Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-04

ubat MIR McCue swortn. suggested tnat
II he NIT AZ $50, 600 or SI9,o"' NJ Mt
The Washington houses, ..ra a. nicS S
saId. are Nos. i7l7 and Las Y seayjs' anu Va
the prettiest and most 'asnion""i' pa'' VI
the national capital
Jr,pcy wADDILLs HOME.
,.o,, not oiyen away one of your
Ia +, Washington asked DR.. Cor !
don. ~ .ho vi,ness re,liod
- Lo-o rendered one OF them 20 my |
s.;and Conrressman Edmund Waddill, Jr., |
h.na ~ rent and / am happy TO be able TO |
A. th,a II Is a great pleasure TO mo 10 |
49,, go 60 ,greeable Christian gentleman as
a neighbor. lLaugher. Besldes properly
il rapidly enhancing IN .aac ,,,t M ,onex
there as il will yield large profits few
wears hence. III /
Telling of his business, the witness sac
,..ns Co. LONG time dealer here in leaf /
and manufactured tobacco, put rom hay
e., he 10 in the real estate business with |
Mr.. John A. Prescott. OF Washington VINO
il worth 81 .0D0DOJ.
Mr. McCue repeated tnat nc i III perlSct
health and attends to MS outieS regularly
THE TESTIMONY.
The testimony of the witnesses con;
sisted in the main OF the repetition OF
statements made IN then presence ~ MI.
Meme or conversations mad with MIN III
,rbicb he used such extrayagant express
s;ons (cbiefy about politics and the sue
cess Of his business transactlons) as 10
arouse the suspicion that he was not men,
tally all right. ,,c
nj, SnbIett said Mr. McCue had had J
some remarkably strange conversations
with him about real estate matters anu
made some incredible statements; that ne
d,scnseed notifies in a wild manner. and !
would walk up and down the moor OF the
EXCHANGE and become greatly. excited,
seemingly without any cause; that Whav
he acid was often incoberent. though ne
did not then recall any conversation IN
which he gave special evidences OF in-
sanity.
l;+.Ie rabid in his utterances and everybody
knew that. Witness, continuing SAID that
Mir McCue talked 10 him about the Glas-
cow consulshlp and told him he had place
near WavnesbOro' that he took for SI9O
debt and that he had been offered $4,000,
but declined to take less than S25O,OW.
The evidence of Messrs Gibson and
| Wren was in purport the same az thar
! given last "Wednesday. when tnG cI f.
charge was being Investigated. lhetormer
said in all his business transactions Mr..
J NcCue had appeared to be entirely
/ rational. but that to Judge from some OF
/ his cxtravagant statements he must have
been under some hallucnation.
Mir. Frank ID. Hill was one of the most
! important witnesses. lie related at length
/ the details concerning certain real estate
! transactions and said McCue seemed 10 ne
, Irrational: was like man who did not
| seem to know what he had done; that he
| appeared to have no Judgment, and acted
ne no sane man would. 10 say that
| he had warned" would be to use an ex-
| ceedingly mild expression concerning many
| statements which he had made.
| Messrs. Woodson, Lorraine, and Aoorn
tboucht the mans mind must be Affected,
| fhouoL thev could not cite any particular
evidence of insanity. His Statements,
| though, were far rom reasonable, and did
| not seem to he those Of a man whose mind
! was balanced. Mr.. AbOrn said McCue, in
! sneakinr of his threat 10 whip Mr.. Chris
| tian. said he was directed by his wife to DO
/ il. and Shaping himself over his heart re-
marked that he felt that he was lnspiredto
| perform that act.
! two hours and a quarter. Mr.. Allan cross
examined the witnesses very closely, espe-
cjallv Mr. Hill and others. He elected the
/ fact that While many rash acts and wlld,
/ reckless statements were attributed To MS
I client there was no one thing charged TO
: his account that would SUSTAIN the charge
I of lunacy. That ne was great paEtlsan'
| discussed politics where be should not
and said many reckless things he did not
denv. but he made the evidence sustain
the idea that he was not insane.
| Al one point in the crOss-eXamlnation
Justice Childrey interposed and asked Mr.:
! Allan If there was any law that auth orized
him TO appear before commission wnere
| there was no prosecutor as counsel lot
man charged with insanity. This appear
/ Il fva a a
deal of feeling he replied that there was no
law to debar a man charged with lunacy
from being defended by counsel.
HIS DESCENDANTS.
Mr.. McCue was again questioned to CON-
plete the answers to the formal questions.
One of his grandparents, he said. was
Scotch and the other Irish.
He seemed deeply affected when asked
if any Of his family had ever been sent 10
an asylum. With tremor IN his voice no
reulied that his brother James who was
captured a prisoner near the close OF the
war and very unkindly treated and whose
property was all swept away from him, be-
came low spirited and melancholy, and
bv advice Of his family physician was sent
| TO the Western Lunatic Asylum. where he
only remained three months. Another
reason he went there was that another
brother was physician at the institution;
James, he said, had been healthy IN I9ind
and body ever since, and is now tne-
looking man.
His mother, who is still living, has always
been in good health mentally and physi-
callv. He (McCue) was irritable while IN
bad health, but DR.. Wexford cured him,
and he had been well, hearty. and IN a
good humOT ever since.
Witness expressed entire satisfaction
with the workings of Providence, and SAID
: Z 4 L 4 IL, n q
not have come out to suit him better. lie
had succeeded, and felt in a good humor
with all mankind. He would not hurt any;
body: was too happy. Making money had
improved the condition of his liver,
and he was entirely happy. He had
no i'll feeling against Mr.. Christian.
Did not think he did wrong to
make the threats against MN under t9e
circumstances. but that was all over. 1t
was just a little righteous indignation.
Nothing had disturbed him since the close
of.the war. Before the surrender he be-
came worried at the idea OF the Yankees
whipping US, but since the end came he had
accepted the result and made the best OF
il. lie again expressed his gratitude 10
DIR. Wexford for curing him when broken
down in health, attempted few witty re-
marks at the expense of the Democrats,
and concluded his observations, when
were listened to with profound. attention
and often produced laughter.
THE VERDICT.
After long consultation between the
physicians and magistrates DR.. Wexford
wrote the following endorsement and the
three Justices concurred in his views;
"In my opinion, as far as | can judge his
is not case of lunacy. but he is eccentric
and has exalted views about his property"
&c.
This ended the matter. and Mr.. McCue
was discharged.