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?>I?CTTHOU " LIBERTY; GREAT. INSPIRE OUR SOULS AND MAKE OUR^!}? THY POSSESSION HAPPY, OE OUR DEATHS GLORIOUS IN THY CAUSE? V VOL. ^?V-Ife BENNETTSVTLLE, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1903. TH? TILLMAN TRIAL. :wiatjThe StateTrove Against Him by Its Witnesses. AN INTERESTING - REVIEW. - . . * Remarkable. Strone Character of tho Evidence and ' tho Evi ' dence Moat Damnlnff to .' tho Defendant. The Columbia State of Tuesday gave a summary of the case against J. H. Tillman that has been made in the court at Lexington. This review 4s particularly interesting from the fact that it is written by Mr. James A. Hoyt, Jr.", the present assistant to the editor of The State, who held that position also under thc man Tillman : killed, and was peculiarly in his chiefs professional conlidence and held his dose friendship. Mr. Hoyt had also . been a witness himself in the trial ol Tillman, testifying to the dying state ment of Mr. Gonzales. . The summary bf the trial written by Mr. Hoyt is the first r?port'of any phase of the whole case-except the question of the as signment of a trial Judge-that has been made, In The State, by a mem ber of that paper's regular staff. Mr. Hoyt's review is as follows: For six successive days the trial of J. Hi Tillman for the murder of N. G. Gonzales bas been In progress. During that time the evidence upon which thc State of Soul li Carolina asks the priso ner's conviction has been largely pre sented, and with one day more it will probably all be In. Then the defend ant's side of the case will be put be . fore the jury, aub afterwards will come the testimony in reply and In re buttal. This will doubtless consume all of the week now beginning and as the argument will take several days lt will be well into next week, perhaps near its close?befdre the t?rlal eau be concluded. \ The aunalysls and interpretation of thc evidence for the assistance of the jury iu determining truth and justice is the province of the attorneys on each Ride. This newspaper would not essay such a task. But the court has ordered The Slate shall not be read by the jurors, and it ls therefore not un seemly to present an analysis of the proceedings so far for the benefit of | its readers who are interested, some of whom may have the time to pursue the evidence In detail as it is given in The. State day by day. This analysis is given with a full understanding that certain persons stand vcady to ? charge partiality, animosity and bias . to Its writer, as the newspaper in ... which lt appears. \v;-The prosecution has proved that . NarcisofiGcner Gonzales,' editor of -fcSTfcj? State w?son ..Tabnarv-?.JR. 1903. i suuv-?Ar^..'H.'*THIm.?n,. then Lieuten ' "V.ant'GOvernor of South Carolina; that ^./the shooting occurred on the cor ner of Main and Gervais street, in Co lumbia; that the shot was fired from a .Luger magazine pistol, a large and deadly weapon, unfamiliar to people in this part of the country; that Mr. . Gonzales died from his wound on Jan uary 19, surgical skill being unable to save his life; that within an hour of the shooting he made to his assistant and friend a statement as to the oc currence and that within another hour he made another statement, more formal but differing only slightly from the other, to four or live men, each o? unimpeachable veracity; that before making these declarations Mr. Gonzales expressed the belief that he was going to die., that he had received a mortal wound. To the establish ment of the main fact in the case, the shooting Itself, the prosecution has brought up eye-witne-.-ses to the deed whose testimony not only agrees the one with the other remarkably well, but which Coincides just as well with thc statements of the deceased. This main fact is that N. G. Gon zales was walking along on the east side of Main street towards the capi tol and J. H. Tillman, with two men, was coming in the opposite direction; that as they approached each other, Mr. Gonzales went from thc outside to the Inside of the pavement towards the transfer station corner, and as he passed the three men Tillman lired. As to what was said then testimony does ditfer, but so far there bas been no evidence to show that Mr. Gonza les did anything inconsistent with his own statement that he intended to pass Tillman and proceed to his home. . There is no evidence that he made any movement towards his assailant either before or after the shot was fired and it is clearly proven that Mr. Gonzales' face showed no sign of hos tllty, that he wore his usual expres sion, and that bc was walking in his usual absent-minded fashion, neglect ing to speak to even so good a friend as Wyatt Aiken or failing in his near: sightedness to recognize him. As Mr. Ball said, yesterday, to tho^e who knew N. G. Gonzales this picture ls as true to life as it could he drawn. No one knew N. G. Gonzales better than the man who writes this, yet time after time Mr. Gonzales has passed him on the street, elose enough to touch, without seeming to see him at all! And the hands in the over coat pockets with thc thumbs outside! With Mr. Gonzales this was not only a personal hab't-it is a family habit. Turn from this picture to another. Thc first, If you will, U painted hy the friends or the dead editor. You may disregard if you wish thedeclara fr? 1,1*. ..1' ..'1 ? 