The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-02


stairs and got In bed?"
",ltaa ya,, gore 10 sleepa''
you we're awaked BY the sc,eamlnss'
where was the screaming9"
Gin Mrs. McGue's ROOM
WAS lshe in her room Q ~, s %l'en she called
YES, SIR
"Then she can,o down the hall TO-
ward your room p
Eyes, sir
erie door between your room, and her
was lockcd?"
Yes, sir
twas she screaming When she was COM
ing down the hall 2"
"sfe was crying"
"When did you hear the sfot7"
ut sounded like the gun went off in
the hall"
iHDd Vol, hear anything else7"
~ heard man 80 into the bath
room and come o,it and then so back
| again. Then heard him go down tho
front steps,"
tD!d he como back UP
mo. SIR
''I1ow did no walk
| "Ie seemed TO have OH heavy shoes.
"W1,at sort OF shoes did Mr.. McCuo
have ON when lie came into the roon,?'
"Ho had on his slippers
twas there any carpet In tho hall?"
asked q jury,nan.
Eyes. sir"
"waa there any carpet OH the stalrs?"
| Eyes slr."
..Was tho door to your room closed and
tho door leading into the hail also CLOSEUP
1 "Yes. SIR"
Capt. Woods's oss-Examina-
q ton.
Tho fur began to fly moment later
when after an Impatient walt. Captain
! Woods landed OH Perry. lie drew out
tho statements that the boy had been
| employed by McCue for a month pre-
! ylo,,s to the murder. and that he still
| lived at the house. Perry also admitted
that he regularly carried meals to McCue
at the jail. Whenever lle went Into tho
coll. however, he was accompanied ny tho
| jallcr After this preliminary laying OF
tho ground. Captain Woods got down TO
| business.
Don't you remember seeing Mr..
| Baldwin on Tuesday before tho funeral?'
Yes, sir" n. X
"Didn,t he cali you out OF Mr. Nc
1 " :
| didn't you go with him
Eyes, sir"
"Didn't Mr.. Albert Baldwin come in?"
didn't Mr.. w G. Baldwin talk to
you about the murder?"
Yes, sir"
Didn't you toll him that you were in
! your room and that you heard two ticks
struck; that you heard Mrs. McCue
| gurgle as II she were choking: that YOU
heard the shot, and that then Mr.. McCue
opened your door and said: John go
down and open the front door. somebody
has nearly killed Miss Fannie. Didn't
you tell Mr.. Baldwin this?"
mo. SIR
"Didn't you say that you heard Mrs.
NfcCue in the bathroom say: Sam, why
do you treat mo so: what have ever
done 40 you?' Didn't you say you had
then heard her say. I will never do so
ngain.'
| Objection was made TO this question,
| but the court admitted 1t for the purpose
Of impeaching the witness.
Nav. sir: didn't say that" de-
l clared the negro.
And you deny that YOU ever made
| these Statements to Mr. ". q. Baldwin
! and Mr.. Albert Baldwin y
Yes, sir.
General Denials.
In tho course Of what followed Perry
| made like denial OF similar statements
said to have been made to others.
Didn't you tell sallic Austin and Carrie
! Perry that you had heard Mrs. McCue
say: Sam, don't kill me; don't kill me;
/ ! am going to die anyhow
Nav, sir; didn't tole them that
1. Don't you remember having gone to
i the wine cellar and having met Mr.. Ernest
4 Crawford and Mr.. a bert Baldwin therc?"
1 John stuck his hand against his mouth.
4 81 went near the wine cellar, he mum
i bled, land saw them!
4 You recollect this talk? g
"Yes sir
Now. didn't you have talk with Mr.
i Willie A1cCue tho next morning."
i Yes, sir"
"Didn't he write down what you said?"
NAV, sir q ] didn't see him have nc
paper"
! you to tell me the truth. s"
i "Yes, sir"
i THE paper, In the handwriting OF Willie
ArcCuc. who had said the statement was
dictated to him by Perry, and afterwards
denied by the negro, was read TO the
witness I,
4 "Did you say that to Willie McCue?'
l asked Captain Woods.
! mo, sir. He must have thought that
a up himself ! didn't say It to him, be-
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