has denounced Till man before he was In public life. The wit ness said he could not, answer. Mr. Nelson asked whether witness did not know that Iiis brother had hitler feel ings against Tillman, and thc witness said that for several years thc relation between them were certainly not friendly. Mr. Nelson insisted on a di rect reply and the witness responded that bc did not know whether bc could answer. Mr. Nelson insisted on an an-1 swer,."Yes?'or "No." Finally lie re-L' ?lied that he did hob know-that his" rotHief's feiolihg-were bitter or hostile; towards Tillman, ? ; j "The witness said his brother hos'?ab:, solute.?ontrol of tho policy of the State' newspaper, arid notwithstanding the relationship between him and his brother, which .were.always pleasant, he could not say that his brother had expressed bitter feelings against Till man. Ile may have made bitter re marks buf all the witness knew of his opinions were derived from his edi torials There was no occasion for N. G. Gonzales to express his opinions to the witness. It is poss ble, however, that he might have said to the witness privately that Tillman was a thief, a liar, and a debaunchce. TOOK HIS PISTOLS. Chief of Police Daly of Columbia said Tillman was delivered into his custody on thc day of thc tragedy. When Tillman arrived in the police station, Policeman Roland had one pistol be longing to Tillman, and witness took another from the prisoner, getting it from Tillman's hip pocket. Ile said that Xvi could not recall 'whether Tillman had voluntarily given him the pistol or not. He may have Intended to oller it, but the witness took it from his hip pocket. Deputy Sheriff Cath cart identitled Tillman's. pistols and said that he had turned them over to the clerk of the court. This testimony was adduced to get the pistils in evi dence. QOT THE PISTOLS FIXED. W. Ii\ Sc i gb ls gunmaker of Colum bias was put on thc stand and was shown the magazine pistol owned by James H. Tillman, lt had been brought to him thc day before Gonza les was killed to be repaired.. It was brought by Fred Dominick who called for it and received it on the morning of the tragedy. Thc bullet which had been previously introduced as evidence, wosehown Mr. Seiglitz and he was asked to say whether it was of t. e same calibre as one that might be tired from the pistol with which Till man shot Gonzales. Ile was allowed to go out with the bullet and a cart ridge from.Tillman's pistol in order to weigh them. When bc came back the lawyers had much discussion as to whether or nor. Mr. Seiglitz was an ex pert, .lodge Gary decided that- he could testify and Seiglitz testified that the bullet was of t hc same calibre as that carried by Tillman's pistol and could have been Hied from it. SAW ms PISTOL. Dr S. T. D. Lancaster, a member of the. legislature from Spurtanburg, tes ti tied t hat on the day previous to the homicide he had seen a pistol in the pocket of tlic overcoat of Tillman. Thc latter was standing on the state house grounds, near Gervais street. Witness saw thc handle of the pist ol distinctly protruding from thc pocket of Tillman s overcoat. On redirect ex amination the witness insisted that he could not be mistaken about what he saw inTilhnan'scoat tail pocket. W. B. Ganse, a member of the legis lature from Florence, was the next wit ness. He said that during the last ses sion of the legislature he met Col. Tillman iii front of the "sky scraper," in Columbia. It was the first day ol t he session. Tillman was In company with others and when_tuev-talked about where each wai staying, Tillman "sald'he had not told his wife where he was going to stop, but that he had told ber that lie had put|some of the State's editorials in his .pocket and he might stay in the penitentiary. liv Ii. Arthur, of Edgctield, said thal last y6ar in the* month of October^ oi 1 November he passcda livery stable.; ir Edg'?li?Td'''while Tillman and other: were talking. Ile heard Gonzales nanitrmentioned and he heard Tillman say, "if 1 had some way togetat him.' Witness passed on and did hot heai thc rest, of tli? sentence. THOUGHT HE WOULD DIE. On Wednesday Dr. James McIntosh of.Columbia, gave iii detail the treat ment administered and said before tin operation Gonzales' mind was clear Ile asked the witness: "Doctor 1 wain you to state lo me frankly whether am mortally wounded or not." Tin witness replied that he thought tin wound fatal and Gonzales said, ". ihink thc.jeriow got me." M. C. Wallace, foreman of thc .lol deparrnrunt of the State new paper saw Tillman when he shot Gonzales When-he -first saw Gonzales he "wa walking as if be was about to turi from Main into Gervais. ' He saw Gon zales later in his otllce, and the du ceased had said to witness: "This i ?ny death. 