The times., 1898-05-20

was about twenty or twenty-five feet
from the man who was shooting. He did,
not hear Rye say anything.
On cross-eXamination he indicated thei
interval which elapsed between the firing
of the first and second shot. and stated
that Rye began to fall after the first shot
Saw the Shot Fired.
Henry Matthews, an insurance broker,
then took the stand. He was in the vi
cinity of T and Fourteenth Streets at the
time of the shooting. He located the man
who was firing; he was standing at. the
letter box at the corner of the Wyatt
building. The witness saw him fire the
second shot. Rye was about thirty feet
away. and was facing the northeast cor
ner of f and Fourteenth Streets.
Thomas NJ. Gale. real estate agent. was
next sworn. He testified that he was,
near the scene of the shooting and heard
a pistol shot and saw a man standing on
the northwest corner of and Four
teenth Streets firing at man on the
street in the direction of the Ebbitt
House. The man who was being fired al
was about twenty-five or thirty feet away.
Lawrence f. Thompson. barber en-
ployed at COS Fourteenth Street was cali
ed AT the time of the shooting he was
SIuGIlllG
shop. He heard a shot, and turning, saw
Canty shooting.
On cross-examination the witness said
he did not see Henry Jackson at the time.
Freeman. the shopboy, was the first to
reach Rye after he fell. He seemed 10
catch Mr.. Rye by the shoulder. Rye's
face from the beginning of the firing TIL
he fell was toward Canty. He reeled to
the right after the last shot, and fell.
Mrs Ella Watkins testified that on the
day of the shooting she was near the
corner of + and Fourteenth Streets. at
the Wyatt building. She was going east
when noise attracted her attention, She
turned and saw a man firing toward the
Ebbitt House He was shooting at man
in the driveway OF, T. Street, about M
teen feet away He then threw up his
hands and cried murder; The man who
was doing the shooting then walked west
on + Street. rr-,v-5..s---.-
Woman the stand
Miss Amy E. Wilber, a clerk in the
Treasury, testified that .op the day OF the
shooting she was walking along F Street.
and heard a shot Then she heard three
others in rapid succession. she sa"
man struggling in the street
Miss Kate D. Frye, an employe OF the
Treasury, testified that she saw the
shooting She looked back and saw a
large man shooting at someone in the
street Rye threw up both hands; there
was nothing In them. He cried murder
and fell on cross-eXamination she sara
in passing she saw two men talking on
the corner She could not say whether
the defendant or the deceased was one OF
them.
Mrs. Annie NJ. Coch, employed in the
office of the Register of the Treasury
testified that a few minutes after u o :
clock when near the corner of and
Fourteenth Streets, she saw man stand
ing near the letter box on the northwest
corner. He fired at man in the street,
who was walking toward the Ebbitt
House The man did not turn till after all
the shots were fired. The witness did not
seem to be decided as 10 whether Rye
turned TO the right or left in facing Can
" just before he fell.
Mrs. Mary Cooper, an artist who occu-
pies a room in the northeast corner of
Wizards Hotel stated that she was at
her window. looking out toward the wy
att Building, when the shooting took
place. She said:
Il was watching for my son, whom. !
had sent on an errand, when ] noticed a
man selling something near the corner of
Wyatt Building. Noticed a man who re-
sembled my father He was passing
from the Wyatt Building toward Ebbitt
| the man who fired with his hand on, the
letter box at northwest corner F and
Fourteenth Streets. ! then looked To SEQ
| what he was firing at 1t was the man
who looked like my father. The man, af-
| ter the third shot, raised his hand as If
/ TO his chest. 1t never reached there. but
| fell again, and the man staggered and
| fell. I cried out Murder, and Policer .
The witnesses description of the man who
looked like her father Tailed exactly with
that of Rye at the time he was shot.
Mrs. Cooper stated that she saw Rye in
| the act of turning after the first shot. He
/ then turned his left side toward Canty
| On cross-examination she said when she
! first saw Rye he was leaving the curb al
the Wyatt Building and started toward
| the Ebbitt House. He was nearer the
| Willard corner than to either of the other
/ corners when the first shot was fired At
| ter he fell it was a few seconds before
/ anyone came to his assistance.
Another Version.
Edward Anderson. Austin, Texas: 81
was on F Street at the time of the shoot
| ing. Was standing at WilIard's corner
opposite the Wyatt building. Saw a mar
standing at the mail box on the Wyatt
corner with a pistol shoot at a man about
! three feet from him Then other shots
| followed; the man shot al staggered back
a few feet and fell. The man who wa.
| shot at was standing still. Neither OF
| the men spoke. Rye seemed TO retreat In
| sideways motion. When ] first saw tbs
! pistol it was being held. down. Canty
then raised it a little and fired. then low.
cred it again and shot twice more.
| saw the man fall and the crowd gather
ed but did not go to him. l saw the first
| shot fred
On cross examination Anderson said
| Canty was standing on the west side
! Of the mail box at the Wyatt building
| corner. When Canty shot Rye was about
five feet away. about two and one-hall
| feet away from the point of the pistol
! Canty was on the pavement and Rye was
| in the roadway. When the first shot was
! fired the men were nearly face to face
| Rye turned about three-fourths foot with
! left side to Canty. When the next two
| were fired Rye was about seven or eight
| feet away. Did not notice Rye's hands
| When the shooting began there were some