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! N ftCVAHOE.
Wf>clnosday, January 21, 1003.
Today the newly elected gov
ertior and oil er state ollieers will
be sworn in. Tite legislature has
done very little yet. Several
bills have been introduced and
relerred to the committees, and
it will be several days before
much is accomplished.
What a spectacle Jim Tillman
has made ol himself, silting up in
the senate presiding over it?
deliberations with murder in his
heart and t wo loaded pistols in
u. l.?i i ti..i ?i
U?C. . i Uitt itioilt" proves
mure conclusively his utter unfit
ness tor the office to which lie
aspired than anything Mr. Gon
zales could have said about him.
But he has to answer heavily to
man and to God, so wo forbear to
make further comment.
The news of the death of Mr.
N. G. Gonzales, editor and one
of the proprietors of the Columbia
State, who was shot by
Lieut. Gov. Tillnt.ui last Thursday
on Main str?>?. i in Columbia,
was received in Lancaster Monday
afternoon with sincere regret.
On every hand were heard
expressions of regret at the
tragic end of that brilliant odi
tor. The evil and cowardly
deed of James II. Tillman has
scored its victim, stilled a brave
heart and stopped the workings
of a splendid mind. N. G
Gonzales was pre-eminently the
peer of any newspaper editor in
the State If is editorials always
commanded admiration if
not approval, lie was a bold,
fearless, forceful writer and his
death is a monument to the defeat
of a justly discredited aspirant
to the high and responsible
office of the governship of
this proud Commonwealth.
The following is Irom an address
of C. A. Woods, of Marion,
on "Carrying Concealed Weapons
in South Carolina" :
If any evidence were desired
as to tne spirit o! violence winch
controls our people it will be
found in the conduct of the lieutenant
governor of the state, the
second highest executive officer
of the state. One moment clad
in the robes of his office ivhd pre
siding over the senate of South
Carolina ; the next, armed with
two pistols, carried upon his per
son in violation of tho law, shooting
down an unarmed man in one
ol the main streets of the capital
city of the state, without giving
him tho least chance to figh? lor
his life. One hour the president
of the senate of South Carolina
in discharge of his du'ies; the
next a prisoner in the county jail
uwnifitltr t !lO V.vcnll /vf I Ivn i?vinri<?o
I
N. (i. (Jonzalps, Editor ol Tin
State IVrliups Mortally Wo tin
tied.
Mr. N. (1. Gonzales, Editor ol
The State, is at the Columbia
hospital in a critical condition aa
result ft a serious pistol wcuiul
inflicted by Mr. James II. Till
1 mar, lieutenant governor of Sou! I
j Carolina.
Fiie shooting occrnred on Main
street, just at the* intersection ol
Oervais street; iu lull view ol t he
State capitol. It was an awlu!
tragedy in broad daylight and up
on the most frequented street
and corner in Columbia
I The bullet which pierced through
i one of the most distinguished edi
tors ot the entire south may end
that brilliant iile but if the best
of surgery, the best of care and
the most ardent of prayers and
wishes avail for aught, that lilt
ought to be saved.
A SHOCK.
It was just a few moments be>
fore 2 o'clock when the cry wat
passed alongthe streets that "Jim
Tillman had shot N. G. Gonza
les." It waa a shocking and a
startling announcement. It wont
like a thrill through all Columbia
and there was a rush towards t lit1
scene of the tragedy to learn the
facts and the condition of the (lis
inguished editor. The office o!
The State is on the same block af
the scene of the shooting and il
took but a lew moments for a
great throng to assemble in front
of the newspaper offico.
TWO PISTOLS,
The excitement and the indig
nation on the streets was intense
Policeman Poland immediately
alter the shooting arrested Lieut
Gov. Tillman and took him to
police headrjunrfors where he was
relieved of two pistols?the one
with which he shot Editor Gonzales
and a second large revolver
or 88 calibre. From the police
station he was taken to the county
jail where he is tonight in lull
protection of the officers.
There was no conllict and the
only attributed cause I or the
shooting by Lieut. Gov. Tillman
is that during the recent primary
election Editor Gonzales opposed
Lieut. G? v. Tiliuiau in his race
i? I?IV? ?t?^ 4 - nu \ l v? 1/I1V7 UIJU1 IVO
i it II ict ed upon hid defenseless
victim. Cm it bo said any long
er that we are singularly free
from a tendency to crimes or
treachery and deliberation ? What
incredible plea of self defense will
he offered in this case? Is the
pocket pistrl always to prevail in
South Carolina against the law?