1 am shot through th stomach and cannot live." MK. HOYT ON THE STAND. James A. Hoyt, Jr., associate edito of the The State, was the next wit ness. He recited the scenes in th State otlice when he arri ved there fror his home. The principal portion c his testimony was what Mr. Gonzalo had said to liini in regard to Iiis court I lion." 11 is as follows: "Ile sajd to me. after his wife lef j him: '1 was only afraid t hat I wool die before my wile got here.' " Then the prosecution sought to gc Mr. Hoyt to give a description of th shoot ingas Mr. Gonzales had given I to him shortly alter the shooting, an while the wounded man was yet in th State ollice. " Col. Croft objected, ii Mr. Gonzales was not at that time i extremis, and therefore thisstatemen to Mr. Hoyt as a hying declaratio could not be introduced. Judge Gary ruled that a dying deck rat.ion must bi; made while a man wu in ext remis, but st ill the books do nc declare that he must die immediately There are eases where men lived foil and live days after making their dyin declaration, and one case where th deponent lived lifty-t wo days. Hebel that il'a oran realized be was going t die, a few days more or less living mad no difference. When a man is in o: trends and makes a statement and after wards hope is raised in him, til statement while he was in extremis i competent. If Mr. Gonzales was i ext remis and without hope of life who he made the statement in the Stat otllce, and afterward he was . give some hope of life, the statement mat in the State ollice is competent. T11 H STAT E Mi: N Tj A DM I TTE D. ; After considerable discussion anion I he. lawyers Mr. Hoyt was recalled t the stand, lie said that Dr. Grlftit was the li i st physician t o reach M Gonzales. Solicitor Thurmond the renewed the question as to what M Gonzales luid told Mr. Hoyt as to tl manner of thc killing. The defense objected again ar Judge Gary went into an exposition < his uuderslanding of the law in tl case. He summed up by saying th; in his opinion I he condit ions su n oun ing Mr. Gonzales at thc time we such as to tully me '.sure up to the r (pi i lenients of the law of thc state ai he would, therefore, rule that ti evidence of Mr. Hoyt was admlssabl Colonel Croft again objeced, stiyh that there was a written dying debi rat ion and t he verbal fine to Mr. Ho, should not be admitted. Judge Gary ruled that Mr. Hoy I evidenco was competent. The afternoonssession was stormy to a great .degree: 'fit.was battle after bat tle over tho $dmrajQO of dying decla rations' made bj-'Mr.' .Gonzales-' to sev eral friends;.' Sp|!? tig and lasting were' theso.i.dlsputes.jriiat only, three wit nesses were hCsw'-.'-The jury was sent out of .the C?\1E? >room three different times, while the/lawyers; argued over the testimony'J^?Vall these Instances the evidence yfas^givcn ;to the judge and then the attorneys contended over its admission.pr^eolar?tlon.Then the' jury was brought\-back and the case proceeded aecordlbgUov'.whatever was the ruling of .the^Ourt..: . OONZALES'^t?NU STATEMENT. When court ^reconvened at 3 p. m.^ Mr. Hoyt pioceeqecl to.glve his state ment. Mr. HoytKtheh said Mr. Gon zales made the following statement to him: Vi-v- ' r "He said thatitg :had left the State ?nice to go tb "dlhneri-he was walking a ong Main str?<ft?\r towards the state capitol, and he got nearly to the city raliway transf?r$tatl?rt when he saw Jim Tillman cdir?lug from the capitol with two men w$oiir^re didn't recog nize; he said there" were' several people standing around'the' eoruer, and that he saw if he kept?qn his' course along t: e edge of tlm-pavement he would brush against .these-rae'n, and to avoid them, lie cut diagonally across the pavement toward' the corner of the transfer statlon,>utld_as he was going across he saw Tii^tpah.pull a big pistol and shoot. He sald:that he turned and faced him and exclaimed: Shoot again, you coward. Yo]f/have killed me.' He looked Tillman Ju the face and Tillman held thcjmistol at him, out didn't shoot: