Richmond planet., 1900-10-13

turn it sover TO the court Just as it
was.
rKE TWO WEAPONS.
The fact briefly 40 to the vespon
therefore, sre these:
Beth are 8S cslibres; Bepjamin's
has ore chamber which seen ms to have
been unlosded, empty, and five cham
bers loads6 with cartridges that have
Huverbeen fred Moynehan's has five
empty shells and one cham ber entirely
empty containing neither shell nor car
fridge. The condition OF the two wesp.
ons makes 10 appear possible that for
MoynshAn TO have firedffive Shots and
impossible for Benjamin TO have fred q
single shot. Benjamin. pistoI was
not drawn. but was found by the offi-
GERS Ia his pockets when they examin-
ed theibody. Benismin's weapon was
left at the station house immediately
after the tragedy; Moynahan's was
NOS Capt. Reagan explains that this
later fact is due probably TO an over.
sight resulting from exeitemend at
tending the tragedy.
THE DEAD kAx.
ROO. Benjamin was born In IN.
Wese Indies, on the Islerd of Kitts
Msrcha6lst 1855. He was educated
partly at Oxford, England and travel
ed considerably in this country and in
Europe. He came TO New York In his
9Th year and engaged Ia newspaner
work. he Was admitted to the bsr
in MeNphis in 1880 He came tn this
city in the fall of 1895, ana was ad mir
ted to the Fsyette county bar, Later
he assNmed control Of The Stand Ard
local colored weekly pap.r. which hs
was conducting at the thine of his
death. 'He was 'Tsllow Diek" Combs
attorney at Georgetown and had prse.
hced IN the local courts Mere or l,ss
extensiv aiy. He was an incisiye, fear.
Iess, progressive writer OF considerable
scope and unusual Independence.
he leaves wife and two ehildrsp-
WHO MoYNiHAN ss.
Mike Moynahan is 81 gears of AGE
and is soG or John Moynshap. d.cass,
eu. de has been q resident NJ Irish-
town for years and is at present fore.
man or the quarry at the cIty farm
At present he is under Indictment
before the Federal Courts in Lo,,isviIIe
on the charge of interfering WITH thu
Federal election last November at
which time he walked up behind Rich
ard Curd in Pre- cinct 81 and srraek him
. terrific Dlows cutting his head open,
WAS IT ESLF-DRFRNsR
At the Jail last NIGHT Moynsh
essimed that he shot Beniamin ;n 80
defense. Othe rs made the Same eIsix,
but no one has been found so far 49,
Will say he saw the dead man fira ~
revolver at all. Mr.. B. p. Carpepter
says he was close enough to Movnsbsc
20 touch him while the firing was in
IN progress; that he saw Benjamin hnt
dld not lrecognizs him; that he Was
Siose enough to have seen Beniamin
hre If BENJAMIN had fred. and tbst he
saw no shot Ared by Benjamin that hs
saw Benjamin running while Movna
nan was firing, and that Moynshan fr.
Cd four shets. The policeman saw thav
nearo put did not see the Ering and no
one 80 lar has stated that he saw Ban
1smin nre. BenJsmin's pistol has one
chamber empty. On examination last
nlght THIS chamber did not centsin An
empty smell ana seem to be corroded
as u IL hao not been fred for some
slme. Moynahan's pistol is q six shoot.
when seen last night. One chamber
mad no shell in it at all. MoynahSn
could not have fred Ave shots. Ger
penter heard only four, making IA pron-
soie, therefore, that Moynahsn's pistol
nso another empty chamber in Il Az.
cept the one that was minus a shsIl
Tnis, however, ID me ire conjecture.
.: nobody is deAnste as to the numher
OF shots nred except Mr.. Oarpentsr.
VINO is positive he heard four, eli fired