I wJ flirt rv rtl\ in f 111 J of of A or\ nAii?,?n
!*.ei ?nv ui?'m i 111 o 01 air on/
{ul that it will not allow the
courtseven concurrent jurisdiction
with it in ihc punishment of the
offenders against law? Hardly
anything is more valuable to a
community than an exalted sense
of personal dignity and self respect
; hut it is manifest that
public sentiment, which for this
excuse condones the shedding ol
human blood in defiance of the
dignity and authority of the com
inonwealth, is producing a lawless
people.
SHOT BY J 1.11 TILLMAN.
' iii 111 and .is Mr. Gonzales -aw il.
i (It-, Jy weapon aimed at him, per
hap-. lor a fatal bullet, ho cri? d
out 11 uoot again, you cowurd "
i . . -.?! zs.les was in no way armed
and had no pistol. It his life
i bo spared, perhaps th.it oxpr?s'
sion which may hava spared the
second bullet was t!ie magic ol
I the occasion. Mr. Gonzales is a
man ol robin t health, strong phy
siquo, and active, all ot which
are in his favor,
As he tell against the nenrbv
transfer station to steady himself,
Mr James Sims and Mr Gamewell
LaMoote came rushing up
1 and gave Mr. Gonzales support,
I and helped him to the business
* office of the newspaper which
Mr. Go: z des bad labored so bird
mikI so faithfully to establish and
make a leading factor in the
s affairs of his State. There with
, fiis head resting on a bundle o!
newspapers he requested that his
{ wife be seat tor and to stricken
friends, most of whom were in
, tears, he told the story of the
, tragedy- Dr. B. W. Taylor, Dr.
, N. D. Kendall, Dr. I'hiipot and
Dr. J. W. Babcock were soon at
I his side and in a few moments
. there were hall a dozen or more
physicians doing all they could to
, save life. It, was promptly de
cided that the only hope waB to
perform an operation and get the
true course of the bullet and tryto
repair the serious but then tin
known damage.
TUB MKKTINO.
There appears to be no conflict
of testimony as to the os
I The Old Standi
1 Grove's 1
has sLood t?he t?e
over One and a H
of merit, appeal t.
Enclosed wlt?h every bottle
i?w? hi?mmiimn'in n
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foT governor rind in th^f editorial
opposition Editor Gonzales had
been severe in his opposition.
TilK PROBABLE CAUSE.
During the progress of th&t
campaign Editor Gonzales in his
tight to defeat Mr. Tillman had
editorially called him a debauchee
"blackguard," and in tact denounced
him as a "criminal candi
dato" and a proven "liar" It
was this and other such editorial
expressions it is supposed that
goaded Mr. Tillman to the desperate
deed of today. This was
in August last and since the first
primary. August 20, 1902, Editor
Gonzales has had nothing to say
about Mr. Tillman, except to
comment on the result of the primary.
L.V 1 * ~ /I ' *
I 1'juimh ironzaies una i.ieu:.
Gov. Tillman have passed each
other in full view since the open
ing of the present session ot the
general assembly on Tuesday but
there had been no enconter, no
words passed, no nod or recogni
tion of any kind and today it
came like a thunderclap out of a
peaceful sky when the shot was
tired. It was absolutely ur.ex
peeled and ali thought that whatever
soreness there was as a result
of the primary of last August
had passed away, but it seems
otherwise.
THE STORY.
As to the shooting that is a
simple storv. Lieut. Gov. Till
, man mot Mr. Gunzales on the
street, drew his pistol and fired
into him. There was no fuss or:
er.thers but when at close nr;;"]
Mr. Tillman opened fire, wiped
his pistol on his coat si eve, took
aim as it to fire a second time
changed his mind and let his pis1
to) fall to his side. L'eut. Gov.
Ti'lman was perfectly cool and
collected, sober and unexciied lot
all appearances. .Mr. Gonzales!
was unarmed. 1 tie shock from
the magazine pistol p.irdyz.d
scntial features of the tragedy
Mr. N G. Gonzales was going
homo alone from his office to
his lunch To go home he had w
to go down Main street to Ger- tl
vais and then turn east and go ei
down that-street. Mr Gonzales h
was as usual walking.
