The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-26
THE BLOODY SHIRT
a POINT OF DISPUTE
The 7 Testimony Of Dr.. McC CusI
Was Contradicted to Some
Extent BY Dr.. V'enable,S Z en- BIZ But q q
the Latter's stirnony ~
Was Not as Strong as
Had Been Expected. 81

(statr Correspondent.) s

H2 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Az Oct. .sa 1Ds--s@
For the first time since his arrest EMcCuA Il
the alleged murderer. stood this At ter
noon beneath tho roof OF his own homa.Ss
looked into the faces sof his children and &
a few OF his friends and strolled through
the rooms made familiar to him by long B
association and terrible by the Il blood OF II
his dead wife i5s5
On each side Of him walked an officer y
OF the law Behind were newspaper
men and two or three officials Of the q
court and In front the court Itself In the &
persons OF thp presid Ing Judge. the Jury
and all the attorneys IN the case. It was [
dramatic moment In the famous trial Il
and many Iii the little party awaited, and 4
Z must say, dreaded some sign Of q break II
down from the accused man, ,a N one scame..s1
81 In the court room. McCue sobbing like
a child wept bitterly, while his brot her
snt5upon the stand and redrew wi TIL vivid b
words the tragedy OF, that Sunday night
In Sept ptsmber. Here In the y presence sof 4
every thing that guilty or Innocent must
have been painful and d 10 stressing to him
in the last degree, the thick set fra ne
of iron showed no ira cef OF emo tlorll lag
gard, the prisoner g PIP cared, perha ps, bu ~
1t was no more than many had observed I
already! during the de y. Il 4 he telling evi 5sA
$denco OF a strain that must In time shake Y
any man, however contld lent and self -&s
contained. III d 555s$5Ss8SSs
8 F For the most part, he was AS cal I'm and n
unaffected as he has been at any; time e
since lie was thrown into q felon's s Il cells
EIaliave been told that he showed embar-El
irassment when he entered the bath room.
once stained with the life blood OF .Ils
murdered wife I do not know this 10 II;
t be true It was certainly manifest ton
natural to any man sinlilarly y placed
4McCue Shows the TurY
the Interior Of His Home H
As he stepped into his doorway, McCuss
bent and kissed his little son. hen, M
without romoving his hat, he walked In
and for the next half hour. followed the i
jury from place to place while the gen.
tlenlen fnmillarized themselves with the S
surroundings. After the lower floor had L:
been thoroughly canvassed. . the entire est
party went up stairs. It was then that $F
many eyes were bent upon Me- Cue He q
went from room to DOM ith apparently III
no hesitation. During part Of the time g
his hat was tilted back on his head and II
his hands We're plunged deep into q his "
pockets. ~ if 35%ss5 3&
a while to gaze into the looking glassesgs
and see II itswould be possible for a man
standing before them to discern the tlg-S8s
sure Of an intruder entering through either
OF the doors. While this operat ton was
in progress ArcCue stood In the hall and Il
waited, When the death chamber the 4
little bathroom to the rear Of the hall
was visited, the prisoner was there, w hat
he felt no man knows nor could wish to n
discover. Just otusde OF this room McCue n
had stood n few weeks ago and through
the doorway saw the body OF his wife
stretched llfeless upon the floor. T. o-dayys
he was there In the custody OF q court q
that accused him OF the muruer, In sons
respects the moment was the climax OF ~
all that will go to make UP the history
OF this Very remarkable case. i3
Shortly after 1870 o'clock the inspeo-
ton was over and the party filed out
and made Its way back TO the court-roon.
The throng had been excluded and none
save tho prisoner and his family, tho Jury.
the attorneys. the officers and the news
paper men were admitted. Still llno
OF people gathered along the streets and
moro than ono door way was filled with ~
an eagerly watching crowd. ArcCue kiss Il
ed his relative Mrs. Dinwidde. goodbye
and then left. His pretty little girl, ,RuDy.5
peered at him FROM between the closed
weeping this time. s
McCue Crosses the Street to @ ~
Shake Hands With Ladies
+ \ The prisoner strobe along unconcerned
at the gaze Of the people In the street,
Suddenly he turned, walked across the
roadway ana UP the steEs OF a residence Z
on the front porch OF which were seated
several people He shook hands with
two Of them. They were Mrs. r. i.
Walker and her daughter.
After this slight Interruption, the party
went without delay to tho Courthouse
where in a few moments Judge Morris
announced q recess until to-morrow II
morning at 10 o'clock. The waiting crowd I
dispersed. McCue went back to- his prison
cell.
,rhe Incident to which have just res
ferred closed the first day OF the MeGue
trial proper. In the report Yesterday
Indicated that contrary 70 general eypeci
tation there would be no long delas.
there was any delay at AL,
n This morning Ir Lee, OF the dsfans1
informed the court that Mr.. HarmonI
condition forbade the hope that ne mig
b ba able to appear either now or ~ 9 n
time within the early future. After ca
ful consideration, he said his assoeia
kl.a In ueCttn nm