'IL..... 11 ? ... . t.cn to uiacK ant; to ?errm Oi toe in tention Ut kill Gonzales, you may dis regard tho conversation In Edgeiield overheard hy Arthur and H road water, but there ls no getting around th'; em phatic and explicit recital of Dr. E. L. Adams. Here ls the prisoner's comrade in arms, his ardent political supporter, who advised him to meet his accuser face to face and resent his accusations mar. to man, offering Ur ensure fair play by his own presence. There is the accuse refusing this plan and declaring, "I will snulT his light with this," taking up a pistol. There ls thc accused commenting on the imputation of melodramatic tenden cies to himself, asserting: "He can call it mock theatricals If he wishes to, but I will make it the God d?m mest tragedy that ever hoppened in '%\ Carolina!" And how thc end \t this prediction! "Ned'' Adams la too well koowa la Richland county to_.admit" of tho thought that* any effort will eyenibe made to impeaoh bli veracity, yet the tragedy itself .was sufficient to sustain the truthfulness ot-hi.s testimony; his bearing on the 'witness ..stand-Indi cating a straight forward:fearlessness, an inherent and inherited lu ve.of jus tice and manllness-^chpld but make an ineradicable impression'On all who beard him. .'"'**?:k'. ,-. - There are two other pictures.1-.'; ;' One ls drawn by another fricndVpf the prisoner, Repr?sentative H. Spann Dowling of . Bamberg, who roomed next to Tillmap at the Cald well, was in his room .that morning and with bim during tb^dayY.Assoon as he beard of tb.e tragedyjie went to the Jail and expressed obj. .regrets that his friend was in trouble.->Tjien at his request he weht"f^|i^ce'rtain the condition of the man iy'lpg^'so sore ly stricken, and returning^ wron lils report was told by TillmaiuS-^lf ?;hit him where 1-?iraed, he tasare *!a,'de?d;< man. The ball 1 used won't change its course." In connection w{t?h this, remember Senator Talbird's testimony as follows *A "Q. Do you know or not, did Mr. Tillman eyer say why he did not shoot again? ?. Well, slr, about that he gave two reasons when I went around to the jail. One was, he said that he did not shoot again because he was afraid of hitting me; the other was, that when 1 threw up my hands and said, 'This thing must stop,' he did not shoot again." The other picture is about the same time as this. The wounded man is being carried to the hospital In an ambulance; bc ls accompanied by none of his family nor his friends, only a private physician who,knew him but slightly, lt is Dr. James H. McIntosh who portrays this ?cene: "Q. On the way did he ask you any questions about his condition? A. Yes, slr; on the way to the hospita' bc louked around thc ambulance and saw there was no one else in lt, anc be said to me: 'Doctor, I .want yoi to tell me frankly whether 1 am mor tally wounded or not.' I replied t< him: 'Yes, Mr. Gonzales, I am afrak you are mortally wounded,' and lu simply said: 'Yes, I think thc fellov got me;' and with that ho covered ii| his face." lt was after this knowledge that h was on the border of eternity, afte: these moments of undisturbed rellec tion as he looked death in the face that he gave his second account o the shooting to such men as Dr. J. W Babcock and August Kohn. Prepar ed to meet his God, he said hev hai sent his slayer no message, that so fa as he was concerned it was all ende' tive months before. This the main is the case agains J. II. Tillman. What the defense will be la, o course, impossible to conjecture. T break down the evidence of the prc sccutlpn ls an accepted mode of procec r~-lit!rj \wll? prove impossible>i this'casfe- at is useless' to imp?ac the ver?cir.y of'such persons as Seoj tor Thomas Talbird and George W Drown, of Mrs. Emma C. Melton, ( M. Lide and the other eyewitnesses all of whom are persons .of unusu.i intelligence and the highest reputi To prove by wittiesses their equals i character and intelligence that N. G Gonzales was about to assault J. F ! Tillman when Tillman shot Gunzalt is necessary for the making of a cai 'of self-dei'ense. Can it be made? Thci is no other legal provocation for tl killing which,Tillman can plead, in less lt be that lie knew Gonzales h;i threatened his lifo or that he had set the defendant a warning mcssag The implication of thc defendant statements up to this time has bei that some such justification would t I attempted. Thu dilllculty of provin it can not be underestimated even I the defendant's own counsel. Already one witness for the de fen! has testilied and she told of allege remarks the deceased made in hi presence concerning the prisoner. Mi Roper, a trained nurse who repeati a conversation in a death chambe simply said that Mr. Gonzales said 1 "had made Mr. Tillman show tl white feather twice, that Col. Tillrai had challenged him to two duels whl< he did nut acknowledge and that Ci Tillman had no more resentment th, to come in the hotel lobby and oil bira a cigar, which he refused." The is not the semblance of a threat ; that nor did Miss Roper say Mr. Go zales had made one. Her testi mon in fact, had no bearing at all on t killing, since she merely repeated t opinion of Jim Tillman which M Gonzales had expressed to her, t same opinion he so often expressed his paper. This is the legal case. There a in evidence in the court at Lexingb every copy of The State publish during thc year 1002. It was duri] six of those twelve months that N. Gonzales as editor of The State so pi sistently assailed the public record the then Lieutenant Governor. Tl? editorials have been read to the Ju atid thc jurors will have the right Inspect them for themselves. C anything be found therein to just the defendant in believing that N. Gonzales would assault him on sig! If not, is there yet anything said those editorials which tended to i struy the good reputation which t defendant may claim to have ha Did those editorials unjustly and i truly attack his character? Thc pr edition has put the editorials in e dence in order that the jurors n see for themselves what they, cont; -whether they besu rrilous, unfoui ed reckless diatribes or whether tl be spccillc, dclinite charges su s ta ii by ample and unspeakable pn