The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1904-10-27
THE JURY VISITS MURDER
SCENE.
New Counsel for the Defense Grew
some Exhibits Placed in Evidence.

New CounSol Tor tne OelehSo S'S"
some Exhibits Placed in Evidence.
The trial Of J Samuel McCre in Char
lott.syilr, il now we'll under way be /
,onrt adjourned Monday many supposed
that the r,qnest Of the defense Tor con.
tinuance uf the case on account u sick
ness OF DAbi-l Harmon would b.gr' ed
and delay Of - month would follow
[ pom the opening ot rourt utsday
morning Mr. Ire, for he d'f-use, an
nounced that Mr. Harmon had with
drawn from the case, that I!GsI'y Cole
man, of Lynchburg, would tnse hiz
place. and that the pIis ner wa ready
for trial.
DIR Frank e. NcCue, brother OF the &C
Gu ed. WAS placed On the witness stand
and the story OF the tragic occurrence oil
September begun The gown worn by
Mrs McCu- that night, Mr.. McCues IN
derahirt. the gun with which the murder
was committed, and the base hall bat
were exhibited The uDdershirt wsr
passed 10 the jury. who gave it close
scrutiny. The garu, ut exhibited stan'
on the sleeves. the front and back, and
was torn down the 'front.'
/ ForNp HRO1HrR pNEp.
DR.. McCue's story in the main Was th'
same be narrated IN the corOner's jury
In answer 10 questions from the tom
monwealth. Dr. McCue accounted Tor TIT
blood on the undershirt by saying tina
Il was handled 10y Marshall Dinwiddh
and the undertaken. whose hands wer
bloody from handling the body, and
finally. he said he presumed the stains ol
the front Of the shirt were made by BLOOD
from the wound in McCre's lace. An
swering questions by the defense, ne saii
that when he passed his brother on tn
stairway he saw blood dropping Iron
the wound on bis face 10 his shirt front
and later the shirt was pot with the we
gown and no doubt other blood STAIN
had been received in that way.
DR.. Charles ) Nenahle was the mex
witness, lie reached the house an hou
or 70 after the murder, took MIR McCuel
hand. and asked him how il happened
and was answered that il was 81 a mys
tery-that it was done 80 quickly tha'
he didn't know. When he was told tina
his vile was dead, there was not
tremor in his hand, which the doctor
still held. and although he said "Oh
Ny Cod there was no evidence OF emo
ton.
While the witnesses were telling Of the
finding OF the body, the accused put bis
handkerchief to his face and sObbed Tor
moment. He followed the witnessed
closely and was nervous and disturbed
The strain il telling on him.
Dr. Ysnable did not think that Mrs
McCue could have been in the bathtut
when the fatal shot was tired-nOt in the
position in which her body was described
PRISONER TAKEN 10 HOME
Throughout the ordeal of visiting BIZ
home for the first time since he lett 1t II
the custody OF the officers OF the law, Me
Cue was calm and free from emotion, al
though he was pale and apparently la
boring under Suppressed excitement, ye
he saw apparently without the slightes'
evidence Of outward grief the reminder
Of his dead wife He kept his derby ha
tilted back on his head
While In the bed chamber Capt WOOdi
introduced evidence to show that 1t wa
utterly impossible Ter any one standing
AZ the chifionier to see any one ente
from the hall or from Rn6y's room Ii
his evidence before the coroner's jury tn
accused said at first that he saw a maj
while he (McCue) was standing 10 iron
OF the mirror.
The questions of the defense p int to
reliance on it's part to stand by the rob
Der theory, or, rather, to substeotiate q
far as possible the story OF McCue az tt
how the murder was committed.
Mr.. Lee dwelt at length upon the etfec
of the blow on the head with a saDdbag
the open windows, and the fact that tn
piece of bloody shirt was not found upoI
. the first careful examination of the bath
room. The Commonwealth apparent.
ia LAYING a careful foundation for one q
the strongest cases of circumstsntial evi
dence ever presented 10 q jury.
The Jury returned to the courtroom a
) O'Clock, and adjournment until Wed
nesdsy followed.