The times., 1898-05-28

Mr.. Heating since before the war was
eight or nine years ago in this city; met
him on Pennsylvania Avenue. between
Third and Fourth Streets and recognized
him. The next time she saw him was
three or four days before the shooting
went with him to his lawyer to make an
athdavit that keating was not deaf be-
Tore the war; was born in 1853 In Louis
vile; went to Newport, KY. when she
was six years old; thought Heating went
into the war In 1864 1t was on April
that she told defendants counsel about
what Keating told her. After Heating
testified on Wednesday after court ad-
1ourned she Joined him and they sat In
Judiciary Park together
Albert Walford, clerk In hardware
store on Pennsylvania Avenue. said
ne marked his goods with a private
marx. When shown the knife in evidence
the witness said the sale OF such knives
is recorded. After search he had been
unable 10 connect anyone with the sale
Oh such knife. On examining the knife
closely, witness said that he thought the
Knife In evidence had struck something
This conclusion was reached from the
fact that the point is duller than knife
in stock.
On cross-examination, witness said the
knife In evidence was sharpened on a
MILESTONE by an inexperienced hand.
Last November. the witness said Dennis
). Cahty bought razor at the store No,
99 Pennsylvania Avenue.
T. Z. Cariin. of Alexandria LAWYER
testified Know the defendent, Canty;
saw him the day before the shooting
with Mr. Van Sender; had conversation
with MIN; spoke to Canty; Van Sender
was called off by a lady; was Canty's
counsel In settling with his creditors"
van sender on the Stand
w. H. Van Senden. Mr.. canty's
former partner. said: II was Secretary
Carlisle's private secretary until he went
out of Office; the firm failed August IA. 1897.
knew Rye; had two transactions with
him. When we failed we owed him over
sooO later We paid him $780, leaving some
thing over 500 due: prior to the shooting
paper of Mr.. Rye's came into our pos
session; got 1t from Mr.. c. f. Havener:
thls was four or five weeks before the
shooting; Mr.. Canty knew of IL three mr.
Tour weeks before the shooting: Cantv
did not see the paper | told him ahout
II; told him that 1t was a note of Rve's
10 Havener for $780, which the latter had
turned over to me-"
The witness then went on to give an
account OF the difficulty between Rye and
Canty on the day before the shooting
Inc recess hour arrived while Ven SEN
den was on the stand and on the recon-
Vening OF the court he continued his tes-
tfhohJ- In the meantime, and before the
examination of the witness proceeded
the defendant, Canty, retired TO the rear
OF the court room, where he remained for
some time in earnest conversation with
Judge Wilson.
On Van Sender resuming his evidence
he said: When Canty would come TO the
office In the morning he came up F Street
from Thirteenth Street after the failure
he generally came to Jeffords's office be-
tween IL a. m. and II 80 a. m; was in
conversation with Canty just before the
alteration on the day before the shoot !
ing: was at 21O5 Fourteenth Street at the |
time of the shooting: had not seen Canty |
from Friday before till Monday before |
the shooting; my attention was called to |
the affair by Col. Ayres; Rye had gone |
about twenty or twenty-five feet when ]
Canty made a remark TO me; know Mrs |
Cation; don't know exactly when / saw
her after the shooting; don't know
whether it was two weeks after the shoot
ing; went to her house because Canty
told me the woman told him she knew
of the shooting; saw Heating
at Mrs. Caton's house for about ten
went once again; never saw
Heating again till 1 saw him in court"
The CrOss-Examinatfon
said his legal residence was in Paducah,
Ky. Did not know either Keating or Mrs.
Cation before 1 came here met Canty and
Rye here; Canty was a clerk in the Inter-
State Commission: Rye 1 understood. was
a sporting man and gambled in stocks;
met Canty in 1891, Rye the year follow
ing; knew Rye socially: have been in
social games of cards with both of them,
but never both together; became CanIy's
partner about two months before the
failure: never saw Rye in our office till
about a week before the failure; got the
HavenOr note in February before the
shooting; did not know that Rye had re-
Dudiated the Havener note; knew 1t was
over due and barred by the statute of
imitation; Mr.. Havener explained to me
low the debt was contracted; told me he
lad a talk with Rye about the note;
,alled Mr.. Havener's attention to the fact
hat the note was over due; bought the
note for the purpose of setting it of
against Rye's claim; Rye demanded his
money from me twice once in August.
S97. and again in January, 1895; told Canty
had the Havener note; only heard the
after part OF the alteration between
Rye and Canty on Monday: met Mr.. Car
in about $40 p. m. in front of Mertzs
lrug store: the next time | saw him was
It the station house; from the time | left
Ianty on Monday. p m, l never saw
lin till after the shooting; know nothing
# the pistol with which the shooting was
lone; heard of Heating first from Canty."
On redirect by Mr.. Worthington Van
,enden stated the understanding between
lin and Havener about the note was that
f he (Van Senden) could use it, it would
,e worth $780, He told Canty that he had
he note.
Manville A Wertz, an employe at the
Treasury, testified: "On the day of the
hooting was on F Street. between Four
zenith and Fifteenth Streets: heard
hot and looked toward the Ebbitt House
nd saw a man falling; started east on
; Street and passed Canty; went on to
where the man was lying in the street.
Is Rye's body was being carried TO
)rew's drug store saw a boy with knife;