The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-28

William, naively. Mccue, said Il nc g, was Scs
fua am not he g CITY viii stay here until
the 81 court ut, decides. / thought TOO ,nueht, Of
my wife and family TO injure them n. =
sru ufey ha reeeved ABOUT fe looking after
TIC u1 ch,inren IN and about other matters.
hut he added nothing striking to his s pre- re
yious statements. He was not cro's-'
Mrs. McCue's Sister.
Thn st name me- Miss BERTHE Crawford"
called as that OF the'ne1t witness ior th hc
Comnonwealth, sent a thrill tn if.st r tne
an, dressed In deep black, entereq l. s ,!ae
was leaning on the arm OF young E 1''l'',
Crawford. t1.,k
the stand. She was agltnted and at times !e
could scarcely speak. The court gave her
the utmost consideration and p re;sS,ytu
Captain Woods asked her to tell the Jury ry
Between Mecue ana h,s s wite a MCGEE Of the
"was n5t that Of a husband 10 a wife.
He was frequently verv unkind;b ny i tas
visit to my sisters nome ! n,an ~ WE'VE DAYS
there a week before her death. When. Z!
4 arrived my sister was in q very ncI Vo 10
condition Shortly after ho - Got T i nisht
LOG me ., Ha1n n bio he asked for Fannie
told him she was not feeling wen an, ana
would not cat anyshlng IA Front Tn porch
Sam was in a chair on the pavement, IN IN
front OF tho steps It was the first tine NJ.
he had seen his wife SINCE ssct ne b s9s
had told him He didn't even notice = he r.
She asked him how he felt and remar I,se,,
that he hadn't told her anytn ~ p,+ pocs
his trip All I'm he 81 sac an ~as anything about
The Voice OF the witness filtered ra and
fell SO low that tho silent straln'ns crow crow"
could scarcely catch word
Inconsiderate of Wife.
AZ, 35s /. CO.. d,y ar two" continued Miss
4 30 ,rford sam went of again and
STAGED several days; when he returned,
MIS- Wife asked him at dinner ia pie u ne 70
hal seen anybody she knew. He saio
he had not Eie didn't say anyen.t s Vie VIE.
While he was away, she got one le.t ,a
rom him 4 do not know what was IN e
Ny sister was very indignant %heh sAe
received it,
tho. frs. OF March, He Has frequently
Indifferent and unkind to my sister.
There was no ross-exalnlnation..a .3
4 Miss Crawford went from INC room uc-
Another physician, DR.. Hugh T: Nelson.
followed Miss Crawford DR.. Nelson IS
OF picturesque appea rance, and IS cyl
DENLY n man OF wide and deep learning
fession. lie went thoroughly into the
subject Of wounds from instruments,
ranging from fists to bullets. He mad
seen sand bugs. but had never seen an
injury resulting from one. He thougnt.
however. that a sand-bag blow sufficient
TO produce Inconsistencies. would cause
4 confusion and probably some swelling.
Other erects-volniting and nose-bleed-
would be likely TO follow. but not reces-
fnrily. The defense drew from Or. Mel.
son the statement mat q man could DC
knocked scnseless with long and fiat
and soft instrument and yet bear upon
his head no lump He defined confusion N,l
Sa and said every bump caused by a lick,
vas confusion, but that q confusion was
not necessarily a bump.
Sand Bag Unknown Term.
During the testimony Of pr. Nelson.
there were two or three lively little
scenes. The defense attempted to nitro
duce a medical book col reeording sand.
his opinion OF them. The court ruled the
book ont, but Dr. Nelson sad no could
take 1t home and after reading 1t come
hack and say wha, he Thought Of It,
fore tho jury, Over this point there
was long wrangle. during which the
witness sat calmly In his chair When
the gentlemen had queted down. he arose
4 IT were. He had confessed that he had
never read anything about sand-bng
wounds. The question might reflect upon
Ills dignity.
medical Libraries In Charlottesville, II
not one Of the best in the State. have
recently made dgent search and do
not find the word sand-bag In the entire
collection.
AT another moment, Captain Woods
asked the witness, and then when OBJ
jecton vas made, pr0mptsy wtnure" 4,
Mr.. Lee turned stifly toward him and
inquired Why he asked questions, II he
intended at once to withdraw them. ;
Ills face vas red !, but With ali tho charm
where. he replied calmly End equally,
lie Informed the gentlemen Of the de-
glnia could induce him to ask a question
that he did not believe to be right and
pIropert;As he was roeeHding Mr. Lee
irsgTa erS we Sd But YES cap s, woods
the end and concluded that bis frequent
Z withdrawal of questions resulted from a
6sS haXns and ha arEey nm
Except to Applause,
The Sate spd Ct ees Gataq W saa ss
spread The court raped vigorously for.
order and threatened toilock up any man
who showed any symptoms Of applause
ord.sapnrobatinn for a s,atemehs MAGE N
when Dr. Nelson said he had not read
up on sand bag wounds and was not an
expert on the subject the defense en-
deavored to have his entire testimony
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