The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-29
Letters in Evidence.

Court assembled few minutes after
ten and Earnest Crawford was called
20 the stand and identified "a batch Of
letters written by Mrs. McCue iu Is1J
and 1901 20 her husband. The purpose
OF these letters, as the defense saids was
20 show the relations existing between
the husband and wife
The letters were read by AIr. Walker
Letters from the accused TO his vile
during the same period were also ideu-
titled and read. The cores spoudeuce
gave abundant evidences of affection
/ The morning hour was taken up with
this proceeding which proved rather
duh AT its conclusion Captain Woods.
+ for th0 Commonwealth. announced that
[ they had no further witnesses.
The defense said they could save time
/ IL court would adjourn until Monday
giving time for them TO cut our all uu-
! necessary examination OF Witnesses for
/ the defense. The jury consented to
f this and The defense viii begin with it's
/ witnesses an lJ o'clock Monday At
/ toruey Lee said that ne believed by
/ Tuesday afternoon next they could have
t ln all their evidence.
The Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session of the corpora
tiou court yesterday was almost Who'll
/ ly devoted 90 dlscreditiug the evidence
I OF j. William McCue, the seventeen
+ year-oId son Of the prisoner.
W. g. Baldwin of the Baldwin detec-
I tive agency, said-
/ ."I met Willie McCue Tuesday morn
. lrE al O'Clock with Albert Baldwin
/ and Ernest Crawford. 1 had six. eight.
+ and possibly dozen conversations with
/ lim. lie said John Perry knew great
deal about the Cases that De lFeTrgB had
. told him he had heard Mrs. McCue in
the bathroom heard two Icks and
heard Mrs. McCue begging her husband
not tJ kin her Willie said he could ar
( range "a meeting for me with John Per-
I II asked him if he believed his father
+ had killed his mother and he said he
The Pistol Episode.
( "I met Willie q number OF times after
this aU Hotel Gleason. He came there
and called for me- lie told me about
his father running his mother with al
I pistol and OF her taking refuge iu his
+ bed. He said ON the night of the tragedy
that his father and mother had quar-
relied at the supper table and his father
went out ON the porch and said. u have
stood this as long as / intend and I'm
Doe damned I ] stand 10 amy longer
willie said his mother was Jealous
OF attentions paid by the accused 10
other women that ue tNuHeI had i'm
.
women and would give them tu me- that
bis father had gone 20 Washington four
teen or sixteen times iu the last three
months, presumably with women.
'I went with Willie az mis- request.
. 10 see The body Of his mother. He said
as he looked at his mother. This is tine
most peaceful look j have seen ou my
mothers face Tor several years
/ "i never sent Tor Willie Matue lu my
/ Hfe lie came of his own motion and
+ came $50 frequently that / complained iu
( hIs presence of the matter
I The witness here identified the state
megt OF John Perry, written by Willie
/ McCue. and said it was given 10 Albert
/ Baldwin bg Willie McCue iu the pres
( euce of witness
"It is not true that either my brother
/ ur myself took 70 from WiilIeS hands 20
/ the witness continued. '.He handed IL
I voluntarily TO my brother It was IJ
{ my suggestion that Willie got the state
MeuL from Perry
Other Witnesses testified to practically
1 the same thing,