Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-09-30

right under certain circumstances % takc
the life of his fellow-man. and TINS ~
case Of that kind. Carter undouofed'y
killed Moore for the very best OF reasons
II was not because OF any monetary ssou-
bic. and when ne fired those shots AZ MN
II was with the firm conviction tnat nc
had the right 80 to do"
Mrs. Carter too Is quoted as saying her
husband shot Moore for reasons other
than of q financial nature. but TO the
Dispatch man who, interviewed her Just
after the shooting. she said that the cause
was the debt due her husband by Moore
IL Is sale that when she makes her stare
ment to the jury she VIII explain away
these inconsistencies. 1t In understood
that an important witness for the uS-
fence will be Carter's daughter. an at
tractive young lady OF 10 years.
MONEY WAS THE CAUSE.
What the prosecution Will prove seems
to be pretty well-known. Ssserin solomon
viii testify simply to the statement mace
by Carter when he su-rendsr3t hirlscn'
to the effect that he had killed Moore;
Winston. the only eye-witne ss 10 the
shooting, will testify to the deed as II oc-
Cured, and will further r3iterate tho
statement which he made In a DEPOSITION
taken yesterday, and to Dispatch man
on the day OF the tragedy. that Carter
told him Immediately after TIE xtinng,
and before he had time to discuss IL with
any one else, that he killed Moore because
he would not pay him he owed
him for hauling sand for him
G. II. Anderson, q negro piasterer en-
ployed on the Siegel house. which Moore
was building. will prove most important
witness. as In his deposition taken yts-
terday before Commonwealth's Attorney
Sands he testified that he and Carter
were seated In buggy together or Thurs
day evening, prior to the shooting. and
that Moore came out from the Siegci
building, in front OF which the buggy was
standing. and accused Carter of having
circulated reports about him which re-
fiected on him. Carter denied the charge.
whereupon Moore ordered him away from
the building and told him not to come
there again. The lie was passed between
the two men. and Anderson. fearing trou"
bic. drove off taking Carter with him. On
the way down to Carter's store the negro
says Carter did not discuss the natter
save to say that Moore appeared to be
angry for fear ne Career would ask
him for the money due him.
WILL BE OTHER WITNESSES.
Pollard and Duval will testify oniy TO
the fact that Moore fell from his buggy
and died shortly after they reach ID bim.
Or. Croxton will tell OF the inques: and
the post-mortem he held over Moore's
body, and Mr.. Siegel will testify to the fact
that Moore was building a house tor his
mother in Henrico. near Carter's store.
What other witnesses the prosecution has
I'm the background has not yet developed.
but that others will be introduced is a
foregone conclusion.
The buggy in which Moore was seated
at the time of the shooting was at the
courthouse yesterday. IL shows no marks
OF the affair save that a few blood spots
are scattered over the back. 1t Is low
phaeton with an equally low top, and II
was contended by those who inspected IL
yesterday that 1t would have been impos-
sible for Moore to have stood up in 1t as
Carter claims he did. for the top Is en-
tirely too low to permit of a mans stand
ing in II, and the top was certainly up
when the shooting occurred.