The times., 1898-05-25

lifted from the pavement; did not see any
weapon; went over to Canty and asked
him for a statement when some one
brought knife and handed it 10 the po-
liceman; Rye's body had at that time
been carried into Drew's drug store"
The boy Battenfeld, who handed the
knife TO Officer Riley, was called and the
witness identified him as "a dead ringer
for the person who gave the knife to
Riley
Officer Riley was recalled to testify as
TO whether more than one knife was
handed him after the shooting. He said
no.
Frank P. Mann. a contractor. sworn.
said; Knew Canty and Rye by sight; saw
the shooting; was going from the Ebbitt
! House TO the Wyatt Building corner;
i Canty was standing on the pavement and
Rye was In the carriageway on Four
teenth Street by the sewer trap a. the
corner; Canty stepped back three or four
feet when he fired the last shot; heard
Canty say what do you want when the
first shot was fired. Rye had his right
hand in his hip pocket.
On cross-examinatiOn. by Mr.. Shilling
ton. Mr.. Mann said when he left the
Ebbitt House corner he made for the
sewer trap on the Wyatt Building corner;
got to within three or four feet of the
pavement, when heard Canty say what
do you want" the shot followed very
closely; Canty had his hand on the letter
box; Rye had his hand IN his hip pocket
and kept II there during the shooting; the
first shot paralyzed him.
G. w. Towles, carpenter, said: Did
not know either Canty or Rye; was on
Fourteenth Street about forty feet from
4 F Street: heard a. shot and looked and
saw a man over on the Wyatt corner with
a pistol in his hand; saw another man
stagger into the street and fall; heard
four shots. Rye had his left hand up and
was facing Canty; he circed before he
fell; think Canty had his hand on the
letter box; when l first saw Rye he was
about six or eight feet from Canty, off
toward the Ebbitt House; went to Canty
| after the shooting; heard him say some
! thing.
When cross examined by Mr.. Shillington
Towles said that the time of the second
shot Rye was six or eight feet from the
curbing in the street Rye was backing
during the firing of the last three shots.
something In His Hand.
James L. Chase, clerk in the Treasury,
sworn, said: - know Canty by sight; did
not see the shooting; saw Rye fall: was
going east on F Street from Fourteenth
Street; Rye staggered and went down on
his hands and knees; his left hand then
went up and l saw something bright in
his hand; heard it when it hit the con-
crete: il had ametallic sound don't know
1 whether il was a pistol or knife: ii fell
from his left hand; il was his left hand
that went up into the air as he fell; went
TO where Rye fell but did not see any
weapon there"
On cross-examination by Mr.. Shilling
ton the witness said that Rye did not
have either hand raised before he fell to
his knees; his right side was to me; he
fell TO his knees and his right hand; he
then threw up his left hand and some
thing fell from 1t; did not notice his right
hand before he fell; when Rye went to the
ground there was no one nearer to him
/ than the pavement at any side
Frank BrasseN, telegraph operator.
said: On the 18th of last March. was en-
ployed at 1343 F Street; heard shots; went
to the window; saw a gentleman backing
from the pavement at the Wyatt corner.
he staggered ten or fifteen feet and slowly
/ sank to the ground; as he was falling /
/ saw an object fall from his hand; what it
was I don't know; 1t may have been
| cigar; when ! saw the object it was in
midair; know Canty but not Rye.
/ Saw the Knife Picked Up.
! Richard Good, an enploye at the geo.
/ AOSlcoll survey, AtSlliItAl. OB II6 udN OI
/ the shooting l was at desk in the fourth
story of Hooe building; the shots were in
quick succession; the shooting was over
| when 1 got to the window saw the man
standing upright and alone in the street;
| he then collapsed and fell to the ground
| James d. Mc0uade, clerk at Ga Four
| teentll Street, said: did not know Can
! ~ or Rye; when the shooting commenced
/ l ran to the corner of Fourteenth and T
Streets; when ] got there ] saw Rye's
! face; was about three feet from him;
! when they raised Rye's body saw some
body pick UP knife from under his body,
| about the knees; the knife had a dark
handle and blade about five inches long
| when Rye was falling me seemed to have
something in his right hand
The witness when cross-examined by
Mr. Davis said: I came from my place
about 155 feet to within fifteen feet of
! Rye and stopped a moment before Rye
fell; then went over TO Canty; he was
still standing by the letter box; then went
| back to Rye: they were just lifting him
| from the ground when some one picked
| up a knife and said Here is a knife"
The boy Battenfeld. who picked up the
! knife when put UP to testify for the gov
ernment last week, said ne did not say
anything when he picked it up, but tried to
| put it In his pocket. Finding 1t too long
| open, he tried to close 1t but could not.
He then said he heard some one say to
give it to the police" and he did so.