charges approved and reiterated b majority of the South Carolina ne papers; charges against thc sew highest olllccr of the com mon wea aspiring to the highest ofllce, i charges against a private citizen : one not a candidate for public c lidence. And it remains to be est? llshed that these 'charges w prompted hy personal hostility ? not by a high and noble sense of editor's responsibility to the people < a pl ii i t'd tl Still. State Constables captured a block; still within two miles of Due \Y Wednesday night. They found ab (100 gallons of beer, measuring utens tools, etc. This still was of. la capacity and had been operated in community for several weeks. OJN THE STAND James H. Tillman Gives His Version " of the D ffloulty BETWEEN HUH AND GONZALES. He Tells of His Various Transac tion* With Mr. N. G. Guu V zales In Public and Prlvato lilfo y James'H. Tillman ' took tho stand In his,own behalf on Thursday after noon.vAfter-saying that he was a son ortho late' George Di Tillman, was born and. raised in Edgefleld coun ty, and had studied at various schools, said: '?'.... .iv* ?' "I had occasion togo to Winosboro to read law in the otllce of my bfqth?r-in-law, Judge ,0. W. Bu chanan. He was net a judge at that timo, being a member of the house of representatives. While there I had occasion to have written an article concerning N. G. Gonzales. Mr. Gon zales at that time was the Columbia correspondent of the . News and^ Courier. He had misrepresented a speech which Captain Tillman, now Senator Tillman, made before the March convention, and I took occasion to correct it. 1 signed the nom-de plume "Fair Play," ty/ the article written. "Mr. Gonzales wrote to the editor Qjf the Winnsboro "paper deraan(llng the name of the writer of the article. I did not care, to ge*, into a newspaper controversy and pty friends, advised me not to give my name. But, when Mr. Gonzales wrote a bitter article in reply to mtne, I did give him my name and published lt In the News and Herald. It was absolutely in correct to say I would not give my name. ! "I bad many transactions with N. G.' Gonzales. I do not recall what was the next, hut when my uncle was made governor in 1890, 1 was invited to attend the state ball. I found it would be necessary for mc to join thc South Carolina club. I got the en dorsement, voluntarily, of former Governor Shepard, of Edgelield, And General Bonham. Late in the after noon some of my friends came to me and told me that N. G. Gonzales had drummed up enough of his friends, under the rules of thc club, to black ball me. My friends then withdrew my name. It was never formally pre sented to the club. I was about twenty-one years of age at this time and had never held any public posi tion dr even aspired to one. "Ip consequence of the South Caro lina club affair, I sent Mr. Gonzales a message hy George S. Legare, who Is now a congressman from the First district. I did not want to. violate ?he 'laws of my state by sending a :cballepgej|arx?r/ijing.' U> the ettd.w'itund .ftir". "Legare*slmply extended to' Mr. Gonzales an invitation to meet me over in Georgia. "Mr. Legare carried only a verbad message, and when he returned after seeing Mr. Gonzales, he told me Gon zales wanted meto reduce my invita tion In writing, which I refused' ti do, because 1 thought it was a trick set to place my uncle, then governor, in an awkward position. I declined to reduce the challenge to writing, as it would then have been a violation of the laws of Smith Carolina. I weni to GorgiaT -but Mr. Gonzales did not come. After remaining there several days 1 wrote him a lector in which I told him the least he could do was tn pay my hotel bill, while I was waiting on him. "At tills time I do not think Mr. Gonzales was connected with any newspaper. I think Mr. Tigli or some one had suoccded him as corres pondent of the News and Courier. "Shortly after this the Enoree mat ter was published in the Columbia Evening Journal and other newspapers by Mr. Gonzales. "This was just about the time of the establishment of the State news paper. ;y "The next clash when I was In the newspaper business. For a consid erable period 1 was at Washington for the Augusta Chronicle and Columbia Journal, and afterwards for the At lanta Constitution. "I arrived there shortly after elec tion of President Cleveland for the second time to cover South Carolina and Georgia news, praticulary with reference to the distribution of pat ronage for those states and to ascer tain the dlllcrcnt aspirants for posi tions. "I wrote on the current news of the day from the best information I could obtain, as all newspaper men do, ex cept in South Carolina. -... "Mr. Gonzales, as I recollect lt, was an application for the position former ly held by General Kennedy as consul general to China, lt has been said he wanted to go to Rio Janeiro, but my Impression now is that it was Shang hai, China. I wrote he would not* be appointed. The statement was writ ten on the best authority obtainable as a news paper correspondent." "The Metropolitan Hotel in Wash ington ls headquarters for Southern people In Washington and three fourths of those stop there and hang around the lobbies. It was where I always went to get Southern news. When Mr. Gonzales came on to Wash ington he asked about thc article and why should the statement have been printed as sent out by bim." He said he told Mr. Gonzales that he had given thc Information upon the best advise he obtained as a news paper man, and that it afterwards proved correct and that be simply sent out what news he could get. "I walked up to the cigar stand one day after I had written that Gonzales had not been appointed and bought some cigars. There was a crowd standing around and after buying them I returned and passed them around. I