The times., 1898-06-03

testify as to his examination of the rec
Ords of Dealer Grose as TO his sale of
deadly weapons. Objection was raised by
/ the defense and while waiting for another
witness to testify on the same subject
| Mr.. Proctor was asked to stand aside.
Lawrence johnson was then called and
said: when / first saw Rye the first
! shot was fired his hands were up in
| front of him and were open: did not see
anything in them; there was no knife in
| his hands and none fell from him; was
! within five feet of him when he fell
G. w Walker testified in rebuttal:
"When l heard of the shot 1 was in front
| of 609 Fourteenth Street; saw Rye just be-
| fore he fell; he had his hands up in the
air; they were open and there was moth
/ Ing in them.
George Startling said: Il was about
twenty feet from Rye when he was shot;
saw his left hand; there was nothing in
| it; did not see his right hand
| Henry Jackson said: Saw the man
| who was shot; was about fifteen feet from
Rye; saw both his hands; there was noth-
| ing in them
| James b. Hadnell testified: ''Was on
! Fourteenth Street when the shooting be-
gan; was about forty or fifty feet from
/ Rye; saw both his hands; there was moth
| ing in them
| James w. Wanser said: "Was on F
! near Fourteenth Street when the shooting
began; saw the hands of the man who
was shot and am positive that there was
nothing in them; was away from him
when he fell; both hands were up and
| were open"
Marvin Thompson said: WAS nearly
100 yards from Rye when he fell; dom t
know that l noticed his hands"
William B. Diggs- testified: saw Rye
hn -tr Nf.arr r
ne held his left hand up; didn't see any
thing in it; his right hand was hanging
by his side
John B. Diggs said: when the shoot
ing was going on was on F Street, near
Fourteenth; when I first saw Rye three
or four shots Were fired; he was in the
street; saw his right hand; it was up as
high as his face: also saw his left hand
/ 1t was open and empty: saw nothing fall
from them; helped to move Rye's body,
| but l did not see anything drop or hear
anything said about a knife being
| found -s.t@5I
willard Taylor saia: ..was IN front
| of Crane and PARIS facing south when
the shooting occurred; did not see Rye's
hands until after the first shot; don't
know which hand it was. but there was
! nothing in it."
| Washington N. Tolen said: "When the
L
line of the Wyatt Building: saw Rye
when second shot was fired; when he fell
L saw both hands; they We're open and
empty; only saw his left hand until he
started to fall, then he threw it up
4 George N. Berry said: WAS on the
! east side of Fourteenth Street when the
| shooting took place; so far as l saw when
! the second shot was fired Rye threw up
! his right hand; did not see anything drop
| from either of his hands,"
William A. Freeman said: 'To the best
| of my recollection before the shooting
took place Pierre Waggaman's horse and
buggy were standing on the west side of
| Fourteenth Street, opposite the bicycle
rack on the east side of the Wyatt
Building; the horse was turned south
when Waggaman got in and drove off
1t was an open top: don't know whether
it was single or double; have often seen
| Waggaman in the same buggy when