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OHcer who Made the Arrest.
| Mr. Davis ordered that 0fficer Riley be
| called, and the policeman who arrested
| Canty was sworn. Before he was exam
| ined Mr.. Davis arose and stated that q
| point had been reached whers he was COM
| PEELED to make statement, because of the
| criticisms of his course by the counsel for
| the defense. r-E
| He believed that when the witnesses he
/ would now call were heard Mr.. Worthing-
tor would retract what he said the other
| day about bringing out something on cross
| examination that would not have been
brought out by the district attorney. Mr..
| Davis spoke with evident deep feeling
| officer Riley was then examined. He was
| at 14th street and New York avenue at the
| time of the shooting, and heard two shots
| and then saw a crowd gathering. Riley tes-
| titled to having arrested Canty, who was
| surrounded by a crowd He was standing
| In the carriagewdy about forty feet west OF
| 14th street. Witness took a revolver out of
| Canty's right hand trousers pocket.
He identified the weapon as the one he
| had secured, and identified four empty
shells and the one loaded shell as those he
had removed from it. 1t a self-act-
| ing, 3S caliber. fve-shot Smith and Wesson
revolver 1t was numbered ZoS,oS on the
stock. While Canty was in charge of wit
reSS and the latter was going slowly along
through the crowd, young man came up
| through the crowd and handed witness a
knife 1t was passed between two persons.
Witness told the person handing him the
knife to come to the station house, and
took Canty there in a cab. Witness said d
young man about twenty-three or twenty
four years old handed him the knife, which
was open.
He identified the knife in court as the
one handed him; had never seen the young
man since. He could not identify young
Butterheld, who was called into court, as
the party.
On cross-examination officer Riley stated
that the youth who handed him the knife
and another man both said the knife had
been picked up where the body of Rye was
lying.
Witness Who Found u Knife.
Leonard Butterf1eld, eighteen years old,
was next sworn. He was sitting in the
window of 1929 F street eating his lunch
when he heard the shots. Ran up to 18th
and F streets and joined the crowd that
lifted up Rye's body. AS Ryes body was
lifted up witness heard something drop and
picked up knife. 1t was open. Witness
first intended to keep the knife, but he
couldn't get 1t In his pocket and. then gave
1t to Officer RiFey. Believed some one told
him to give it to the officer. Mr.. Davis
questions caused the counsel for the de-
tense to object to them as leading, and Mr..
Wilson declared the manner pursued by the
district attorney was Objectionable. Wit
ness lCSutiucU the kniIe IN court as the one
he picked up near Ryes body.
On ross-examination witness said he was
about a foot or two from Ryes body when
the latter was lifted up, and the knife was
under the right side of 1t. Witness heard
it fall. but did not see where it fell from.
The knife was open when he picked it up.
Saw the Knife Drop.
William H Toler. colored. twenty years
old. employed at 1343 F street, testified to
hearing the shots and reaching Rye's body
when it was being picked up. The body
had been carried about ten feet toward the
Ebbitt House when witness a knife
drop. The knife struck a colored mans
foot and then white boy picked it up.
The knife was shut when the boy picked it
up but the boy, after two or three attempts
opened it. The boy had on overalls. Didn't
see him give the knife to a policeman.
Cross-examined, witness said Immediately
after the incident he told the story to Mr..
George Porter. head clerk in Wells store,
where witness is employed. He told Officer
Riley about it several days afterward.
At the conclusion of Toler's testimony
the subject of the disappearance of Wit
ness Leslie Russell was recalled. and 1t was
developed the man had left the city Thurs
day night at $50. and was consequently
already west of Chicago If he was travel
ing direct.
Faces Canty at First Shot.
Otto Boettger, shoemaker of 204 r
street southeast, was fixing an awning on
the store at 1913 F street. He heard the
shots fired: saw the first one fired. Canty
was between the electric and mail box poles
on the curb at the Wyatt building corner.
Rye was about two feet from the curb in
the street. After the shots Rye staggered
back and then fell. Rye was facing Canty
when the first shot was fired, and while the
last three shots were fired he was moving
toward the Ebbitt House. Rye's hands
went up at the last shot, and he sank down,
rather than fell.
On cross-examination Boettger said the
men were about four feet apart when the
first shot was fired.
Albert Akers and David NJ. Ross were
called, but did not answer, whereupon Mr..
Davis announced that the prosecution was
practically closed, only q few matters that
would require very brief time remaining
to be considered, and stated that the de-
fense might properly be ready to begin
Monday morning. The court then adjourn
ed, after Judge Cole had instructed the
bailiffs regarding the care of the jury over
Sunday, and announced that the members
of the jury would be taken by Deputy Mar
shall Robinson to the scene Of the homicide.
Judge Cole cautioned the jury about talk
ing with each other about the evidence He
also gave his permission for the members
to take drive tomorrow