did not know Mr. Gon zales was there, and saw at once I had made a mistake In offering him any. "I remained in Washing until ?OT4? when I returned and began th?Tprac tice of law with Colonel Croft. "When the Spanish-American war commenced 1 offered my services to the government, and I was appointed lieutenant colonel of the First South Carolina Volunteers. Without any application oh my. part : this 'position was te odored me. "After the' regiment Was organized lo Columbi a .we we?? Bent to Chlcka maug? P?rk^uqd then to. Jacksonville, Fla. We thought that Brooks' Army Corps, In .which ,we were first put, was not to get. into the fighting and .through some influence at Washing ton, tho regiment was transferred to General Fltzhugh Leo's Army Corps, which we understood was going to be sent to t;ike Havana. "After the war with'Spain was at an end, 1 felt that it was unjust to the privates of my regiment, who had volunteered to get to the front, and who had given up lucrative positions to accept the government's pay of 813 or $1U a month, to keep them longer in the service. Mauy of them were mar ried and had left their families. Vi did not care to take them over to Cuba to make roads as though they were in a convict camp. "For this Mr. Gonzales criticised me very seriously, and Bald. after my appointment as colonel of the regi ment, that I was tlying to keep the men from being mustered out, while I was in reality doing all I could to have them mustered out, so that they could return to their homes. He was always very bitter towards me. He criticised mennd tried to have me courtmartialled. Old George, a ne gro, who had gone to the regiment with me, was the pet of the regiment. 1 gave him a very tine pistol. Some little negro bo".c out there had stolen it while ' he was down town. I took the negro boys down and gave them a good whipping. Mr. Gonzales then attempted to have mc courtmartialled '?ind dismissed. I was arrested and brought before a magistrate and the case was dismissed. He took the mat ter up with the war department and the adjutant general of the army dis missed it because be said it was noth ing but malice. I was mustered out in October, 1808. "I was much abused and criticised by Mr. Gonzales' editorials In connec tion with the organization of an In dian company to go to the Phillp pines. "Before I come to that I want tc say there had been considerable harii lighting between a number of the of ficers of the regiment and myself We all agreci however, to make friends before we were mustered out so that we would exhibit to the stat.? our regiment before we separated anC went to our homes.' The hard feel ing was caused by the position I tool1 that it was unfair to the enlisted mee to keep them longer In the servlct when there was no chance of thel: doing any fighting. "in reference to the Leech Lak Indians referred to by Mr. Guozale in bis editorials he had said 1 wa trying .to 'keep the .regiment In tb service after 1 was promoted. Tba was untrue, for Immediately after-^n; discharge I tried to enlist as a privat ,t ,...um J. Bryan, of Nebraska. "When the Spanish war veterant organization was effected In Washing ton I was elected junior vicc-commarj der-iu-chlef and at the second election when General Miles was made com mander-in-ehief I was elected senic vice-commander-chief, my opponen being General Joe Wheeler. "I was criticised by Mr. Gonzale and vilified. Thc Leech Lake Indiai editorials were brought out by my el forts to organize a company of Ne Perce and Chippewa Indians for set vice in the Philippines. A number c Indian chiefs were then In Washing ton where 1 was. Thc army ofiicei opposed the organization of this corr pany, fearing the Indians might lear our methods of warfare. Presiden McKinley told me frankly that be wa afraid the Indians might get to scal| lng over there. The president an my father served in congress togethi and were quite friendly. Mr. Goi zales had me pictured editorially all I v\ar paint and feathers as the chief < tlio Ctiippy-munks and ground-hog Ile idiculed me quite considerably c that point, if you can call abuse sue a thing. On the day after I wi elected senior vic? -commander-ln-chl of the Spanish War veterans, the pre dispatch announcing it was headed tile State just 'Poor Miles.' "That brings me down to the u fortunate time I entered politic Tlie first time I was in any politic place was in J OOO when I was elect a delegate to the Democratic nation convention at Kansas City. Subs quent to that 1 made a canvass f lieutenant governor and was elected "How were you treated by M Gonzales during that period?" Color Croft asked. "1 think those editorials are a pr< ty fair sample of lt," the defenda answered. . "1 presided over the senate In 19 and 1002 and very few' days in 190' "Have you ever given any reas for the statement made by Mr Gonza that you were a traitor to you um and tried to defeat him when he r for office?" J udge Croft asked. "That is absurd. Absolutely i true," Tillman declared. "The m knew it was false when he wrote it. "You have been charged with tre ing the senators as school boys a witli discourtesy. Have you C given any cause for such a charge asked Colonel Croft. "1 have not intentionally," Till ri .replied. "If I had I do not think 1 senate would have passed unanimo ly resolutions thanking me for t manner in which I presided." When asked whether or not th were any prior editorials rellectlng him published in the State bef 1001, Tillman answered: "I th: the paper has been pretty well voted to me since 1892, and to otl members of my family. During that time he has never once let up me nor given a word of praise for t act of mine." In answer to thc question by Colo Croft-"After the adjournment of general assembly of South Carolina thc loth, where did you go; state circumstances of your leaving I state house"-James H. Tillman, bis statement in bis own bebalf the trial of thc case against bim, sr "Well, I bad a little business to tend to before going up town, anc well as 1 recall 1 walked over to house wing to see someone, and w! I got back I met Wyatt Aiken, C gressman Aiken now, who was In army with rae, and wo have alw been watwf rienda, and chatted with him. ; H$?was talking to Mr. Fraser Lyon (Lfllilnk that ls the young man's name) Lw|i8 now his private ' score tary, ^an^hV-was .then ono of the ol?rkB.