The times., 1898-05-20

he happened in the vicinity of the shoot
ing. Started from the Ebbitt House to
the Wyatt building. Heard a report and
looked up and saw a man shooting at an
other The man who was shooting was
near the letter box on the Wyatt corner.
The man who was being shot at was
about ten or twelve feet away 1 was
in the line of the shooting and moved
backwards out of the way. When Rye
ewasl falling he reeled and seemed'to0 have
his hands in the air. / did not see any
thing in his hand Was present when
his body was picked up. DID not notice
any one near the man who was shooting.
Taylor's Testimony.
Willard. Taylor, seventeen years old,
messenger boy. District Mutual Company,
was In front of Crone &, Paris's, on Four
teenth Street. Had just dsmounted from
wheel. Saw two men standing near the
corner. looked excited Did not hear'efther
of them say anything. Thought they
were excited fron the way they looked
Saw. Canty pull his pistol; he was. stand
ing near the letter box Canty looked
down at his pistol and then, raised it and
fired Rye then moved back five or seven
feet before the first shot. He did not
show any sign of being hit until the sec
ond shot After the third shot he started
to fall and was on his knees when the last
shot was fired. Saw Rye raise one hand
and : say, murder After the shooting
Canty looked over to the crowd near Rye
and then went about twenty feet towards
! Treasury. sn4rt+
James l.. Frye, colored. bootblack, tes-
titled that he was present at the time., of
! the shooting Was on the northeast cor
! per of F. and Fourteepth Streets. In front
of DIR. Stones. Saw Rye standing in the
+ street. about four feet from the curb, In
Il Ia ataffSs on
| pavement near the electric light pole on
| the Wyatt Building corner. They, We're
| about four and one-half feet apart, Rye
/ being toward Fourteenth Street. Saw the
! men before any shot was fired. Knew
! both the men. 1t was about minute af-
| ter he first saw them that the first shot
was fired. Rye was sdewfse to Cahty
when the first shot was fred, When the
/ second shot was fired Mr.. Rye threw up
his left hand and cried, Murder" He
| had his right hand in his pocket, but could
not say whether 1t was his coat or trous-
/ ers pocket. His thumb was sticking out.
! On cross-examination Frye said he sa "
men talking together about a minute be-
fore the shooting. Was near Rye when
he was picked up. They raised him up
and put him down again. When they
raised him up TO move him he saw some
! thing sticking out from under his body.
! 1t looked like a knife blade Only saw
about an inch of 1t. 1t was about three
quarters of an inch wide On account OF
the crowd did not see what became of it.
He thought the first person who got to
Rye was colored man.
Losknm's story.
! Edward Adolph Loskam was standing
in front of the Ebbitt House seven or
eight feet from the curb Saw the man
who did the firing before he shot. Saw a
going on. He was coming toward the
Ebbitt House and came five or six feet
| before he fell. Seemed to me the man
who was doing the shooting followed the
other man few feet Did not hear the
men say anything to each other while
| the shooting was going on. ..4u -a
On cross examination, saw Canty raise
his hand before he fired. After ehe- first
shot Ryess back was turned toward
Canty that is he was facing the avenue
down Fourteenth Street, looking south.
When the first shot was fired Rye was
! sideways to Canty ..-- ..J s,i
James F. Ford. colored, Oxen Hill, Md.
said on day of shooting he was at Saun-
der's Office on Street west of Fourteenth
Street. Heard shooting. Was in the hall
way when heard shot. Stepped to the
front and saw two or three more shots
fired. Saw a man standing at the. corner
of F and Fourteenth shooting. He was
about fifteen or twenty feet from the rfian
he was shooting at The witness stated
he saw Rye after the second shot He de-
scribed his going to the ground as some
thing ike dwindling rather than falling
George ". Walker. a carpenter stated
that ne was working at No. 699 Four
teenth Street at the time of the shooting
Heard the report of pistol, ran out and
saw two men near the corner. The mar
who was doing the shooting was standing
on the Wyatt building corner. and Rye
Who was being shot at, was ten or twelve
feet away. Saw him throw up his hand
and cry murder. He was backing back
toward the Ebbitt House.
Heard Demand for Money.
Fred B. Rhodes. of Baltimore, stenog
rapher, employed at the Treasury saw
the shooting. Was on F Street, near tn,
Wyatt Building: saw the man doing tn,
shooting and the man shot First attract
ed by hearing a man say, George, ] wan
a hundred dollars from you Canty wa:
on the pavement and Rye was eight ol
ten feet away. Rye said, Do you
Passed on and heard shot when l go
near the car track l turned and Cant!
was standing on the elcurb near the let
ter box When / first saw Rye he was il
the gutter, but when l turned after hear
ing the shot he was eight or ten fee
away from Canty- | heard four shots
but did not see any of them fired. Whei
l first saw Rye (the witness indicating) h
had buth of his hands up and TO the front
He fell sidewise. When Canty stoppe,
firing he put his pistol in his pocket an,
walked toward Fifteenth Street
On cross amination the witness sal,
as soon he heard the first shot he go
down on his knees to avoid any stray bul
lets which might come his way. Indicat
ing, the witness testified the men wer
about five feet apart when Canty as<e'
Rye for $100. AS soon as the shooting
was over Rhodes stated that he ran owe
to Canty and heard some one say: Don
let him get away" :; He also said that h
heard Canty reply to this remark.
The examination of the witnesses 70
the Government will be continued thi
morning.