The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-28
A SON OF M'CUE
ON THE STAND
WAS CALLED BY THE STATE
But HIS EVIDENCE WAS FOR HIS
FATHER.

Willie McCue Was Treated by the
Prosecution as an Adverse Wit
Testimony Was Not as II Was
Thought Ii WOuId Be-Boy Denied
That He Had Made Statements
That His Father Killed His Moth
er.
Charlottesville. Va, Oct. 27.-The
Corporation Court room was crowded
when the trial of x-Mayor McCue,
charged with the murder of his wife,
was resumed to-day. No women were
present.
At the request Of one Of the jurors,
DR.. McCue, a brother Of the accused,
was recalled. Replying to juror DIR.
MeCue said that when he first saw the
body the hair was done up and had a
number of combs in it.
Replying to counsel for the defense,
the witness said that after the body
had been removed from the bath tub
on the night of the tragedy and laid
on a bed the accused went into the
room TO see her. Dr. McCue said he
lifted the sheet, but when he saw his
brother breaking down, he took him
back to his own room.
Charles Skinner, the negro who testi-
fed that he heard the crying of a
woman and then a shot coming from
the McCue house. recounted his testi-
mony at the request of jurors. In an
the coarse" crying like that of man,
q little time after the shot was fred,
and before he heard a man running
down the street.
Something Seemed Wrong. :
Mrs. Antrim saw Mrs. McCue at
church on the evening of Sept. 4. Mr..
MeCue entering the church later. AS
they walked home from church she
thought Mrs. McCue unusually quiet
w. T. Stevens met Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
Cue going home from church. He got
a slight Impression that Mrs. McCue'
voice indicated depression, but or
cross-examination, said he had never
heard her voice before.
w. ]. Keller testified that he and his
wife entered their home next door t.
the McCue residence about twenty
minutes TO 9 on the night of Sept.
and were in the front of their house
some little time before. He said they
heard no crying and no alarm unit
they were informed of the shooting BY
a passerby.
The Telephone Call.
Virginia. Bragg, a telephone operator
testified that on the night of Sept A
the defendant rang in and his frs
remark was give me some one" Their
he asked for the residence of Mrs. T
]. Williams. Miss Bragg said she in
formed Mr.. McCue that the line wa.
busy, whereupon he said not to tel
him the phone was busy as some on'
was in his house, and had shot AND
probably killed his wife. Witness
then gave him the Williams residence
when he repeated that some one wal
in the house and probably had killed
Fannie" At the instance of Mrs
Williams, the witness phoned to tn
police station to send some one to Mr.
McCue's residence at once.
The witness had no recollection tina
Mr.. McCue called up DR.. McCue. tn
police station or any one else. but sh'
would not say positively that he ha'
not. On cross examination, she SAT-
the statement she made at the inques
to the effect that she might have con
nected the defendants phone with tina
of DIR. McCue, and not have noticed /
was correct. The defendants resi-
dence was on her switchboard.
His Life Made He'll.
Lille Busie. who operated the tele
phone switchboard upon which wa
Mr.. McCue's number. said she did no
! recall call for DR.. McCue from tn
| accused.
A. vionway, business manager of tn
Daily Progress, testified to rewart
of $1,000 offered by the accused.
j. S. White, an attorney. said tina