-?d:.|ho'senate.'; Tsaw Senator Talbird, arid Senator Brown about to' go dov/^ljhe steps and I speke in? a loud toop, of voice and told them to walt a ff?vV. moments and I 'would go with th?m. I'went arid got my hat and Vccafc, and jollied them at' the stalra.^j' don't know whether the head of^he.stairs or part of the way down, ." -> "We.&?rit on out the state house, myself apd. Senator Brown and Sena tor TalbYfd, as before stated, walking down.tnVstreet across the Btate house' ground arid up Main street, and just before rigor, to the transfer station*I noticed VMr. Gonzales Borne distance down thc street looking at me very intently,?I had my gloves In my left hand, did not have on my gloves that day at ? all, and my overcoat was buttoned. I don't think Senator Talblrdjbad on any overcoat at all. It was* ia comparatively warm day', not to say warm, but sort of medium weather]-' Senator Talbird was talk ing. B;? was ou my lett and was talk ing something about the nature of a joke,.I believe, about Governor Shep pard. And just as I got across the pavement, walking along, we were walking.along leisurely, Mr. Gonzales was walking along raplldy, bis over coat was very tight buttoned, both bis band in his pockets, and I never took my eye off him nor did be take his off ino, and when he started to cut across the pavement toward me if you will give m? that map I can ex plain lb more Intelligently than' I can without it." "Dolyou prefer tRat (indicating map Introduced In evidence) or the blue print?" "I would rather have the blue print. I am ? little near-sighted, weak eyes." When the riiap was brought it was spread out before the jury and Colonel Tillman, began: "Th's is the state house down here, gentler?i?n, and we were walking down together* Senator Brown, Senator Talbird myself, and ab<?ut the time I got tolj?his point, just before we got on the pavement, I noticed-there is that ^?cant lot-Mr. Gonzales was about laiong there, no, nearer than that, and bad just passed Congress man Aiken and- Mr. Fred Dominick, possibly not far from about that point. -; Mr. Gonzales got about along there, he was coming down the street next'to the curb stone. We three were walking about in the middle of the sidewalk, as near as. I Can recol lect it; Just before Mr. Gonzales got to rnolhe cut across towards me. I said:- J'Mr. .Gonzales, I got your mes sage,''/ind fired. Talbird was on the outside.;' " What r space was there : between Mr, "iwClrd-and tlf? curbstone?" oso three or four f?et." - v^ufere' i oom enough for uMr. Gonzaie^~UJ have passed-without cut-, ting ln front of you?" Certainly, slr. When he Btarted to cut across the pavement toward me bis overcoat was tightly buttoned up both hands were thrust in the over coat pockets. Tbe thumbs of both of bis bands were outside of bis overcoat pockets until he started to cut across that sidewalk coming directly toward me, and then thc thumb of his right hand disappeared in bis pocket, and ii happened almost directly in three or four seconds after that, I was ex pecting'him to shoot, and 1 said, 'I got your message,' and tired.' I was unfortunate, perhaps, in calling it a 'message.' That was lu my mind the conversation he had at the state house with Captain White and Mr. Bolsenbach. That is what- 1 meant when I spoke of a 'message.' " "Show that jury the motion of his hand In his pockets?" ''His overcoat was buttoned up and he was Coming down that way, (stand ing and Illustrating) bis overcoat was pulled tightly towards his front, and just as he started toward rac his hand, went down. I expected instant ly to be shot down." .'Was he watching you?" "As Intently, sir, as any two men ever watched each other in their lives." "Why did you shoot right then?" "Because I expected to be shot." "After you shot him the first time, what happened?" Senator Talbird sprang In between us and threw up, 1 think, his left hand, and said, 'This thing has got to stop right here.' He looked at mo, and looked back at Mr. Gonzales. Mr. Gonzales came on past me to the corner. Ile never did take his hands out of his pockets." "Before Senator Talbird got in be tween you, could you have shot again?" "Yes, sir, of course." "Why didn't you?" "Because Mr. Gonzales did not re turn my fire I was expecting him to do.. When- I fired I did not know whether the pistol had worked or not and I threw the barrel over my over coat sleeves and I was expecting Mr. Gonzales to lire on me and was fixing to shoot again. T.Ie did not fire and 1 took down ray pistol." "Mr. Tillman: Mr. Gonzales has stated in.one of these declarations, or it is said he stated what he said, 'Shoot again, you coward.' " "Well, slr, I regret to say that that is untrue. Nobody else who was around there over heard such a re mark. 1 know I didn't. Senator Talbird was the man who was closest to him nf anybody." Entered White House. John Decker of Norwich, Conn., who evidently ls a mechanic about 40 years old, entered the White House soon after the doors were opened Wed nesday morning. The officials thought from bis actions that he was a crank and arrested him. He was uot armed and made no resistance when placed under arrest. He was turned over to the police authorities. I