he^fsitj: that then some gentlemen rail uprjiiiu h?lpei htm; he said that just as-b?isbol-just about the time Tillman ?bpt-that he (Till man) exclaimed', ?fT.'bave done what you said,' or 'I haye?taken you at your word,' or soiuetbjrL&Bke that." The statement, Hoyt said, was about half an hour af teethe, shooting. Mr. Hoyt was quest ioupd On cross examina tion by Mr. N3lsflii;''as to his feelings towards the defe'n'dafit: "Your feelings M\Vardshlm are very bitter, aren't the'v_Hf ' Don't you feel very revengeful.alW?'thim?" . "Well, 1 don't t^j.I?k I harbor ven geance against any^u?," "You don't fe-.d;' hostile towards him?" EE "That hardlyexpresses lt." "Well, express it^oursclf," said Mr. Nelson. ?K "I feel" very .Inragaiit towards the man who han kilfcd my best friend, and 1 supposeyr^harbor vengeance towards anybody, ij^would be toward him," replied th? jwtp?ss. Dr. C. W. Barr^ofebf the Columbia hospital, was piefituij, when Mr. Gon zales was brought' t?tere from the State otllce. He said he ??jk?d- Mr. Gonzales within ten or fifyien minutes aftei he was earricd Int^bje hospital: "N. G., do you. uifderstand, y our con dition? " ..?4'n." "I do, doctor," ^Gonzales replied when witness .salcpie asked him thc furthci question: ')p'oyou understand N. G., that you AiU probably die?" the reply being,-,wi{Yness testified: "J do." . tr.'.'; - The doctor sald-JMV Gonzales had nc -hope of recov-e'ry^'^a^'cdnsldercd Gon zales in extremi.sl;.j\?Y}tn?ss said Gon zales made a'sttaie^cnt at the. hospi tal, which thf ' ^^?Sg ??vld o^nzalei .sai?-Wu?^ti??W:?i.''',,c^-:it;i * TT* AN0THEK~8TATEMBNT. Dr J. W. Balrook, "superintendent of the State.Irisane>hospital, saw Gon zales as he lay oh the.floor in the Stat? otllce. He described the location o tile bullet wounds, and gave the opin ion that it was indicated * hat thi body of a man receiving such wound: was on the point of turning Dr Babcock also saw.Gonzales at the hos pliai just after he was received there Gonzales, he said, made a statemeh to him which he sa'd he took down ii notes. Reading from his notes, h said the following were the words o Gonzales as near as he could take i down. "He had one man with.himwho wa a particular friend of his, Talbird: ai: other man whoso face 1 did not ot serve. I started for the state house a usual. As. I got .o. the corners c Gervais street, 1 recognized Tillmar 1' knew If Ikept on I would col lid with him, as tiley were three abreasl both on tile outside. I cut diagonall across to the left,* Intending to tur the corner into Gervais street, whic I could have done without touchin the inside man. As I got on the tur two or three feet from the exac corner, he said, pulling pistol (or h had it in his sleeve) tired, and mad some expression. Tue shock tur? me around against the pillar on ..I ai street. 1 faced him. Ile pointed th pistol; I called him a coward, ll said, '1 took your advice,' or sonn thing to t hat effect; he put the piste in his pocket md sauntered into til street. 1 never sent him a message He >aid, '1 have taken you at yoi word.' 1 suppose he referred to sonn thing I said in an editorial In tl: campaign. He said this after he tire? 1 had no Idea of meeting him. A ftc I had seen him two days before in tl lobby of the house. The thing wi finished as far as I was concerned." Tlie statement was first given I the witness in the absence of the jiir, the defense objecting to the introdu tion of tlic latter part, but subsequen ly withdrew the objection. . August Kohn,a newspaper write who was at the hospital at the tin Dr. Babcock was there, said Mr. Goi zales told him at that time in an ai s wer to question that he (Gonzalo had not sent a message to Mr. Til mau. A HULL DAY. Thursday was a dull day in the trlii Almost thc entire time was consume in the reading of the editorials thi have appeared in the Stale crlticisil Colonel Tillman. Thc liles of th paper were put In evidence on the fir day of the trial by thc prosecution ai such matters as that side of the co troversy desired to usc was read toda Washington King, member of tl legislature, from Florence, was tl next witness. Ile testilicd that on tl day before the shooting he saw Jam II..Tillman with a pistol In his leftli pocket. ? This was In- the aflcrnoo Tillman was either tak.ng off or jpi ting on his overcoat at the time in t hotel* He could not rcir.cinber whut er it was