Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-20

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for himself and his colleagues any per-
| sonal anlmcsiiy toward the accused. He
| then took up the testimony seriatim. re-
! viewing In extcnso the most important
| iacts elected by the prosecution. The
root OF the crime. the attorney said, was
his love and greed for money. Mr.. Lewis
| laid great stress on the fact as proven
| that the pistol was thoroughly oiled at
the time Of the shooting.
| touching Miss Carriers testimony. he
| said counsel would not undertake to Inn
peach her veracity: he did not blame her
| for resorting TO any method OF saving her
fathers life Holding the coat Of the de-
cedent aloft. showing the bullet holes
| bearing mute testimony TO the awfu;
death its wearer had met. the attorney,
| In an eloquent manner appealed to the
| jury for a verdict OF conviction.
SPEECH OF MR.. SANDS.
| Mr.. Sands followed Mr.. Lewis, and in
| beginning his address, congratulated the
| jury that their labors were nearly con-
| cluded. He spoke also I'm the highest
| terms Of the attorneys for the defence
| and then In most earnest tones alluded 10
| the sorrow occasioned in Moore's family
| by the tragedy, comparing the testimony
of the sorrowing widow with the cool,
calm and deliberate action Of the pri-
| soner throughout the trial.
| Mr.. Sands asserted It as his belief that
| the animus Of the deed was Carriers in
ability to collect money due him by Moore.
| He deved into the evidence and empha-
sized many statements in the testimony
| going to show that this was the cause Of
| the tragedy.
| After asserting that the killing was pre-
medtated and in cold blood. the Com
| monwealth's Attorney detailed how he
believed Carter had prepared for the deed
| and laid i'm wait for his victim, with
| pistol freshly oiled. He emphasized every
| little detail in evidence TO show that car
| ter in remaining at home on the fatal
Saturday. had departed from his usual
custom, and called attention to the evil
! dence Of those employees Of Blooming
| dale who had seen Carter passing there
Saturday after Saturday en- route TO the
city, saying that this testimony was only
| attempted to be Offset by the statements
| of certain merchants, who said Carter
| did not visit their stores every SATURDAY.
Coming down to the claim of the defence
| that only two shots were fired, and al
| luding to the manner In which this claim
had been controverted by reputable wit
| nesses who quoted Carter as saying three
shots were fired Mr.. Sands, turning TO
! Carter, said: Gentlemen, this evidence
| will do more to hang j. Penrose carter
than anything else"
SAID CARTER HAD LIED.
Carter. the Attorney said, had undoubt-
| eddy lied in this statement, and the
| chances were he lied I'm the rest OF his
| testimony. Mr.. Sands then took up the
| testimony of Miss Carter. and said that
| while il was exceedingly distastetul for
! him to impugn her veracity, he was
! forced to the belief that she had not ad-
| hered to the facts throughout her tes-
| timony. He thought the evidence gwen
bv the Carriers dove-tailed too closely not
| 10 have been cooked up. The daughter 5
| testimony was too parrot-like TO have been
| altogether true. -
Discussing the physical facts in the
| case. the Attorney. with the photograph
of the wounds before the jury, showed
how both shots from the revolver en-
| tered Nfoore's body from behind. The tes-
| timony. continued the lawyer, had Deen
| that Moore changed his reins from MS
| right hand TO his left In order 10 place
his right to his hip-pocket, and mat ne
did not murmur after being shot, ana yet
| he held the reins in each hand as ne was
| seen going up the road after the shootiiis'
| With these facts i'm consideration, MT.
| Sands said the jury could not believe that
| Carriers life was in danger The bullet
| holes i'm the coat all in the rear oil the
| garment were held up as another physl-
| cal fact to show that the shots were not
| fred i'm self defence. The hole In the
| buggy was also dwelt upon by the lawyer
| as an evidence that the shots were hred
| from behind. ,u
| Mr.. Sands reviewed the killing in detail,
| and laid great stress on the probability
| that if Moore was leaning forward ana
| endeavoring 10 spring out Of the buggy
| when shot he would have fallen out "heh
| Tho bullets entered him. instead of sitting
| back i'm the vehicle, gathering up the
| reins. and riding over 800 yards peiore
| falling out. -.
| In concluding his remarks after inc
| dinner recess, Mr.. Sands reviewed prleHy
what he had said and asserted that he
had demonstrated that the killing was
cold-blooded. with malice aforethought'
and without any just provocation. Ills
| neroration was an earnest appeal Iof q
| verdict of murder in the first degree.
PLEA FOR THE DEFENCE.
| Mr. Wendenburg followed Mr.. Sands.
ard referring briefly to what he called
| the IMAGINATIVE illusions Of the eehtIe-
men who had preceded him. said he de-
sired TO brush all of these aside ana ge'
down to the law and facts in me case,
the attorney complimented the jury, and
tben reviewing Mr. Sands's address, SAID
tbe burden of his remarks was lnat he
believed the accused TO be guilty. Std'is-
tics show, ne said that 4OD murders &c
| cured in these DIllttu StoVN9 80
and but 800 of the accused were hahseu
vel he ventured-t to say that the com iilo li-
wealth's attorneys in all of the other 90"
cases cried for the blood of the 3''vV men
and believed them to be guilty.
| MI Wendenburg then plunged INTO th'
o,idorca I'm the case He said there was
no middle ground on when the pllsoilei
| could stand He either assassludleu his
| victim or he killed him IN seH-uei0hce
and the Jury had either to hang MN Oi
acondt him. The lawyer argued vigorously
then against anything but an acquitlai
asserting that the preponderahce Oh e'i,
donce was in favor of the contention u
the accused that he shot only Wheh he
! believed his life TO be in Danger. ~op-
corning the contention as set up mat 'h'
accused had oiled his pistol preparation!
10 living in wait for the deceueh'' vi
Vrendenburg belittied the evidence along
"a. Inc and asserted that if the prisoner
IA oiIed his pistol on Thursday. after
ho,,ir,g had the trouble with Moore the
iio,,id would have rubbed off as readily
dnring the two days preceding the killing
~ e the oil had been placed thereon two
weeks previous
NO MOTIVE FOR SHOOTING.
Mr. Wendonburg laid great stress on
tho fact that after the row on thursday
| Move nassed Carriers house three times
al Zach time was seen by the accused
r. might then have shot him. II he nae
go desired. There was no motive Tor the
gbootine Mr.. Wendenburg said, and hence
| Carter would not have lain in wait AS
a matter of fact" continued the attorney
"Carter shot in self-defence, ana nothing