win;; bcd to Dent li. A Joke prepetrated by the perform ers on thc stage at the Eighth Ave nuo Theater New York is alleged to have caused thc death of Joseph Jen nison. He laughed so much that heart failure set In and he died In the lobby of the theater, whero bo had been carried by thc ushers. OUSTING KASCALS. Ind e tinenta by the Score Being Found Against Republican Officials; LARGE NUMBER OF NEW CASES. And the Men Already Indict d Have .Additional Charges Piled Up i Again at Them ' Tho Ac cused Gire Bond. . Fifteen new. indictments were brought in by the grand Jury of the supreme court for tho District of Co lumbla last week as the final result of tho investigation IM the post?nico de nartment: Several of these findings were against persons Who already have been indicted. Tbe new indictments involve James N. Tyner, the late assistant attorney general for the postoffice department, and his assistant, Harrison J. Barret; James T. Metcalf, superintendent of tbe money order system of the post office department; Normal Metcalf, son of James T.: Harry C. Hallenbeck, president and general manager of the Wyn koop, Hallen beck and Crawford company of New York, the firm' which for several years supplied the department with its money order blanks, and William D. Doremus, who is connected with a house which has been supplying a stamp cancelling machine to the department. There were additional indictments against August W. Machen, former superin tendent of free delivery; George W. Beavers, for mor chief of the salary and allowance division; Scott Towers, who was In charge of a sub station of the-Washington city post olllce, and State Senator George A.' Green, of Nev2_Y/ork. In some cases there were several Indictments against one person. TYNER AND BARRET INDICTMENTS. Concerning the Indictments against Tyner and Barret, the following state ment was made by the postoffice de partment: "Three Indictments charge Tyner and Barrett with conspiracy and two additional Indictments charge Barret with agreeing, while still in office, to j receive fees for services rendered or to be rendered in case pending before him as an officer. .All the indictments are founded upon the treatment by Tyner and Barret of the business of thc so-called bond investment com panies. . "The Indictments cite specific cases In which Barret, while still in office, sought or agreed to receive fees, or In which, after, Barret retired; Tyner referred clients to bim and approved new contracts at his suggestion with out even reading them over." " The principal charge against Tyner and Barretj'^is that of. misconduct in pfllce,.in obs,truotlng. and_preventing. ?be 'due ?n??o?deriy administration bf the law. - " ' ' . . ' CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD. , The charge against Hallenbeck and the Metcalf s ls that of conspiracy to defraud tbe'United States. The com pany of which Hallenbeck ls the head, had a contract with the United Skates to furnish the postal service with its money order blanks. Norman-Metcalf was employed as a clerk in the office of the Wynkoop, Hallenbeck & Crawford Co., at a salary of $30 a week.. While lt ls noe so stated in the indictment it ls asserted by the pos toolee authorities that the government lost at least ?fii),ooo in one year through their transactions. It is also asserted that there was an agreement whereby the contracting company paid young Met calf 1 1-0 cents for each book of forms shipped and it is stated that .ship ments for one year reached as high as 800,000 books. The allegation is made that the older Metcalf" secured' the payment for inferior work supplied by the contractors. PILING THEM UPON MACHEN. The new charge against Machen ls that of accepting a bribe in. coonee- ! tion with the delivery of badges worn by rural free delivery carriers, which were made by Charles J. Heller, of Philadelphia. There are two new Indictments against Beavers, one of them charging him with ac cepting $25 each on a number of book typewritting machines sold to tbe government by Scott Towers, and the other alleging misconduct in the purchase of stamp cancelling machines from W. D. Doremus. Towers is also Indicted in connection with the trans action with Beavers on the charge of agreeing to pay Beavers $25 on each machine. Doremus is Indicted for de frauding the government in the sale of his cancelling machines. After the indictments were brought In Harrison J. Barret came Into court accompanied by his attorney, A S. Worthington, who appeared for both Barret and Tyner. Mr. Worthington said that his clients were prepared to give bond, and after a statement of thc case by Assistant, District At torney Taggart, bond was fixed for Harret in tue sum of $10,000, and for Tyner jin the sum or $5,000. THEY GIVE 1JOND. Mr. Tyner waB not In court, and lt was stated that he was too 111 .to ap pear. His bond was therefore perfect ed at his home In that city. The elder Metcalf was also In court and his bund was fixed at $10,000. The court stated that a similar bond would be required of Norman Metcalf and of Hallenbeok; They were represent ed by Attorney S. Wi Hayden. The present understanding is that this series of- indictments is the last which there will bc any present effort to secure, and t\\e postolllcc authori ties generally considered that the de partmental investigation is at an end. Mr. Tyner has been connected with the postal service In many Important capacities for years. He is from, In diana. Ho was postmaster general from July 12, 1870, to March 12, 1877, and subsequently held tho offices of llrst assistant attorney general, from which latter office ho was dismissed by Postmaster General Payne last spring following Mrs. Tyner's abstrac tion of papers from thc department safe.. Mr. Tyner is nearly eighty years old, and Iii grave physical condi tion, suffering from a severo case of paralysis. M r Barret is a nephew of Mr Tyne, and was appointed from North Caro lina. lie was assistant attorney until December 31 ; 1000," when he resigned to1 take . up bis law practice. Mr. Metcalf has been in the postal service sinceFebr?ary. 1882,'and wassuperlri .tend?nt, of the .money order system from September 1(5, 3897; until his recent summary dismissal. He was appointed ?Trom Iowa. -.