The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-29

dolph to my home, aud he stopprJ
there ana said, "One Of my lights hns
gone out" He III the lights AMI went
on the right hund side or the uuto-
mobile and gave me n t,vo-doIlnr bill
and two one doiluT bills to pu, for
the gun. Then he gnve me i've cents
To buy him some cartridges. Then ne
saio' VI Wnnt you to cnli q young Indy
up for me-" I told him, IAN right"
lie told me, 81 wish you would call up
Mrs. Fisher, and tell her 1 Will he
there in fifteen minutcs for my wife.
Dress l told him. "AII right" Then
he went away. I Raw one of my neigh
DORIS Mrs. holland. sitting there, and
she said. who is thut."
SENT MESSAGE FOR HIM.
@. Don't tell what you told her. You
bad u conversation with your next
door nctghbor aud then what did You
do.
Al went in the house aud phoncd,
! called up the number he gave, and a
lady answered the phone, and sail,
MIR. Bcn;tie says TINT he Will be
hin wife's dress." She snid, "who II
thu tnlking" I suid. .sThis f. his
cousin" She snid. ".tll light" ] cut
on the phone then and went upntairn
md went to bed.
q. When did you buy the gunf
y. i bought II saturday.
q. At whnt time.
\. ] stopped work MT haIf-past four,
and after 1 stopped work ut haif-pnst
four ! cnme up on Fourteenth Street
to Mnin Street, and when I got TO the
snloon there, the Elk's snloon, that
hus got n big deer's head there, I got
n Elass OF beer; 1t was hot that day.
! got on the chr and went TO Broad
stret. aud 1 went to Weiusteln's
~paNnshop. When i went In the pnyn-
shop 1 saw the people In there and 4
told them / wnnted 10 look nj a sin
Rie-bnrreied shotgun. He told me all
right. He handed down two, aud the
third one he handed down l wepl to
catch hold of II, and there were two
tacks In the gun mud they stuck in my
finger right here.
q. Are there two tacks on thut gun
A. Yes sir"
a. show them to tho Jury.
n. tExhibits gun and facks to jury).
I think I have got the marks on my
hnger now where II shows where tho
tnckn went Id O my finger.
PURCHASE OF THE GUN.
c. How much did you pny for tho
gun, do you remembers
y. Two dollars OF two dollars and "a
nnii, ] don't remember which. After I
Got the gun I told the boy to wrap II
up for me. He said, ".ilI right, I viii
wrap 1t UP. will pick IL nil
% pieces Tor you. "He picked tho gun
In three pieccs and wrapped IL un In
n piece Of paper, aud the hoy ssk ID
me my nnme, md I told him Paul
benttie. He took the paper and wrote
Paui Beattte on IL. and he said, 81 Will
tnke II over on the other s~Ide"-ahere
are TWO counters ns you go I'm the
door-'and lay Il there and you cnn
get II when you come in here, I went
To the wicket md handed che lndy n
ten dollar bill, and she told me to get
my change on the other side from the
boy. went over there and the hoy
said. Il nm lending you ibis money!,
l said NO, you nre not" He said. .I
nm lending You this money" suid.
NO, thu In my money The girl snid.
That's right, don't you ever lend my
thing or pn'rn anything" said, ~
Will be back Int this evening or to-
night for it.'
@. What sort of a mote did yor y,y.
him for itt
A. A ten-dolinr bill.
O.. Where did you get its
HOW HE o TEN DOLLARS.
A. I worked for 1t. wns making
s1.c5 n day. The there. the
night man, named Mr.. Rnfters, nsked
the boss TO let him of to go to New
port News. He wanted to get some
traps there, and he ask ed me to work
there thst time for him Instead of get
ting another negro. ! told him I would
be glad to do 1t, md TINT IL how I
got ten dollars md five cents TINT
week. ! worked one day more thnn 1
ought TO have done.
: q. Did you buy anything for your
SELF after leaving there:
a. Ier, sir; 1 went by Mr.. Swnr.z-
child's there on Broad Street and paid
him fifty cents on "a little bill ! owed
him. Then 1 went on up Broad Street
to another jewelry store and paid him
n dollar, which balanced the little
bill 1 owed him. From there 1 walked
to he park md Main Street and went
on home.
q. Please look mt these receipts and
see If these are he receipts you got
MIR. CARTER;-I don't think thnt
what this witness is telling that he did