The times., 1898-06-05

not go out Immediately, when / went
out a policeman had Canty; ! went and
put my hand on Canty, and he turned
and said: 'Howde do? and i called a
carriage; a small boy came into JEFF
fords's and told of the shooting about five
minutes afser il took place: / called on
Mr.. Dobbins about 10 o'clock on the
morning of the shooting; 1 saw him at
Mr.. Pistefs store, and we stepped into
the back yard; / asked him If he could
lend me gun; | learned of the alterca-
tion be .ween Canty and Rye on Mon
day; when ] found Pistol did not
have what / wanted asked Brill for one;
L wanted a pistol because / expected 10
go to North Carolina that night. l did not
get a revolver that morning; l did not tell
Dobbins why j wanted a pistol; l did not
see either Mr.. Van Sender or Mr. Canty
had not seen Mr.. Canty for more
than a month; had no conversation with
Canty about the Monday quarrel; l did
not tell Mr.. Dobbins that / wanted the
pistol for Canty; on the morning of the
shooting ! did not speak to Mr.. Dobbins
about Rye or Canty; Rye was my friend,
Canty only an acquaintance.
Mr.. Davis then asked If he did not take
a great interest in Canty Immediately aft
er the shooting.
The defense put in a vigorous objection,
but il was not sustained. Continuing Mr..
MoyIan said that after putting CaEty into
a carriage he went back to Drew's drug
store to see Rye and found him dead.
He then interested himself in procuring
counsel for Canty. The cross-examina-
ton was postponed until after the recess
hour in order 10 allow another witness
TO testify:
Ex-senator Blackburn of Kentucky was
then called and testified as follows:
Il knew George Rye well. l saw him
a breakfast at the Wellington Hotel be-
tween and 10 o'clock. We ate at the
same table
The Senator was then asked TO describe
Rye's demeanor al that time. The defense
objected but was not sustained. The wit
ness said that Rye was in his natural
mood.
When the court reconvened Moylan. on
cross-eNamination. said: My acquaint-
ance with Rye extended over three years
was accustomed to seeing him at the
owen House; he took his meals there last
Summer. / have known Canty for about
TWO years; never had any business trans
actions with him When Rye came TO my
place on the night before The shooting
he drank whisky; Ii was the first time l
ever saw him drink whisky. The sub
ject of conversation was as to the relative
size Of Arkansas and North Carolina pos
sums. / was slightly acquainted with
before the shooting. I had no business
al JeffOrds's office on Monday afternoon;
just dropped in 10 see acquaintances
was not AT Jeffords's long on Tuesday be-
fore the shooting took place. / went to
the district attorneys office about o'clock
on the afternoon Of the shooting for the
purpose Of getting the case for Maurice
Smith. a lawyer friend Of mine"
Robert VI. Dobbins was then recalled,
and said: When Moylan came to my
place on the morning of the shooting We
went into the back yard and had con-
yeTsation.''
Mr.. Davis then asked the witness: Did
not Moylan come 10 you on the morning
OF the shooting and ask to borrow a pis-
tll. saying It was for EantyT
D5bbins was about to answer when the
defense objected and was sustained.
p ". Ernst, a photographer, formerly
~ -ae employ Of ". II. Grose, a pawn
broker said: ''Within the last few days
l have examined Grose's accounts and
books. When a purchase or sale Of
deadly weapons was made It's descrip-
ri1n was entered. in detail as was also
the names of the seller or the buyer.
When exa mining the accounts yesterday
I did not find the original sales book. I
examined three Books recording pledges
from 1892 10 1885. and found thrty-nine
entries Of revolvers, the numbers Of which
We're entered: in examining the sales re-
ports for 1885, I found tlirty-seven re-
/ yolyers unnumbered."
on being shown the revolver in evidence,
Ernst stated that there IS no way possible
10 tell whether or not it had pasesd
through Crosses hands.
CIusky Cromwell, a reporter for the
4 Evening Star. was called and said: Re
Torted my conversation with Canty a.
accurately as l could; saw it in the Star
4 y,rbFla ~ have
been in other. words was substantially
what Canty said to me.
The same questions asked Canty on
Friday were propounded TO the witness
and his replies showed that he believed
his report was virtually correct.
Mrs Ella Watkins was called and said:
WAS walking on the Wyatt corner when
the shooting took place; saw both Rye's
hands distinctly; the one he had raised
was open and there was nothing in IL;
did not see him have a knife
Harry Williams. when called. said =
When the first shot was fired, l was in
front Of the Hooe building; the man who
was being shot at was falling; he had
one hand up and the other down and out
from his body
George w. Gilmer. jr.. was called and
testified: MY home is in Virginia; at
the time OF the shooting of Rye was
on Fourteenth Street; saw all the
shots fired; Rye at the first shot
was on the curb at the Wyatt building:
when I noticed Rye before the first shot
he had his hands raised in front OF his
face; they We're open and empty; at the
second shot Ryes right hand fell to his
side; saw the crowd pick up Rye and
carry him away but did not see any
thing Of a knife"
Paul Vincent said: when Canty killed
Rye I was standing between the Wyatt
building corner and Crane &Parris's; saw
Rye before the shooting began; ne had
one hand up when he was shot; did not
see anything drop from his hands during
the firing; did not see Rye make any
| demonstration; was noticing him; when
Rye fell ] went near him: there were
| four or five there when ] got there. did
not see any knife; remained by him until
! he was picked up and carried away;
never saw Rye's right hand; Rye was ten
or twelve feet away from the Wyatt
| corner in Fourteenth Street, when the
! first shot vas fred.
James MCGOWAN: AT the time of
| the shooting ] was fifty or sixty feet from
| the Ebbitt House corner on east side of
Fourteenth Street; Rye had his side to
me: saw both hands as he started to fall ::
they We're open and I saw nothing fall
from them; did not see any knife; Rye
was fifteen to twenty-five feet from the
curb when the second shot was fired"
Just before the court adjourned Mr.
| Davis announced that the Government
would close its case tomorrow morning
| He had only one or two witnesses more
to offer and he did not think that ii would
! take more than an hour to dispose of
them. Mr. Worthington then stated that
| he would then offer testimony in sur
rebuttal but did not say how much time
would be occupied in hearing them