* PHILIPPINE TEACHERS. Good PcsltionB to be Scoured, by i'; . . ... ,-. . 5 .- -, I Civil Service, Examination. : The. civil service commission bas Just .received a call, from the Philip pine government for ISO male teach ers, with salaries as follows: ? 25 at 81,200; 70 at SI,DOO, and 55 at $900 per annum. It is desired to secure these teachers without unnecessary delay, and an examination will be held on October 19-20 in Greenville, Charleston-ond Columbia. ' Peace bas been established in the Philippines and the conditions of liv ing are improving every month. This examination, therefore, affords an ex cellent opportunity for young men tu enter an attractive service which offers excellent opportunities for pro motion. Teachers appointed are eligi ble for promotion to the higher grades in .the service, the salaries arranging from 8900 to $2,000 for teachers and from $1,500 to $2,500 for indision sup erlndents. The commission suggests that those who apply for this exami nation should be devoted to their pro fession and conscientious, energetic and successful workers. For application blanks and further information concerning tbe scope of thc examination, transportation, con ditions of employment, etc., appli cants shout l apply to the United States civil service commission, Wash ington, D. C., or to the secretary of the civil service board at any post: oftlce where letter carrier service has been established.. Persons who are unable td file their formal applications in order to receive admission cards to the examination will be authorized to take examina tion if they will notify the commis sion by letter or telegram in suffi cient time to ship examination papers and arrange for their examination. Application ^blanks can be secured from Assistant Postmaster - Young, secretary of the local civil service board of examiners, at the post office in Spartanburg. . _ Jumped From ti Train. Wesley Hedges, traveling on a Big Four train, accompanied by his wife and three children,en route from Jack sonville, Fla., to La Harpe, Ills;, sud denly' became deranged'while on' the train and after arriving there held the police at bay for a long time. While the train was running fifty miles an hour,. Hedges suddenly gave a wild scream and seizing one of bia children, plunged through the car win dow i bte'the darkness.' His wife grab bed the boy just as the man disappear ed. The train was stopped and Hedges was picked up for dead and. placed- in the baggage car and brought to the' city. Shortly after arriving here be began to show signs of life, v jjcft in the station unguarded. Hedges again became violent and sprang out of the station and ran down the street, pursued by the .^entire police - force. With large stones which he picked up he kept his pursuers at bay. H.* was dually overpowered and taken io jail. I.Hld IIt Ht. The funeral of General Bradley Johnson," the .noieo lawyer and Con federate .soldier, wno o ted iu Virginia un Munday last, and whose body lay in state Tuesday In tue Capitol al Richmond took place Thursday In Ballimore. . Distinguished honor was shown the terna!bs. Among thc floral offerings was a box of cut fl iwers from" tuc President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Judge Charles E. Phelps, of tnesupe .run court, who was a Federal colonel during thc war. adjourned thai tribute to Johnson's memory, uslug the following language; "General Johnson was an auinor, a scholar, a brilliant lawyer and conversationalist, a philosopher and a high-toned and public-spirited citizen. This court will now adjourn as a tribute to his distinguished memory."_. : Blue anil itio Gray. Tho "monument erected at Chica raauga to thc memory of the soldiers of'Maryland who participated in bat tles around Chattanooga was dedicat ed at Orchard Knob, near the site of Grant's headquarters Thursday morn ing. A party of distinguished Mary landers arrived at an early hour Thursday morning to attend the de dication. Gov. Smith was unable to attend and was officially represented by State Comptroller Herring. The monument was erected at a cost of $7,000 and to commemorate the deeds ot both Union and Confederate soldi ers of the State of Maryland, who had battles at Chicamauga and Missionary Ridge, ._._ Ijynchars Caught. Thc grand jury of Moore County, Tenn., has returned a joint Indict ment against twenty-two members of 'a mob charged with lynching the negro, Allen Small, on the night of September 24. The defendants were Indicted for murder in the second de greets the attorney general and grand jury through this course was more prudent and more likely to result in convictions than would an indictment for murder in the first degree. The indictment makes the case bailable ami nearly ali of the derendants will be released on bond.__^ Dynamiturs. The entire state of Montana ls be ing searched for a desperate band of wreckers who seem bent on destroying thc Northern Pacllic Railroad by means of dynamite. Tho fact is that dynamiters have succeeded in plant ing explosives at two different places and in each case tho train was partly wrecked. A feeling of great uneasi ness prevails cveyrwhere along tho line and extra guards have been put on all points to protect tho railroad. A Fatal Knnnaway. At Flovilla, Ga., Ella Lester, a colored woman, took liberties with a mule she was driving by twisting his tail, which the mule resented by running away, killing both Ella and her husband who was in thu buggy with- her.. TILLMAN'S SliijE o the Great Tri??