before or after dinner. Immediately after tho testimony -. Mi. King Mr. Elliot began rcadi, from the liles of the State and cont', ned four or live hours. The evening session of thc court \t consumed in continuation of the re;a i hg of editorials from the Col?nAl State. ? SENATOR THOMAS TALMUD. ' One of thc mast Important witnes: for Krlday afternoon was Senat Thomas Talbird. of Beaufort Counl He was a strong personal friend of C Tillman and had been a schoolmate Mr. Gonzales. He had been Intima with Col. Tillman In recent years, a lt was evident that he tried all throu his evidence to bc absolutely exa and there was the highest comment tion of the tone and accuracy of Iiis r important evidence. (Continued on page 4.) TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. Jealousy and Di ink Caused an ?wfa^j Homlcid and Buoide. " A MAH KILLS HIMSELF AND WIFE Wer o Seperafed bat. Were He co ti died and. Seemed Happy In Each Other's Company Jast Before Shooting* Barnard Barnes, a young white man ?about 25 years of age, in Augusta, Ga., shot his wife to death Thursday morning at tbe home of K. L. Horne, on Gwinnett Btreet, near the exposi tion grounds, and theil turned tbe revolver to his temple and Bent a bul let orashfng through his own brain. 1 Hiring a married life of about five years the couple have not lived hap pily together, and especially during the past twelve months have they quarreled frequently because of the husband's inebriety and a Jealousy bc entertained toward his wife. JEALOUSY AND SEPARATION. About a week ago Mr. and Mrs. Barnes parted, the wife going to buard with Mrs. Horne. It seems that the cause leading up to the separation was the fact that Mrs. Barnes was* of a lively disposition and enjoyed pleasant association, which angered ber hus band and created jealousy in the ex treme. He would not remain for a very long time in one position and quite frequently came to bis home in a state of intoxication. When Barnes was married he was a lineman, but shortly afterward was given a position with thc eleotlc lighting company as trimmer. After remaining In that position for a time he went to work in the cotton mills, but more recently took a position with tbe car repairing force of the Central railroad. Satur day he secured a position again as a lineman and, it seems, bad affected a ! reconciliation with his wife, and they 1 were to live together again. DIFFERENCES PATCHED UP. Wednesday he had an Interview with his wife at her boarding house and their differences seemed to have*been patched up. Wednesday night he went back, per engagement', and thc two seemed in quite a pleasant mood. They retired to their room about 10 o'clock and were beard talking and laughing together for some time. There was not the faintest suspicion that what was then a dead past was to be unearthed, rather the horizon of the future for the young folks ap peared to be resplendent with a radi ent bue. In the new position which Barnes was to have accepted Thurs day morning be would make a good wage. He vas forgiven for all that had gone before; for the time, any way, thc demon of jealonsy^had been crushed and the love which they bad ? ii tor tai ned - for. caph other jwhen : tbey. made the vows to cleave unto each other until death was fully renewed. The members of the household be lieved the couple were wrapped In peaceful slumber and the rising of the morning sun would open to them a new life. AWAKENED TO DIE. Before seveu o'clock Thursday morning they arose and were heard stirring about in their room. They were heard talking earnestly for some little time, when suddenly, about 7:30 o'clock, a pistol shot rang through the house and the woman screamed. There were two other shots in quick succession and the members of the household rushedto the hallway just in time to see Mrs. Barnes* run out of the bedroom in which she and her husband had spent the night, slam the door and start to turn out of the front door, when she groaned, puttier hand to her side and sank to the floor almost over the front door-sill. The bedroom' door was thrown open by Barnes, and, as he saw his wife's body prone upon the floor, there were two more shots in rapid succession, and he had launched his own spirit into eternity as he had that of his wife. WAS NERVOUS. Barnes and his wife had been talk ing some time and were both fully dressed when the shooting