Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-17
trial will almost certainly consume two
more days.
Evidence OF the Morning Session.

Evidence OF the Morning Session.
Mr.. 4. Crawford Rsdd was the first
witness called yesterday morning lie
is county surveyor. and briefly descrb-
ed the location OF the Carter store.
on the Hermitage road. He testified 10
having made a map OF the road adjacent
to the Carter Store. together with the
surrounding country. and this map was
introduced in testimony. II showed not
only the scene OF the killing. but it's rela-
tive distances from the store and else
where. The distance from Mr.. Carriers
house TO the scene of the killing wiz
ness did not testify to. but II was possI-
ble he said, for an unobstructed view
OF the road from Richmond to be Sc
cured from the porch Of Carter's store
for distance Of S93 yards. He then
told OF other distances. which shed no
particular light on the case.
Mr.. j. X. Pollard, a carpenter, who
was employed at the time Of the killing
on Duvars house, about $50 yards from
Carter's store. was next called TO the
stand. He was az work in the front
window upstairs, and had a full view
of the road IN each direction. He saw
a buggy pass rapidly by. the horse in q
run, and a man. whom ne then did not
know. but whom he afterwards learned
was Mr.. Moore. sitting in the vehicle
with both hands grasping the reins.
Moore. as he sat in the buggy. was sway
ing from side to side, and about 200 yards
up the road he fell out. Witness went
to the rescue, but after he got there
the deceased only gasped three times
and died Witness had heard no pistol
shots and knew nothing Of the Tragedy
that had been enacted down the road. lie
was constantly using q saw and ham
from
instruments probably deadened the sound
of the shots. 1t was shown by the sur
veyor's map that the distance from the
point Of the shooting TO Carter's store
was sixty yards and to the point at
which Moore fell from his buggy was SS7
yards
PICKED Up THE HAT.
Benny Duyal, a small boy, who wit
messed the final scene in the tragedy,
succeeded Mr. Pollard on the stand, and
told succinctly of how Moore passed in
a buggy with the top up; the horse run
ming, and how subsequently he fell out.
Witness said he thought Moore held one
rein in each hand but this he could not
say positively. Continuing. the lad SAID
he went to where Mr. Moore fell out,
and on the way, about half way between
the house and where the body lay, he
picked up the deceased's hat which had
fallen from his head. Moore was sitting
in the centre of the buggy and wabbing
from side to side when witness first saw
him.
DIR. CROXTON TESTIFIES.
DR.. w. Y. Croxton, the County CorO-
ner, took the stand and testified to hav-
ing held an inquest over and post
mortem examination of, Moore's body.
He said his first Information was TO the
effect that a man had been thrown out
of a buggy and killed, and he repaired
TO the scene. He first examined the mans
neck. and finding that not broken, he
looked further, and ascertained that the
man had been shot. Then it was that
the inquest was held. Later, a post
mortem examination was made at
Blley's. and developed that two balls
had entered the body. one entered back
Of the elbow joint on the inner side and
ranged down the arm to the wrist, where
il was extracted. The other entered on
the rear of the left side, little above
the edge of the armpit; went through be-
tween the second and third ribs; pene-
trated both lungs: severed a large artery
close to the heart, and lodged between
the third and fourth ribs on the right
side This ball caused death, the Coroner
positively asserted, and he further testl-
fled that from the nature Of the wound
III
wounded man to survive more than two
or three minutes The ball which en-
tered the arm was presented in evidence.
but that which entered the body could
not be found though Dr. Cro1ton said
II did not pentrate all the way through.
THE PHOTOGRAPH PRESENTED.
At this juncture Mr.. Sands introduced
as evidence a photograph Of Moore's
body. showing the wounds thereon, and
an excellent reproduction of this picture
is published in this mornings Dispatch.
DR.. Croxton identified the picture as a
correct representation of the wounds, but
the defence objecting to the jury seeing
the photograph before the photographer
testified 10 its accuracy, a recess was
taken and Mr.. Campbell was sent for
In the interim, however, after about
half an hours delay, Mr.. +. a. Bliley
was examined. He testified to being an
undertaken. and said as such he had the
disposition of the remains of Moore. He
held the body of the deceased while MI
Campbells assistant took the photograph.