The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-18
was the cause Of the dimculty?'

was the cause Of the difficulty"
NO. sir; he did not
Did you not tell Mr.. Boykin, DR..
Cr0xton and others that you knew no
reason for tho shooting except the dif-
hculty about sand?'
IL did not" replied Mrs. Carter. II said
that hauling sand and loaniug him money
were the only transactions that Mr. Car
ter ever had with Mr.. Moore
Mrs. Carter tell what Mr.. Carter
said 20 you as 20 the cause of his shoot
ing Mr.. Moore" said NJ. Wendenburg.
HE told me that he did 10 In self-de'
fence" replied the witness.
"Do you know when Alr. Carter last
oiled his pistol
1.-TWO weeks before the shooting
"How do you know that?'
81 was sewing, and he used my oil
can"
Mrs. Carter then corroborated the
statement of her daughter that Mr.. Car
ter had fired his pistol OF once about q
week before Moore was killed and had
not reloaded f. She knew this because
the store. where the cartridges were,
was locked and DE had not gone in
there
Mrs. Carter left the stand after de-
nying that she had told Mr. Boykn that
Carter killed Moore about some sand
and affirming that she had said Dc Was
done in self-defeuce.
Martha Turner. to whose house Carter
WAS said % be going when he shot
Moore. was next examined. She said she
was going 90 Louisa 10 prouacttd
meeting on Sunday. and that on Sa'uf-
day morning about z o'clock Mr.. carter
came there she was told 10y her chiiorrh'
90 Fn. b Ha
rett up I'm Louisa
"A IN turned out that the woman had
NOT seen Mr.. Carter when be came to
her house all Of her testimony was
stricken out except that fact tnat tne
field I'm which Winston was blowing lay
between her house and Carriers.
PRISONER ON THE STAND.
The prisoner. James Penrose Garter
WAS then put on the stand. The hrr
question asked him was whether he was
accustomed TO carry pistol
on. yes" he said. u carry one a'
regular as I do chewing tobacco-haVo
done n for years
Mr. Wendenburg then took up his eN-
animation and he testined as Io"o"a'
Glow long have you been carrying
one? ..,..
0-From whom did you buy your pis-
toll?
Al bought this one from Dick Wilson
ON Broad street and IL cost me $ll, and j
cot II al wholesale price. have had 81
"a long time, but / had pistol before /
O-State whether you have any custom
as TO when you come to town?
A.-No. sir
Q.-When do you conner
Al came oftener on Mondays than
any other day
O-Why don't you come ottener on
Saturdays
A-My wife has been sick a good deal
tbis wear and ! stayed at home on that
account two or three Saturdays out of a
month. III,
Mr. Moore? COL,
As soon as he got the job TO build
that house out there-yOu know when you
20 TO build the first thing you nave I'd
have is sand-he came after me anu
wanted me 10 furnish him sand. hauI-
Ell forty-two loads OF sand al htty cents
a lOad-that will be 81.
Q.-DOes he owe you anything no" "'
account Of that sand?
A.-The account was 81 for the sana.
He paid me 20. and he owes me q lot
the sand and g that / lent him.
Q.-On the Thursday previous 10 inc
homicide were you in the county
Al went up 10 the building 10 looN
around. and was talking to stFeid. P.
sons there. among them Mt 'i'h D.
Later IN the day Mr.. Moore cam. ~
and nut his horse on the outside ui uI.
house. Charles Anderson han hi+
there. and called 10 me. ] spoke po"le.y
90 Mr. Moore. and then went "i' H"' .N
Andersons buggy. Mr. Moore lheh came
up and said
II am very much Obliged to you FOR
the way you have been talking ABOUT me
around the neighborhood.
says Il haven't been talking ABOUT
you"
lie seemed as n he did not believe me
! got angry and said
you are a liar
Then Charles Anderson SAYS am go
ing"
TIRED or HIM
Then Moore remarked;
Il am damn tired Of your coming up
here"
said: "You pay me the money you
owe me. and won't come up mere.
q When did YOU see Mr.. Moore again?
\ That evening three times. He pass
ed down below the house several nun
drcd yards. then turned ana went back.
When ne drove by again i SAID
Good evening. Mr.. Moore, / would be
Obliged 10 you II you would pay me that
50 you owe me"
O. What time was that?
A. About o'clock. -