The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-19

" hio Cell 10 transact business are eX- /
cepted.
Some of this last class resort to the
jail daily at the visiting hours and seem
anxious 70 close up their accounts. They |
nnd him In the cell with windows and |
door curtained with fabrics from his old |
home. with his legal papers about him |
and photographs OF his wife and mother |
on his table
Reverend Callers.
Among those who have called for
other than business reasons was the
Rev. Harry B. Lee, who is rector of
Christ Episcopal Church It is not
known whether Mr.. Lees visit was a
voluntary one or whether he called on
the prisoner in response to a request.
The prisoners pastor, the Rev. Dr.
George L. Petrie. of the Presbyterian
Church. who conducted the funeral sery-
ices over the mangled body OF Mrs. Nc
Cue. is expected to see the prisoner dur
Ing the day. It will be his first call
indeed, the ministers have not. IT seems. |
FASTENED to offer consolation.
In his days OF prosperity McCue kept
In touch with preachers, 10 whom he
was always very urbane and to whose
enterprises, II is understood. he con-
tributed with reasonable liberality He
was an elder in the Presbyterian Church
and held in high esteem as one of the
solid men Of that communion.
Detectives at Work.
The detectives have not yet ceased
working upon the case Two Of the
Baldwins are still here. and are. it is
confidently stated, In the possession of |
a great deal of evidence which has not
yet been divulged, but some Of it may |
not be admissible in a court Of justice |
This would seem TO be especially true
of evidence collected on the subject of |
his alleged marital infidclities.
The two colored men-Charles Skinner, |
who heard a woman crying in the Nc
Cue home = few minutes before the
fatal shot. and the McCue stable boy.
who testified to hearing Mrs McCue
say, just before the shooting, sam! !
sam! isl II a shame that he is killing
me- are credited with knowing more
than they told the coroner jury.
The commemorative attorney con-
tlnueS TO receive letters from females |
some OF them anonymous and some of
them signed He cOnfesses to having
been materially aided in his investiga-
tons by these writer's. and is in a very
receptive humor, but declines to say on
what li17ts these assistants of. justice
touch the case. Re1EG-ffa5 c'g-
SNGA @-AO~1AcA Nul pitt
There are three Pinkertons in the case,
bat whether in the interest Of the Com
rlonwealth or OF the prisoner cannot be
harmed. Certainly the prosecution knows !
nothing about their employment
II IS said. however. they are directing
their energies to the esta Enlistment Of |
different theory from that upon which !
the Baldwins have proceeded. II rumor !
No frrra ha. A.
culprit. but no one. unless il be the /
Pinkertons themselves. seems to know |
any reason except the accused law !
yer's story Of being assaulted by some |
one who looked like a dirty tramp upon /
which 10 build a defense
Some comment has been excited by |
the discovery that in June. 1893 about 1
the time when II was said Mrs McCue /
was seriously considering asking 4 d.
vOrce. Mayor McCue decided 10 his wife /
which he lived. Although there were /
four children 10 whom the property I
would nave descended in case Of Mrs /
McCue's decease. the grantOr inserted 4
the following proviso in the conveyance. |
IF ] survive my said wife. then at 1
her death, the whole OF the property /
hereby conveyed, whatever may be its !
form at that time, shall revert to and 1
hereafter belong to me just as though /
this deed had never been made"
LAX VI NhanRe OF venue.
Although there has been talk of a |
change Of venue. It IS not regarded as /
likely that the prisoners attorneys Will /
ask FOR f. Under the safeguards thrown /
around the selection Of juries FOR crirni-
nal trials IN Virginia It is not likely that /
twelve men without exception can be
found in this city or county.
A panel Of sixteen men. therefore. VIII /
proba bly, be drawn from some other city /
or county, and this may operate TO DELAY /
Immediate trial. especially as the circuit /
court term comes on October !. about /
ten days after the first assembling or |
the corporation court, in which this ca AZ 4
OF the Commonwealth against McCue 4
will be called.
A recent Virginia statute requires the
trial Of prisoner 20 be gone into AT |
the same term of the court at which |
be IL Indicted. unless good reasons can |
be shown for delay. The grant Jury will /
be called on Monday. the 10th, and IL |
Ia understood that there will be many |
matters for its consideration.
A form of indictment has already been
drawn by Comm onWealth' s Attorney GIL /
mer. The prisoner, II is said will be ar |
has been returned. but it is quite u iIlcs
tain whether the trial will proceed at
once
II is now authoritatively announced
that the prosecution will be assisted by
Robert Ker, Of stanton, Va the Com
mOnwealth's attorney Of Augusta coun-
~. who prosecuted Kennedy and his as
ISOLATE tratn-wreckers, sending two OF
them TO the penitentiary and securing
the conviction Of Kennedy of murder
In the first degree. He has been in
Charlottesville studying the case.
An Affectionate Couple.
a dispatch from Staunton says:
Charles Curry, a prominent criminal
lawyer Of this bar, was asked II It was
a fact as the papers had stated, that
he had been retained TO prosecute ].
Samuel Mocue, who is charged with
numbering mis- wife in Charlottesville.
M Curry stated that he had not
been retained 20 assist in the prosecu-
tion of Mr.. McCue. He said that he !
had been approached by some of the
friends Of Mrs. McCue. and he advised
them 20 take no part IN the prosecu-
ton.
He says that he knew the McCues
well and believed they were a devoted !
couple; that Mr.. McCue was most at !
tentive 20 his wife, and certainly pro- |
vided for her most literally. and about |
a year ago made a large settlement Of
property on her, and Mrs. McCue, in a |
recent visit TO stanton, spoke 70 one |
Of her friends In the most affectionate 4
terms Of her husband, and said that she /
had the best Of men for q husband"