Deadly censorship : murder, honor, and freedom of the press /
Underwood, James L.
Deadly censorship : murder, honor, and freedom of the press / James Lowell Underwood. - Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
An editor is censored -- Pretrial maneuvers -- The first round of the trial -- The prosecution case -- The defense case -- Tillman's testimony -- The closing arguments -- The verdict -- Notes.
On January 15, 1903, South Carolina lieutenant governor James H. Tillman shot and killed Narciso G. Gonzales, editor of South Carolina's most powerful newspaper, the State. Blaming Gonzales's stinging editorials for his loss of the 1902 gubernatorial race, Tillman shot Gonzales to avenge the defeat and redeem his "honor" and his reputation as a man who took action in the face of an insult. James Lowell Underwood investigates the epic murder trial of Tillman to test whether biting editorials were a legitimate exercise of freedom of the press or an abuse that justified killing when camouflaged as self-defense. This clash --
9781611173000 9781299964747
Tillman, James H., 1869-1911 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Gonzales, Narciso Gener, 1858-1903 --Assassination.
Gonzales, Narciso Gener, 1858-1903 --Assassination.
Tillman, James H., 1869-1911 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder)--History--South Carolina--20th century.
Electronic Books.
KF224 / .D433 2013
Deadly censorship : murder, honor, and freedom of the press / James Lowell Underwood. - Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, (c)2013. - 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies and index.
An editor is censored -- Pretrial maneuvers -- The first round of the trial -- The prosecution case -- The defense case -- Tillman's testimony -- The closing arguments -- The verdict -- Notes.
On January 15, 1903, South Carolina lieutenant governor James H. Tillman shot and killed Narciso G. Gonzales, editor of South Carolina's most powerful newspaper, the State. Blaming Gonzales's stinging editorials for his loss of the 1902 gubernatorial race, Tillman shot Gonzales to avenge the defeat and redeem his "honor" and his reputation as a man who took action in the face of an insult. James Lowell Underwood investigates the epic murder trial of Tillman to test whether biting editorials were a legitimate exercise of freedom of the press or an abuse that justified killing when camouflaged as self-defense. This clash --
9781611173000 9781299964747
Tillman, James H., 1869-1911 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Gonzales, Narciso Gener, 1858-1903 --Assassination.
Gonzales, Narciso Gener, 1858-1903 --Assassination.
Tillman, James H., 1869-1911 --Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder)--History--South Carolina--20th century.
Electronic Books.
KF224 / .D433 2013