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N 1NSI1JHT INTO T11K 1'ISOCEED1NUS.
lie Testimony at Lexington Oe
claret] "Incompetent" in the
Court?Statement of tho
Motivesol N. (J. Gonzales.
Hy Ju* A. Hoyt, Jr., of The Stftta
Nine months ago yesterday N
Gonzales was mortally phot .
v James II. Tillman. Yesterly
tho assassin walked forth into
io world, pronounced not guilty ^
r murder by a jury of twelve
ion.
To one who has set day after
ay in yon Lexington courthouse
j the "investigation" into the
uirderer's guilt has proceeded
10 verdict came as no surprise. ,
: was expected within 30 mintes
after the judge eloped his -j
jarge. Expected, although the y
hole history of criminal trials
light be searched and not anther
case as strong and clear he j
>und as that which was made .
2
ut there by the prosecution,
xpected, although one who ^
now the truth could scarce rerain
a cry to (tod as he sat and (
stoned to the assassination of |
iUth by Perjury and Misrepro- f
notation?a crv to (iod that His f
wn Truth was being done to t
This newsnaner has stood fori
c
iH w against Lawlessness, has
,ood for ttie integrity ot the
lurts, for faith in the judiciary j
ml in the jury box N. G. Goniles
stood for these things, just
i lie stood for purity in public
Tico, just as lie represented noility
in private life. The State I
ill not now abandon the prin- j
pies which lie made its guiding s
ar. Xo judicial system in this 1
ee republic has ever had to J
ithstand the inlluences which h
been brought to bear in tbio i
i
i:?I ; for. besides that political f
over which the dead man i
aiirht so bravely and ably yet
^successfully, to (he saving of |
10 assailant's life there has been t
noted an element from his own h
ofion. The combination of 1
i liJical Power, Prejudice, Pei A
iry and Ingratitude is very 1
rong. It has worked out an i
spatial.
THE LIVING VS. TIIE DEAI?.
(
The theory is that our judicial (
'fiiom i? constructed so as to re'! !
the (ruth and determine jus- t
ce. This is the ostensible pur- 1
ise ot the technicalities of the *
w, the law which proceeds upon
10 idea that every man is prenned
to bo innocent until his y
.lilt is proved. We might go e
irther and justly say that every ?
?ad n.an whom a defendant is 1
nirged with murdering is deem
1 guilty from the start. Ai *
ast such has been the caje in f
lis instance. In other word*, s
Absolutely Pure
7NBE fS MOSUBSiuifiSr
here were brought out a' L?*
ngton certain alleged far' v. h:|ii
;ave a totally false conception
>f the character and disposition
)f N. (J. Goiiznlea, and \
>ol "competent" to disabuse ?4e
ninds
of the jurors of this ei *>leous
impression. It is com
jetent to present, that evidence
o the people of South Carolina,
tnd 1 present mvselt as ; w'I .pib.
there is no need to be w 1 > tey
iny other oath than fidelity ' o t
lead friend.
Unless J. II. Tillman has befn
u ill tied in killing N. G. G<w:ales
for the editorials put in evilence,
then he has been acqujU
ed because the jury btilieved ike
lefendunt'8 plea of self defense#?
hal he shot because he thougkt
limself in d??icpr nf
... O" " V?
iprions hodily harm, and tl??t ;"Yy
nan of ordinary reason and firnaiesa
would have reached tIvAt
conclusion under tlie same circumstances.
These circa mat a nets
consisted of alleged threats arid
in alleged demonstration made
>y the deceased. Let us firtt
consider the threats.
THE ALLEGED THREATS.
One is narrated by one 1.
Mitchell, lie swore that he apiroached
N. (J Gonzales on tke
trccet and remonstrated with.iioa
or hid persistent denunciation of
lim Tillman. "No," the ftchoiirlv
editor was quoted as saying
'he is n our and I am going to
igiit him as long as he offers for
Hi 1 ?lic office." Then comes the
;i^i of Mitchell's testimony, as s'*
ollows: tkQ. Did you reply to
hat? A. 1 replied to thai. I,
aid what 1 thought about it, an/
io said, "it ho ever bats his e,\es
it mo I will till him so lull of
ead that he will not. be able to
ot? it olx.' "
44 If ho ever bats his eyes at
ne!M These the words of N. G.
Gonzales. 44I will fill hint so
ull of lead that he will not be
ible to tote it off!" That the
ixprossion of a master of Engish
style ? The readers ot The
state know that its editor, now
lead, wrote only the purest and
ileanest language but only a few
>f Lhern may know that in conversation
he was as careful and
sxact and clean as in his editor
als I haven't any doubt that
(4. Gonzales never in hia lite,
lertainly not in hia mature days
>sed Ruch language as T. D.
ditchell attributed to him. 11 *
peech was so precise, !?ie \v?nis
o well chosen, his enum t'iun