began,' Mrs. Barnes having carefully arranged her hair, while the husband was, to all appearances, preparing to go out to his work, having his hat on as they sat talking. He, at least, was extremely nervous from the fact that the first shot fired went into the cellllng, but his nerve came back to him and the next shot took effect in his wife's left side in the vicinity of the heart. As Barnes turned the deadly weapon upon him self his shooting was again bad. The first shot passed through his hat into the celling; but the second fulfilled the mission- Intended for it. Passing through the right temple, Just above and baqk of the eye, lt crashed through' his brain and be sank to the floor, lqss than 15 feet from hts wife's boay, .and died.-Augusta Herald. Found In a Liako. The body of the woman found in East lake Sunday with three bullet holes In her head, was positively iden tified today as Miss Nellie Shatlleld, aged 35, who resided in Burmlng ham, Ala. Miss Shaflleld left home Thursday and, It was supposed by relatives, that Bhe had gone to visit a sister at Enslcy. Miss Shaflleld was a member of an excellent family and as she was an invalid and seldom went out, thc mystery of her murder ls in tensified.^_ A Mun Shut. Walter Byne shot and killed Tom Canneley Friday afternoon on Mr. Jim Daniel's place, about twelve miles from Waynesboro. Both parties are i GOlo?cd and bad gone from Waynes boro to pick cotton for Mr. Dainel. Conneley was teasing Bync's sister, a small negro girl, and Byne took the matter up, (but claims the shooting ? was an accident. Conneley was shot close range with a shotgun, and died instantly. Byne ls in jail awaiting the I action of tho grand jury next week. Bills Ignored. . At Wilmington, Del., the grand Joiry today announced that they had decided to Ignore the bill against those1, charged with burning at thc stake \Georgo White, the negro whe murdered Miss. Helen Bishop. v , . !v . .. i . t?t?t?&?-t?&n MES. JEFFSESOK DAV1B. r .... . A Nor thorn Nowopapor^e .Tribute to tt' .Nobie WoWft?i jit' is sa^denljig pews -.that comes from Buff?ipuj: M.rs..Jefferson Dav's, the widow-.J^t'Wm ;wh? was the first, tho last and tim"only President of the Confederate States of America, lies at the point pf death in a Northern city. A spirit that has given nota little strength and not a little grace to American Womanhood is .passing from the Ufo transient, through death, to the lire everlasting. . ^ The event is one which, for reasons of weight, the world will not willing let pass unnoticed. It is well that it is so. The life of Mrs. Jefferson Davis can not fail to awaken memories that are sacred and to revive hopes that are inspiriting.- To her it was given to be one of the honorably conspicu ous.figures in. a period that Americans everywhere now contemplate with a sense of-/reverent pride?. In the titanic struggle of more .than - two-Bcore years ago,.American womanhood, us well as American manhood, was put to tbe supreme lest. Throughout this wide country .of ours,, the women as well as the men, were then, required to de fend the right as God gave them to know the right;" and it ls but the simple truth to state that, in an hour that tried their souls, American wo men of the Southern States, as well as American women of the Northern States, failed not. Of these devoted and Belf-sacrifioing spirits, Mrs. Jefferson Davis was one. She went through the struggle with patience and courage, and returned to her home in the ashes of defeat to ad just herself, in gentleness and in dig nity, to a world of which she bad not even dreamed. Like her noble coun trywomen of tbe South, she did nut complain; she did not cower before misunderstanding. She acted as the strong always act. She worked and prayed, and waited. She put in the front ot her consciousness the deter-, minali on to cherish .the -traditions of her race and ber breeding. If, in mo ments bf success, her example had been stimulating to her people, in tbe hour of disaster, it was little less than enuobliug. In ber modest home at "Beauvoir," and elsewhere, she lived a life that won the respect, the admi ration and the love of all high-minded men and of all high-minded women. Suffering was hers, and sorrow was hers also. In the changes and chances pf life, the gales or necessity blew piti lessly against ber;, yet through itali shone the inextinguishable light of a character glori tied by grier. * lt is right that tbe world know this. It is right that Americans of the Northern States completely recognize lt.