The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-03

Otner Tea lures or tho case. lie referred
to the happenings In tho McCuc house
on the night OF tho murder, and declared
that nothing there pointed to the pris-
oncr as tho murderer OF his wife, ~
The Commonwealth, tho attorney under.
stood, was laying grcnt stress upon the
varying statements Of tho accused In
reference to the murder. Mr.. Sinclair nd
mittcd that their statements did vary
or rather that n scrlcs OF witnesses h'lvo
declared thnt the accounts were different,
but III All OF these statements tho de- II
fcnse lawyer saw tho one prominent 1iE-
tnguishing feature III that hc (hcCuc)
had been attacked and that his wife had
probably been killed.. 4
The Varying Statements.
rho variations weru minor III their
character. and might be accounted for
by tho fnlllbllity OF human understanding.
No two people looked at the same thing
With tile same eyes; no two heard with
tho Sans cars. What ono took TO mean Il
ono hing. another took TO mean sonie-
thing else. But suppose tho prisoner.
nervous and excited, though he was. had
given To cnch tho same story, what
would have boon. the effect? Would not
tho Commonwealth have declared at once
that Ito had stercotyped lie ready for
everybody? Would not every action Of
AfcCue, whatever 1t was. be distorted
and twisted entirely beyond recognition.
aGcntlemcn''-.said Mr.. Sinclair, solennn-
ly-." Gentlemen. there 5is something bc-
hind this case, Eomc mystery that We DO Il
not Understand. #
y a rapid survey OF tho rcma ininE p0intu
!. IN tho case was given by Mr.. Sinclair.
wealth to dlscreit the testimony, Of Us 4
own wtncss. DR.. Frank G. McGue, By z
declaring tha. contrary to what he Ind n
said. he had reached the res, dcnco sev-
.t,,,,t hAfn rroft% md q NIL
officers. The prosecution In substantint-
Ing this point had referred to tho written
testimony, OF Mr.. Massln, who II was :s-
sercd had said that hn saw DR.. McCuc .
cnter#the house and i've OF. ten minutes
later isaw Grady 20 In.
Mr.. Sinclair picked up tho record niid
,rhe witness did say that he saw Mr..
McCuc cntcr the house, but horn ls what
followed Five or ten minutes later.zGI@
saw H. boy or lad run fast out Of the
Grady is anything but. 4 boy Of q lad lad
Dramatic Incident.
rho bloody shirt received its full mead
or attention a rather dramatic incl
;The commonwealtl, has spoken q fair
ness p said Mr.. S ncaair Let us lave
fairness, then. ! have nothing 70 say
against Mr.. 1Iaasis, but hse Common non
statements or Mrs. aiassle, that when sho
first saw Hr. McCue on the night al the !.
murder. he had the sleeves OF his SHIRT
wealth, in other words. has tried TO INIT
that it was a bloody butcher who stood
there o.. that tho sleeves had been rolled
n 70 conceal me oIeoa nna has
failed to do Is to Indicate to the jury tho
length Of the sleeves OF the shirt Now
look. Mr.. Sinclair moved quickly 1or-
ward and picked up the shirt.
FL He held the sleeve Inst his own, lt
came an inch or two below the einow
Allowing for the greatest musc y, u o onl
Ing. the sleeve would probably have cone l'' (
to the elbow on the prisoner. l$S
The Scrap Of Gauze.
found. IN tho bath-room.5 Mr.. Sinclair. said
It might. or might not have Deen,a p;;Ss t,s
or tho shirt worn by. tho accused "a! me
gentlemen wh9 had seaTshea had t 5eed to
see ii. Tho next day it had been found
laying up on the floor. Blu what Of Il.
Suppose It had been there ana sun d Tn'en ~
the, prisoner had visited the bathroom I.
on the night Of te murder; tlla{ tn ~ do ma
that inexprcssbly shocked. he had OK. OK, X
claimed: ':oh!.my God, my darling wife, ''
hda thin ee seco ed = wssas
Grady, his shirt was torn, md, In iact,
a piece or it was hanging on by more
shred. In conclusion MI. sinGlair ~ touS IN
called mysterious telephone n essa 81. tIhen
;he,drlfted into a Lengthy discussion q tt,e a
nature OF clrrumstanta,ll eyldencs. i.e IA
been imprisoned and eyeh hanged on sucn
evidence, lio quoted tho instructlons@ol6 81
tho court. 5,s b Il
&Woods against lie theory OF 4 burglary.
He admitted that II sounded unusual, DIV
crime ne said IS q at t Tns
Oh 4 s;l,ndny night when, his ne!ghhors,
were passing before his door J. Samuel
sMcCue slew his own wife. .a 49,.
or pr; Nelson, that z man KNOCKED sense,
less from y blow With q sort weapI
sshct that'when the accused was first seen
OH the stair llo. had on chund TO his heau
and dne'to his brcnst,as 8.;5s
rls The Negro John Perry.
ss.siWiul reference 70 John Perry he said
BIC w Wtv Of poea a ny Whence from I'M
rs ondSnctually present In the house Ut
tie time Of ths murdTr VIZ; " w srlla
5invlod he jury to y contemplation OF
III Hill 0i laat woras y MI sineair weiS
He P!ctured the accqsed, surrounded By
bly, clildren-h1s boy his pretty ! thn. ~
.inliiistako be madet that the jury move
cautiously, carefully. dolIberately, Ile
declared that y McCue had killed ms
wife The only thing thnt would have been
5lefl for him would have been bullet
rho attorney called attention to the
fact that there bag besll no , en Mtr,f g
had worn the bloody shirt IN The presence
nf this entire crowd, and laa then q care are
he lad made no effort 10 conceal 1t he
gfore tho people came IN. p4'ins ne app..
pe,l lears streamcl down the cheeks q
Sleeping boy. II Was nearly II O'clock
about two thirds Of tho original crowd
was, still IN tho room, The place was
getting cold and pntolnforta bic, q nhul .
ftitude bf tlraushts crept throuEhNa broken
down door. The Jury began to cough.
Mr.. sinel air at last sat dowl,. The H
court adjourned until tomorrow nI,nnrnlNE
ut 10 O'clock. J. T. q.