The times., 1898-05-22

witness had been examined when the de-
fense asked that 1t be allowed to place
Mr.. Burke on the stand, for the reasons
already stated.
The first witness called by the Govern
ment was Ed b. MCGOWAN, who testified
that he lived in Washington; and at the
time of the shooting was on Fourteenth
Street between the Ebbitt House and
Pennsylvania Avenue; he heard a pistol
shot, and looking over toward the corner
whence the sound came. ne saw one man
shooting at another in the street about
twenty feet away from him. He saw the
third and fourth shots fired.
The men were facing each other; the
man who was being shot at was stepping
back when the second shot was fired.
The witness then went on to describe
the intervals which elapsed between the
firing of the shots. Continuing, he said
that Rye was standing after the fourth
shot was fired. He did not go to him
when he fell.
Conrad Becker testified as follows: II
live on Fourteenth Street northwest and
am saddle maker. / was at the corner
of Fourteenth and Streets on the day
of the shooting and was near the
ladies' entrance of the Ebbitt House /
heard pistol shot and looked UP and saw
man near the Wyatt Building firing at
another in the street. The man who was
being shot at was about twenty feet from
the Wyatt corner. / did not know either
of them.'
Policeman Riley. who arrested Canty,
testified:
AT 12:O5 I was on duty at Fourteenth
| Street and New York Avenue. Coming
down Fourteenth Street. l heard two
| shots, and looking toward F Street I
saw people running; l ran TO Fourteenth
and + Streets, and saw the crowd going
| toward the Ebbitt House drug store:
| some one said man was shot; turned
and ran toward the Wyatt building,
| where q crowd had gathered. Canty
was pointed out TO me as the man who
did the shooting; I arrested him and took
| the pistol out of his right-hand trousers
| pocket"
On being shown the pistol Riley ident-
| flied 1t. 1t was a 3S-caliber Smith &
| Wesson.
On cross-examination Riley said: when
| / had Canty under arrest a young man
| came up and handed me a knife, and
| passed it to me between two persons"
Leonard Battenfield, the young mar
who claims to have picked UP the knife
| from the spot where Rye's body lay, was
| brought into court but was not identified
| by MIR. Riley.
On the knife said to have been picked
UP at Rye's body being shown to the
| witness ne identified It as the one handed
| to him by some one while ne had Canty
| under arrest.
| The next witness called was Batten-
| field He testified as follows: IT was al
1923 F Street when heard shots fired and
| ran out on the street.
There were about twelve people on
| the spot when I reached Rye's body;
while lifting Rye up / heard something
| drop: ] looked down and saw knife;
I picked it up, and started TO put IL in
my pocket, but took II 10 officer Riley.
! Some one told me to give the knife TO the
| officer"
MIR. Davis asked: Ibid you know where
| the knife came from?'
The answer was: Il do not"
Under cross-examination the witness
said he did not know either Canty or
Rye. He was about a foot OF two away
from Rye's body when II was picked up;
the knife was almost underneath Rye 5
body, and was open.
William II. Toler. colored, who Is en-
ployed at Vests furnishing store at No.
1873 Street, testified: II was in the
store at the time of the shooting. / ran
out TO where Rye was lying in the street.
4 man was holding Rye's head. l saw
both of Ryes hands in his pocket Some
people started 10 move the body to the
Ebbitt House drug store. They had car
ried Ryes body about ten feet when
| saw q knife crop. OlQ not KNOW Wiiefe
it dropped from. II struck a eolored
mans foot.
"I saw young man pick 1t up. The
knife was shut and the boy that picked
| IL up tried to open it. / heard some one
tell the boy not to open 1t. The last
saw of the knife the boy had it in his
hand"
The last witness examined before the
| hour of adjournment was Mr.. Otto Boett-
ger His testimony, however, did not
| throw any new light on the affair. The
| substance of his evidence was that while
| the firing was going on, Canty and Rye
| were about 4 feet apart, the former on
| the pavement and the latter in the car
| riageway on F Street. at the northwest
| corner OF F and Fourteenth Streets. He
| saw the shooting from the northeast cor
| ner of F and Fourteenth Streets.
When the witness concluded his testi-
| mony District Attorney Davis announced
| that the Governments case was praeti-
| cally closed, and notified the counsel foI
| the defense to be ready to proceed with
| their side of the case on Monday.
| Before adjourning, Judge Cole stated tc
| hour of adjournment yesterday and the
| opening of the court tomorrow, the mar
! shall would take them to the scene of the
| shooting that they might examine the
| ground for themselves.
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