- And they .do^ recognize it. The age of chivalrynotrgone; the age of economists and calculators has not succeeded,.and the.glory.of. America, ? at least, is ' .not. forayer,extinguished.. SjiiE*JB^ loyalty to Bex," if not to rank, that "dignified obedience," if . not that "proud submission," that "subordina tion of the heart'' which, keeps alive and not in Fc^rvltude, "the spirit of an exalted freedom." "The unbought grace of life, the nurse of manly sen timent and herolo enterprise," is not gone-no, nor can go so long as a life as noble as is Mrs. Jefferson- Davis' shall have power to bless and .to Save the children of earth.-Philadelphia Leader. TWICE STETING UP But Lot Sown to Pray and Write to His Wire. At Oxford; Ohio, on Thursday night, a mob broke open the jail and took Joseph Spivey to an elm tree Oue I square away, on which Henry Corbin [ was" lynched in 1892. Splvey was strung up and let down tb pray. A second time he was strung up and let down and while be was pleading'for time to write to his wife, Deputy Sheriff Brennan and a few assistants rushed forward, cut the rope and rushed down the street with the pris oner.- Ho was rushed to the jail and spirited out of-town. John Spivey, his prother, is dying with a bullet through bis head. A stranger who lives at Monroe, O., 1B also fatally wounded. Splvey was one of a band of Kentuckians who shot and danger ously wounded five persons . on the street during a fair. - Marshal. Woodruff and his deputy,. Jacob Manrod, endeavored to arrest them and were shot. Marshal Wood ruff In the right breast and Deputy Manrod In the left wrist. A crowd started in pursuit of Spivey brothers and overtook thom. Joseph Splvey was shot in the right side with a load of buckshot and lils brother was knocked unconscious with a stone thrown by some one irithe crowd of pursuers. During the fight a stranger, who refused to give his nume, was shot in the abdomen and is in a dan gerous condition. The.office rs were successful in . get ting the prisoners from the j..11. The party took two hacks and dro.e rapid ly to Hamilton, a distance of twenty miles, where they arrived after mid night a_nd securely lodged their pris oners In the Butler county jail; The mob finally found they had been bea ten and quietly dispersed. . Cigarette Stain. Judge Crane, of one of the New York- police courts, testifies that ninety-nine out tif every hundred boys from 10 to 17 years of age who come before him charged with crimes rang ing from petty misdemeanors to burglary, highway robbery and mur der have their fingers seined by cigarettes. He ls convinced that the excessive use o' the cigarette by boys weaken0 their moral 8cn3o and makes them easy victims of the passions that find correction only in tho prisons. "I wbuld prefer," ho says, to see my boy given to the use of liquors than to cigarettes." A Union Tragedy. Taylor McCoombs was shot to death by^ Hill. Ashurst Wednesday night at i Meal Shoals, on Board river, 12 miles from 'Union. Ashurst remonstrated with McCoombs in an altercation he ' bad with a one-legged man. Thif '. seemed to anger McCoombs and ho be * gan cursing and abusing Ashurst wno then shot bim, Ashurst escaped A White Mon Arrested for AMS a White Woman, >. ; A?TD 18 COMMITTED TO /AU. Tho Sad Story of? Mill Villa?? Girl Who Went to Greenville to ? Hont ; Woplc in . . the Mills. ' , A dispatch from Greenville to The;'!-: State says Oharles Patterson,white,avH married man who lives at the Mills mill was arrested Thursday afternoon: and is now in Jail upon a charge of rape ?pun the person, of Ida Reeves, 20 .. years old, daughter of E. W. Reeves of *Pelztr. The girl came here on Tuesday afternoon in search of. work at the mills and ?as taken by a former acquaintance in a back to a house of ill fame, where she spent the night, i. Wednesday afternoon she met at this house with two men who told her j te get-away- from there, 'and.'ir she would take the cars for the Poe mill they would find ber work and a home. Aotlng upon their advice she left, the '?' boils and went towards ? the trolley .line, but met with Patterson on tbe . way, who said he was going, to the Poe mill and would take her there. The girl bad never been in Green ville