The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-27

and found groundless. Penrose Carter
killed Charley Moore for he himself
says 30. but that Is all that he will say
save that he declares he had great cause.
Friends OF the family declare there
was no family cause for the deed but
that is all they VIII say. The whole
matter seems TO be a deep puzzling mys-
terry.
Business matters seem TO have been
the cause OF the killing, but the nature
Is a mystery. Carter IS known TO have
been a very close business man. lie was
prompt in the settlement OF all Of his
debts. and was pushing all who were
Indebted TO him.
1t has been said that Carter acted IN
self-defense but the dead man was un-
armed. Naturally the question present
ed itself as 20 whether Carter usually
went armed. but no one could be found
10 say positively that such was fact.
A close friend Of the prisoner was asked
the question by Carter himself Saturday.
but could not say that he had ever heard
Of Carter's having a revolver on his per-
son.
FRESHLY OILED.
The revolver, when examined a few
hours after the murder. had every ap-
poarance OF having just been oiled. As
soon as It was opened the extractor
threw out the shells, that were freshly
creased.
Saturday afternoon among tho first 70
call at the jail was the prisoners brother,
Mr.. r. r. Carter. butcher in the Sec
ond Market. lie had a short talk with
Carter and when he came out OF the
tT4.s.. uf.r a
the killing TO have been a cold blooded"
one. He became very excited, and rolled
up hi sleeve showing an arm that had
been torn by Union shell In the days
Of '6l-'65. declaring that the statement
he had overheard was untrue. and that
but for his condition he would call the
author TO account. lie was. advised by
friends 10 keep quiet and soon departed.
IL was rumored around the County
courthouse yesterday morning that Car
ter and Moore had a dispute on Friday
and that then Carter threatened TO Kill
Moore.
Carter retired early Saturday night.
and was mp bright and early Sunday
morning. lie complained that the noise
OF the street cars had broken his rest
but otherwise made no complaint. lie ate
his breakfast. and was LETT alone. But
few people called at the jail to see the
rfIANiINIs
allowed 20 satisfy their curiosity.
When Mrs. Carter called during the day,
bringing with her some clothes and "a
basket Of home food and was ushcrcd into
her husbands presence she broke down
and cried bitterly She spent half an
hour with her husband and then return
ed home.
WHAT MRS. DUVALL SAW.
Another important witness in connec-
ton with the tragedy of Saturday has
developed in the person OF Mrs. Duval,
whose residential estate adiOns that OF
MIR. Penrose Carter and past whose door
the frightened horse of the dying man
ran.
Mrs. Duvall was sitting in her doorway
In place where her View commanded a
portion of the Hermitage road.
She was acquainted with Mr.. Moore by
sight, as were most OF the residents in
the neighb0rhOod Of the house where Mr..
Moore was at work.
Her first inumation that anything was
wrong was when she saw Mir. Moore's s.
buggy careening from side 90 side of the
road behind the maddened animal. ana
as she saw its occupant She wondered
a. the strangeness OF his actions.
He was swaying from one side OF the
buggy TO the other with the reins in his
hands but having no control over the
horse which. however. as it's owner rock
ed back and forth on the seat obeyed
the slightest impulse thus given 20 the
reins and ran in a zig-zag course
The fact that Mr.. Moore still held the
lines. is thought win prove a strong ar
gument toward the refutation OF the
claim that he had taken an offensive part
I'm the encounter.
Mrs. Duvan on noticing Mr.. Moores
strange actions thought that ha had
tainted as his manner was not that Of
an intoxicated person.
She watched the eccentric flight Of the
vehicle until it came to the patch Of
pines. distant about a hundred yards. and
there she saw Mr.. Moore pitch headlong
from the seat
stm under the impression that he had
tainted. the kindly soul ran for her
camphor bottle. but before she could
reach the PROSTATE figure. Mr.. J. l.. Pol
lard had forestalled her and had found
him dying.
WATCHED FOR MR.. MOORE.
The negro William Winston who heard
the shots. but whose Importance the coro-
ner's jury ignored. IS said 20 have made
some startling statements bearing on the
affair.
According TO a reliable source Win
ston. Immediately after the shooting
stated that Mr. Carter had spent most OF
Saturday morning in reading on the porch
of the store and anxiouslv watching the
downward approach of the Hermitage road
When the noise OF buggy wheels was
heard coming up the highway. Mr.. Carter
had risen from his seat and had come
as # to meet the vehicle
A relative Of Mr.. Moore's told q Times
reporter last evening that on Thursday
evening last. Mr. Moore had mentioned
10 her a difficulty he had had with Mr.
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