Lieut Gov Tillman left the fi
State house just after adjourn- p
ing. He had presided at the r
senate's session .and remained h
around the senate chamber for 1;
a while. As lie came out of the
State house he was accompanied
by Senator Talbird of Beaufort,
and Senator Brown of Darling- j,
ton, and he was joined on his ^
way up town by Congressman- j,
elect \Vyult Aiken and former j]
Representative Dominick. s
The meeting was just at the v
turn of Main and Cervais streets j,
on the north side of the street, j,
just at the street car transfer i;
station. There was no oncoun v
ter, no fist fighting, no laying v
on of hands Lieut (Jov. Till ,
man, the testimony now all r
seems to bo, simply drew his
revolver and fired into Gon- f
zales. Most of those wlio saw ,
the affair say there was nothing f
said until after the shot. One t
of Lieut. Gov Tillman's escorts f
says he thin-s Mr Tillman said : |
,4L received your message and N
then fired lie is not certain of -|
this but thinks so. The other
escor' of Mr Tillman says he ^
did not hear anything and did ,
not see the affair but thinks he .
would have heard any words ns (
he was in the very midst of the
f> fT'lo1 ai? f I -
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they heard nothing until after v
the firing of the pistol. ]
Mil. (iU.N/A'l KS' STATEMENT.
Mr. Gonzales himself gave :i s
perfectly plain and explicit J
statement of tlio whole alLur L
prior to being put under tlio I
anaesthetics, and h^ was vory'^
emphatic in saying that he lv> ll.
not sent any message to Lieut '
Gov Tillman at any time and j
that Mr Tillman -ai l nothing',
until after he had fird and then''
after the ?hot lies- hi c>!nethin<r'
n *'
about taking him (t; naales) at L
his word Mr Gonzales tooS I
his to mean that Mr. Tillman ' f
told him that he was settling^
old Lilies faee to f.ieo witli liim 1
Mr Gonzales is certain that
nothing was said until after the
shot was tired After the first
shot Mr. Gonzales tottered to >
the transfer station, against I
which he leaned. Tillman was '
still pointing his pistol :tt him, 11
whereupon Mr. Gonzales said: n
"Shoot again, you coward."
Then Lieut Gov Tillman lowered
his pistol and walked
away.
THE WOUNI) 'I
There was only one shot tired <
and that entered the right side between
the eighth and ninth 1
ribs and passed tin jugh the i
fore part of the h xly, coniins/ I
out just abcive the free border I
of the ribs. At first it was
thought the bullet had gone I
through the body from the I
front to the back, but it did not,
as it went through the fore part ^
of the body, entering above the d
vest pocket on the right and
coming below and behind the
vest pocket on the leftside. The
bullet was picked up on the
pavemont and it seems to be
bright and new and in no way
battered. It was a bullet from |
what is said to bo a long rango j
German mako magazine pistol.
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A FT UK THE SHOOTING.
Tillman after the shooting
ralked out into the middle of f
ie street where he was urrestd
and taken to the station
ouse on Gorvais street 11 o
ras met there by several of his
riends but said nothing. The
olice took from him the long
ange magazine pistol which
ad one empty cartridge and a
irgo Colt's revolver.
OK GREAT INTERESt.
The intense taken in every '
base of the tragedy enacted in
/olumbia yesterday afternoon
? probably unparalled in the
listory of tho Stato, not being
urpassed perhaps even by that
vhich caused the death of Capt.
b W. Dawson, editor of tho
Tews a.id Courier. Tho promilence
of Tillman, as an indiidaal,
as well as because he
ras a son of the lato Congress-'
nan Ceorge 1) Tillman and a
tephsw of Senator Tillman,
nid the prominence of a differ- ^
nit character of Mr Gonzales,
hi tor ot 0110 ot t lie most inluential
papers in the State,
aused telegrams to come north,
>ast and west asking for tlio
idlest particulars. The fact
vas recalled that George D.
fill man, father of Lieut Gov.
rillnian, was a friend of Mr
ion/ales and encouraged and
upported him in his ell'orts to
)iu The Slate upon a linn li
laneial basis and to inako it a
aiper of prominence and in
Iu<jlice in the affairs of the
5tato. Mr. Gonzales, through
lis editorials, standing as rop esentative
of the thought, in a
urge part, of the people of the
Hate, was known largely
hroughout the country, and as
ho two men represented, in
lOine degree, two opposite sides
u political allairs in the State
ls well as in almost every repoet
antagonistic principles, it ^
vas perhaps but natural that
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