before and accepted the oiler of an entire stranger. "Her story 1B that they Went past the Woodside mill into ' a piece of woods, where . the man ac complished bis object. He then went ' on with the girl to a boarding house : at Monaghan mills, where he obtain ed lodgings for tbe girl at midnight, saying she was bis cousin and had just come In on the train. The facts were developed after Patterson left the boarding house and Thursday there was some agitation among thc mill people at Monaghan, but no effort waa made to find Patterson. Thursday afternoon the girl was in.... company of a woman who waa. be friending her and had telephoned" to the girl's father at Pelzer, when they saw Patterson and spoke to him. The woman asked him to go with them on the Huguenot mill, and on the way she went into a house and telephoned Ohief^ Kennedy to send a policeman- to'the mill. On ar riving there Patterson went on to the post?nico and in a short time the' policeman came, when it was arranged that the woman should follow Patter son and walk up to him which was a signal to the policeman, who speedily secured his man and took bim to the station. In the meantime the girl's. father, arrived from.Pelzer arid- swore out a warrant against Patterson, when he 'was transferred _to the - Jail. Patter son deni es his guilt and^-says_heL.sast ttie^Ti^wtu&^t???t'?Ht mebti?n?d \ .. and talked witfi her on the porch, but did not go with her to the Monaghan mill. - ' >>\?$?5; He Is a young man and says he has been llv'ug Tor eight omin? years tn anr* around ; Greenville and 'Spartan-" burg. The news of his arrest was bot" generally known and h? was marched quietly to Jail under the escort or two deputies. Will Get a Fortune. Will1 am C. Hartridgc, who went to the Caroline islands last'May, in the - interests of Mrs. Catharine. O'Keefe, . widow of David D. O'Keefe, has ar rived on the steamer Dorice at San Francisco. O'Keefe was known as - - ! the king of Yap. He left his wife and daughter in Savannah, Ga., in the early '70s and was wrecked on this ] island. Being the tl rst white man the natives bad ever seen they treated I film witb-every possible reverence and finally made bim king. . Over a year ' ago, after visiting Hongkong on bunt-', ness, he started to return on one of h'ls vessels and that was the last ever ' heard of him.. Although he bad two wives in the'Carobqe?, he.always.kept bis wife and daughter In Savannah' well supplied with money; Upon hearing of his death, Lawyer Hart ridge was sent out to see how matters stood. He found a will in Hongkong distributing an estate valued- at 31, 500^000 in property, all-of whioh ls productive. He bas left quite a large . ?amount to bis daughter, Mrs. J. F. Butler of Savannah, and it is expected that the Savannah widow will claim . ! 50 per cent, of the estate. The Texas Fever. While Texas ls great State lt seems to have a great many drawbacks. Out there they have the Mexican boll weevil, which ls very destructived to the cotton crop, the Texas fever among cattle, and a great many other' things. So far tbe Mexican boll weevil has not reached us, but the I Texas fever bas. Recently Mr. J. A. Shirley, a well-known dairyman near Anderson has had several cows to die with this disease and several others are sick. He sent to Clemson college for a veterinarian, who went down ?ind Inspected the-heard. This official gave as bis opinion that the cows bad been suffering from Texas fever, and that the disease had been caused by ticks.- He says that a calf may have tinks ob it wit-bout injury, but that if a cow growB to maturity without hav ing ticks and then acquires them, they 'will; cause what Is'known'as Texas fever, which will nearly always prove fatal. It ls said that no certain cure has yet been found for the disease. Tho expert advised Mr. Shirley to get j some whiskey and give his cows a half pint at a time. Instantly killed. Henry Sam Floyd, machinist and and blacksmith, was accidentally kill ed at 6.30 o'clock Wednesday after noon at Woodside cotton mill in Greenville by falling on a large pulley connected with the main shafting of the mill engine. Ills death was in stantaneous. Floyd was forty years old and a good laborer. H? leaves a wife and three children. Chen ted tho G&llowa. Elijah Bolln, in Jail in Jackson, Ky., on the charge ot murr'er, com mitted suicide on Monday by taking i morphine.