Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-12-18
THE CARTER TRIAL.



n good deal in the pocket.
8 l.. Elan, of Manchester, tesuneo 70
Moore's bad character, and started 10
say. II would have seen him killed. nao
n not been for the man. he was III
terrupted and not allowed to nnish the
sentence 49,.
Fortune Salmon testified next. He ives
IN Manchester. and thought Moores i.pu-
ta,ion was bad. II would term him.. ne
sid "a venomous. dangerous, and des-
perate-tempered man." Under cross-ex-
animation witness admitted that ne Was
intimate with the Carter family, and nad
resided next 20 them for years
THEY WERE NOT FRIENDS.
T. r. Green. a councilman of Manches-
Ter. testified 10 Moore's bad character.
He said he had had business TRANSACTIONS
with Moore. and difference had occur
red between them as result. Witncss
admitted that he had entertained an III
will toward the decedent up 10 the Gay
OF his death
r. NJ. Jones was recalled to the stand
He also gave Moore a bad reputation
Witness said he married a sister OF car
ter's oldest brothers wife
A w. Farley, of Manchester, testified
that Moore bore q very bad reputation.
A I. Walton testified 20 the same thing,
and Policeman Marion Sutton was called
10 the stand. He had heard that Moore
had n very bad reputation, and was
buffer
Al this juncture in the proceedings the
court took recess for dinner
Afternoon Session.
When court reconvened. at o'clock,
Mr.. Fred Walden. OF Manchester, was
called. and testified TO having seen Moore
with q pistol and having seen him give
II 10 Press Dowdy. This was eight or
nine years ago.
Have you seen him with a pistol more
than once?" he was asked.
Eyes. sir; several times"
Under REORGANIZATION, witness said:
"Dowdy used TO keep a gambling-house.
and you know what that is"
II. NJ Walton, a Henrico farmer, who
was on the stand last month testified
that he had a conversation with c. w.
Childrey. and that Childrey testified that
Carter had told him that he shot in
self-defencc.
Morgan Hiliard. OF Laurel. was pres
snt when Mr.. Chlldrey made the state
ment referred to above, and he corrobo-
rated what Walton had said.
Henry Harris. Hanover farmer, was
NJ the siegel building on the day Of the
homicide. and examined the buggy after
Moore had fallen from It.
Did you see any bullethole in the
buggy then7" he was asked.
'No, sir"
Have you seen the hole which is now
In the buggy?"
Yes, SIR
WAS NOT THERE.
WAS that hole there when you ex-
amined the buggy on the day Of the
homicide?"
mo, sir; IL was not"
Examined by Mr.. Sands. witness adj
hered 10 his original statement. He stated
thu' he left the scene before the
inquest. but said he looked for a bullet
hole. because he suspected that Moore
had been shot. Witness admitted that
everybody was then under the belief that
Moore had fallen out Of the buggy and
broken his neck.
isn't It true" asked Mr.. Sands. that
you merely made a casual examination
OF the buggy"
Yes. SIR" was the reply.
You didn't know anything about
sbots?"
mo, SIR"
And yet you were looking for them
when you believed the dead man had fall
en- out and broken his neckC'
Yes. SIR"
stand aside"
A SLIGHT CONFLICT.
J. z. Herring, one of Moores hands,
testified 10 having examined the buggy
after the homicide.
did you see any pistolshots in it?''
mo, sir; I did not"
Did you see the buggy when II came
up~
II saw 1t in the yard. This was after
we had seen the buggy, but before the
inquest"
Ibid you look under that buggy"
mo. sir; ! didn't get down under it.
We suspicioned foul play, and saw two
spots Of blood
Don't you know that no one got down
and examined underneath that buggy that
day."
"No, SIR didn't know that"
did you see any one do sop
mo. sir, l did not"
Witness had previously testified that
Harris looked at the buggy at the same
time he did, and hence his evidence was
somewhat contradictory of his predeces-
sor on the stand.
Constable I. II. Samuel the Henrico
cyclone. was next called to the stand. He
testified that on the day of the prelimi-
nary trial he got down on his knees and
examined the buggy. but saw nothing.
SHOT NOT THERE THEN
II tell you gentlemen" he said, there
was no pistol-shot in that buggy then,
but when the buggy was here a week
ago / saw the hole. That hole want
there when / first examined It,"
Witness, under cross-examination, said
that he had frequently told Mr. John
Voegler of what he had seen. He had
also mentioned It to Mr.. L. i. russell,
Mr.. Simon Solomon, Mr.. Wash Thomas,
Mr.. X. c. Garnett. Mr. J. L. Lewis, and
others. He could not tell positively when
he told these gentlemen of the matter.
The buggy. when he saw II the first day,
witness said. was near the horse-stalls.
isn't II a fact" he was asked, that
the buggy was nowhere near the horse
stalls; that IL was Immediately In rear
OF the court-house?
II don't know, sir"
WAS the buggy hitched%
''No. sir. there want no horse to tt
The Commonwealth endeavored 10 show
by the Constable's own testimony that
he had examined the wrong buggy.
Mr.. c. r. BoylIin, reporter for the Dis
patch, was then put on the stand, and
testified that he had examined the buggy
at Carter's preliminary hearing. and had
not seen the bullet-hole in the rear, but
he would not state positively that it was
not there
'All can say is that did not see IT,"
ne concluded. Witness was also asked
II he had seen Mr. c. w. Chlldrey when
testifying as TO Carter's illustration OF
Moore's movements at the last trial, put
his hand in his hip pocket, and replied IN
the affirmative.
did he put his hand further behind him