\ Mow' Going on V ; at Lexi gton. . ?.--'v PRESENTED TO /'f HE JTJBYi \ Tho ljhwyera ii? a Tilt, bat ' tho;'/;: JiidKi' l'uta a Stop to tho Kow in tba Court Room. : On account of tho sickness of one of the jury the Tillman case was adi-. V J. :! ; journed from Saturday until Wednes day when lt was resumed. Sharpe, the 6lck Juryman, looked very much , I pinched when he took his seat in the J box -Wednesdaymorning. All eyes ' were turned on h 1B haggard features and"every man, woman and child-In the* court room was mentally measur ing bis condition and speculating oa. what his strength might or might not . be. "When lt was announced that he thought himself well enough to stand the; strain of the hearing for a few boura anyhow, there was a great sigh of relief throughout the entire; court room for the sus'pense in this matter has been very bothersome, as well aa expensive to all concerned. THE GABE RESUMED. The defense began with a motion ' to rule out the testimony of Vedder Zimmerman, Frances Weston Smith, George King arid Dr. Lankett. These people all testl fled to seeing a plBtol in the possession of the. defendant several days prior to the shooting. r.v Judge Gary declined to rule out ' . this testimony. The next move was to introduce an editorial, June 22, 1901. It was en titled "A Plea for a Sporting States man." The editorial was concerning1 ? a visit of Tillman to a cock-fight held ' In Sumter county, prior to date of editorial, lt was charged that he lost $1,000 on the fight, "which is al leged was due in a large measure to his habit that enables him very fre quently to see double and therefore : ~ he saw more Kanu in -thc craw of hi's chicken than it-really .possessed. : A second editorial from the State of Oct. 26, 1898, under.the head "Presto -Cbangoi," came next.. It dealt in part with Tillman's record as com mander of thc First South Carolina. - - It was charged in this editorial that Tillman when lieutenant colonel of ? the regiment took the part of thc privates and advocated the disband-' ment of the regiment, and as soon as be succeeded to the colonelency he sides with the oflicers and went to un- j do what he had formerly done. It , charged practically that he -desertedi-' .^' - his men when he was made the head of'the regiment. Next a number of .editorial paragraphs reflecting on Tillman were read from the. State. Some of these -. paragraphs referred. to articles reprinted from the New York World and New York Sun. It was "asked to introdi.ee these clip : pings in evidence.because they appear ed m the State and'the references ir^ the ed i toral paragraphs were'Lo. them.* The state objected to this and utter argument the court allowed the clip pings and editorials to oe admitted. The aigumem., while short-, was in .terestlng. -Mr." Nel>ou argued thajt' the defense dad a rignv to e>uow ttiat deceased bore-ill-will toward the en tire Tillman ramily, and that it was right and Just .to yu?, in "th,; evidence. A .WAU OF 1VOKD8. Mr B .llihger objected because ?f f ie \ political coloring tuai was being given the case. . Mr. Nelson ri?se q?etly in bis place were In a slow, measured voice, replied tdat any statement' from any' source -whatever, charging ulm with endeav-. uring to make the case a political one - was raise. Mr. Bellinger arose again and said that while be did not mean any ".re flection in the sense that Mr. Nelson seemed to take lt, he did think that . it was the intention to give a slight' i political coloring"to the case. He said he was willing to reiterate bis state- ' ment on the outside of the court house. Mr. Nelson was in norway excited. He rose to reply as calraVy as before. He said that the expiai ^,on , of Mr. Bellinger was as^unsatisflL \>ry as bis original statement. Hef \he saw no reason to change his orlgiu?N&?ate ment. Matters began to look a little squally at this juncture and Judge Gary took a hand. He said that the matter must be dropped, and'recogrilz--. ed Mr. Crawford. The gentleman eloquently addressed himself to tho question tffat editorials or articles re flecting bn Senator Tillman could not be used tn the case of the state vs. James H. Tillman. He urged that only such writings as reflected direct-, ly on the defendant were competent evidence. Col. Johnston replied for the de fense and was eloquent and interest ing indeed. Before he finished the court announced that it had made up its mind. He instructed the editorials to be read, and told the jury to give them such weight as they, tho jury men, thought they deserved. One of the editorials, as. well as the clipping denounced the two Tillmaos, Ben and Jim, in*the most drastlo terms. It referred to tho. Tillman . McLaurin scrap in thc senate and the incident of Jim Tillman's with-* drawal of the invitation to Roosevelt to present the Jenkins sword at Charleston. These writings called a spade a spade all the way through and were the most scathing io thought, word and expression. Other editorials were read In which lt was charged that Jim Tillman's vote was not of a very high character. It was charged that his supporters were mainly blind tiger keepers gam.; biers, sandbiVjers and mill operatives!"1 It was considered good work for tho defense to get these editorials In evi dence. There are four mill opera tives on tho jury and several sand billers. "WITNESSKS ON THE 8TAND. T. D. Mitchell, who was living In Columbia last year testified that he had a speaking acquaintance with Gonzales. In September of tho last campaign year he met N. G. Gonzales^' (Continued ou pagt 4 ) ? - ' ' X, - '-':.:t<;X??: