The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-03
his guilt are greater titan the probabil
ties OF his Innocence
ONLY One Fact Proven.

taHf3ss Ouly Vic Il dCC EIOVSn. EH.
Dverging from this line Of argument,
Mr.. Sinclair declared that the defense
was prepared to provo that the Com
monwealtl, with all its effort and NIL the
moniy 1t has sp mt has gu .Aic1ed in cs-
tablishing but one indlsputnblc fact. tiiat
on tho night OF September dtil Fannie
Crawford Mccue, wife OF tho prisoner.
was brutally murdered In her own home
Beyond this tho Commonwealth had not
gone,
"Wo nre willing to admit said Mr..
Sinclair. that there nre circumstances
which pointto Mr.. McCnc, but at the same
time these @circumstnnces arc entirely
consistent with his innocence"
Proceeding, tho attorney for the de-.
fenso outlined the case OF the prosccu-
ton. declaring that 1t based Its cohten-
ton mainly upon three point: The Ind
relations existing between the man and
wife; the conditions at the house point
Ing 10 the husband, ard the contrudlc-.
tory statcmentsiof the accused. The mo-
tive was found in the alleged bad rela-
tons Whether or not the Comnlon-i
wealth Ind established this motive the
Jury would have 10 decide. Mr.. Sinclair
said, In passin. that ercn bad relations
did not prcsuppose,murder, and that even
q blow was not always followed by q.
homicide.
Ridiculed Prosecution.
The testimony Of the Commonwealth
was then taken up and discussed. point
by point, by Mr.. Sinclair The speaker
rldIculed what Captain Woods had called
s'stta vs." the little Incidents In the Erc-
cent Ito OF NlcCue and Ills wife held TO
Indicate the strained character OF the
relations between the two.
Brand, Thomas. Stevens aud many
others came In for IL few filings. It was
Ernest Crawford. however. that AIR. Sin
clair gave the lions share OF his 3atten-
ton. IIc made a terrific assault upon
the young man, and laughed at his tcs-
timony as Il whole, laying Dlrttcnlar en-
,hasIs upon what no considered the abs
surdlty OF the statement that man
OF AleCue's standing should go down
III the pasture lot" or that n woman OF
Mrs. III McCucs standing would Z In the
presence OF third person charge her
husband With doing such II thing; III faht.
Mr.. Sinclair said that tho Commonwealth
had utterly and ignominlously failed 70
bcsmircll tho character o. the accused.
McCue a Spotless Character.
mot a breath nsr word has been
brought against him." no declared. In
spite OF the announcement Of the Com
monwcalth that all ladies should stay
away from n feCent hsSsioll 5Ilpl'i1iis vas
done-and Mr.. AtcCuc's character stands
here o-dny immaculate and spotlcss ~
ever This lnvcstigation has served only
to show how spotless and Immaculate It
lis. We must be fair, gentlemen; fair
and honest Vi
For the next tcnao fifteen minutes
Mr.. Sinclair devoted his attention to the
alleged bad relations 4 existing between.
the accused and his dead wife. He de-
clarcd that here again the Commonwealth
had failed. Tho speaker cited first the
letters OF the man and wife, and then
tho testimony OF a half dozen or more
witnesses, all OF whom had declared that
they had never observed anything but
the utmost cordially between tho two.
The attorney, laid strong emphasis upon
tho life Insurance carried by the defcnd-.
mt for tho benefit OF his wife. This
insurance amounted to $4,000 or more,
and Mr.. Sinclair figured roughly that It
cost the grasping, m6ney-lopng NicCue
$4,000 year or possibly as much as $40
a day to maintain this insurance, and
yet" cried Mr.. Sinclair, this is the