Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-18
the house--I suppose that poie ID s'~''
yards below the store.
WAS TOO QUICK FOR HIM.

WAS TOO QUICK FOR HIM.
@. Where was Mr.. Moore? =, -.
a. lie was coming up the roaa LII. ~ g
buggy. and we met. ana ana IL ! said aid GOOD
morning" We both stopped. l said' !
wish you would pay me that money. he
said: ~ am id tired OF your asking
me for that money" said: Mr.. nour ,Ii
if you don't pay me that money ! wa VIA
warrant YOU" He then cursed me anu
said: D. you. / will FIX you so you
can't warrant me" All the time he was
talking he WAS changing his ieins.
stepped back towards the renee s,.',
steps, 1 suppose. Then he made mosioh
like 10 run his hand around to his side,
but, gentlemen, L was too quick LOT MN,
/ shot, and the horse ran up tne roao
towards Mr.. Duval's. That Is the way
II happened. -.
Q. What did you do after that? 49,
a. / went back to the house with inc
pistol In my hand, and met my wite ana
daughter at the door and told them nao
shot Mr. Moore. My wife asked me whas
was the trouble, or something or the KIM;
what did l shoot him for, and remarked
TO her that he had run his hand behind
him just as II he was about to draw
pistol, and / had to shoot him 10 save
myself I walked straight through the
store, and went right to the cabinet In the
room back Of the store, and put the pistoi
right down, and called for my clothes,
and said / was going right down TO tpe
| courthouse and give myself up. My wite
| and daughter commenced screaming ana
| hollering, and OF course i did not want
to hear lot Of crying, and l walked gu.
| to the porch on the side, where there 10
a splendid view OF the whole road.
Q. Where did you go then?
| A. ] went right down to where Wilie
| Winston was, and asked him did he see
| the difficulty between Mr.. Moore and my,
self. said: Did you see him sort or
rise up in the buggy?'' You know no one
| can stand up in the buggy, gentlemen.
| He showed his hand behind him, as If he
| was going TO pull out pistol 10 snoot
| me with He (Winston) said he did not
| see it, / said: II am sorry you did not
| see it."
@. Did you tell him why you shot?
A. Yes, sir; that / did 1t 20 save my
self. L remarked to him that l was sorry
| he did not see it, | was very sorry that
| he did not see IL, for this reason. ! knew
| they would try me for my life. and
went down there especially to get him
as a witness, to bring him down here to
| go before the magistrates court. That IS
| just the way the whole thing happened,
| went right on back TO the house and
| put on my clothes, told them good-by,
| and came down to the rock quarry, and
the first car coming from Lakeside Park
to Richmond l got on. l walked al
around in this courthouse, first In one
room and then another--i did not know
anything about It: am right old man
too, but | did not remember being here
but once since the courthouse was built
| told Mr.. Solomon, 1 had shot the mar
In sef-defence, and came down 10 give
myself up. He did not have to hunt me
came right on down here.
ONLY SHOT TWICE.
O. How many time did you shoot?
A. never shot but twice-once RICH
! after the other.
f @ There were three empty cartridge
In your pistol?
) A. The last Saturday night l spent a
home gentlemen, after / closed the stor
at 10 O'clock, 1t may have been littl
later, one OF my little boys remarked
Papa some one is walking around IN
house" / went out on the porch and sho
/, the other shot out. / never went back i
the store again, and never loaded tn
D @. Did you shoot at anything that Sa
3 turday night?
A. No; Just shot in the air.
q. Something has been said ABOUT you
oiling this pistol?
A. About two weeks before this thin
occurred put plenty of oil on the pisto
> l always put plenty OF oil on pistols Wne
i oil them I always oil them around N
. cartridges. Gentlemen, II you don't o
them well around the cartridges, L WOul
n rather have a stck-they are not wort
= a cent. Ask any one who knows anythin
about 1t, and they will tell you that
: would rather have a stick.
Y o. When you fired at MIR. Moore, sta
a what your position was.
A. was just opposite, that way Qilu
trating). 49,
s @. Which way was he? Which way Wi
y his body facing?
y I suppose my body was about Z feet o
o was standing UP right near the tene
=. and when l pulled the pistol out l SD
u pose the pistol was about feet from {
le buggy. 49,.
A. Yes, sir; right at the side. Every sh
70 fired was directly opposite me IKE tn'
ID was standing up right back near l
fence. -, 1.
his arm out as though he had piston
" his hand ready to shoot.
@. Had the buggy stopped when
1t were fringY ,,- 1910,
still: we were talking. .,o
II O. When did the horse move offY
A. After the shooting. When the p
+ tol fred-popl popl-the horse ran W
mn the road, but the shots were all
IL you know 1t don't take more than a
lie cond to fire two shots was ano
I'd seven feet off from the man "n n,irsa 4
standing: but you know, or course, ]
" arm came out, and that threw the PTS
q little closer up. " A. ~,
n @. How much do you weigh, Mr.. q
(. ter?
v A. About 100 pounds.
. O. What is the condition Of yo
P health. and what has II been?
III has been mighty bad; | nave be
al bothered with indigestion, and l eat w
n little. -, l.. .
e ANY one TO look at me can see u
h can't do much work. l have not dc
any labor for ten years.
b RIGID Ss-EXAD1NATIoN.
~ The cross-examination by Messrs. Sar
m and Montague was very rigid. III
n o. understood you to say Just n
10 that he drove by once or t"lce lnuis ~
1T | afternoon. was II -
A He came by three times. You KIN
c. ne came down the road, and then
turned around and went PACK. Y
OF out in the back yard the hrst TWO tiIl
and the third time he came by
standing on the porch. i,
. o. Which time was II you askeu l.
FOR the money? A..
A. The third time-the last time
NJ came by. 81. .oto .,
VI q. Then when you saw him again Z
was the next morning?
A. No. sir; the next day was Fricay
dld not see him that day; not VI
20. Saturday morning. ~
g, o. The time he was killed.
"a A. Yes, sir; the time the shoolihs U
I'M place. .o.s ,,
~ Mr. Moore: / wish you would pay me I
81 s. you owe meY =,
n u We had more conversation than u
- He smoke to me and / spoke 10 MIN,
III asked him for the money, and he said
80 was id tired Of my asking him
the money. -.
ia O Did you not say that you must
], me that 50 for that sand, or l VIII
70 rant your"
v.a.xt,.1 7 maraly asked him for