The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-29

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"IIo said two or three times that hi
believed his father had killed his moth
4 er"
lThe court ordered recess until s:1
p. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Baldwin Detectives Give
Their Testimony.
within an hour and half tho conrl
A was back Mt work again. The crowd was
4 as largo as ever. The majority OF the
women stayed in tho gallery Throughout
4 the recess.
The detective baldwin, went back tc
4 the stand. After n brict conference
1 Captain Woods announced that no hnc
i no further questions to nsk. Mr.. Lee
(, at once directed that the witness stand
aside.
The place Of Baldwin was taken by
i Charles II. Duke, son OF tho clerk OF
4 the court. Tho boy Is sixteen years OF
nge. It was he who, with Randolph
| Page, met Grady when tho officer was
4 dashing In tho direction OF the McCuc
| house. Il
II met Randolph Page" he said, In
front Of Morans. Wo walked a little
| way and then NO met Mr.. Grady.
| was carrying my shotgun. He asked INC
IL l had any cartridges in 1t, and l told
him yes. l gave the gun to Mr.. Percy
Payne. and then we went on back with
! them didn't hear any sound and j
didn't see anybody did not see DR..
| L. G.. N1cCue on tho street or anywhere
else. Randolph Page and l went over
and stood on the other side OF the strict.
| j was afraid VIC would get shot. i don't
know whether any OF Gradys crowd went
] up the lane or not"
w. &. Baldwin Testifes.
The second Of the Baldwin brothers
". G. Baldwin. tho head OF the agency
took the stand. aldwin has /, black
moustache and gray hair The witness
stated that he was presidentsof the Rail
way Association of Special Agents OF
United States and Canadas
He reiterated what Albert Baldwin had
said about his connection with the case.
He said he was engaged by the city and
by the McCue family, the two to pay
Jointly. After entering into this arrange
ment the detective said he tried to get
out or his agreement with the prisoner.
McCue had not been arrested. He told
Baldwin to do everything he could 70
run down the murderer. On Tuesday
evening Baldwin's connection with tho
McCue side ceased a t his own (Baldwins 81
instance. tx
did you talk with the prisoner about
the murder?'
YES, sh'."
when ~
Monday afternoon"
What did he say?''
she told me he was standing near his
chiffonier when he saw a negro or q
dirty white man enter. He reached for
his gun, but before he could use IT, wiLs
struck on the face. think he said he
thought he was also struck on tho back
OF tho head. lie said he was knocked
sensclcss.
senseless. said: Then you didn't know
your wife was dead?' and he said, No,
not until my brother found her In the
bathroom and told me- IL
Met Willie McCue.
when did you meet William McCue?"
"My first conversation with William Nc
Cue was on Tuesday, on the porch Of
the McCue house. Albert Baldwin and
Ernest Crawford We're also there. had
six, eight or a dozen conversations with
| the boy, and cannot repeat them. I think
the first thing he said was that John
Perry, the colored boy. had told him he
heard Mrs. McCue In tho bath room and
heard two blows. asked Willie McCue
the straight question, II he thought his
father had killed his mother, md he said:
Yes ] met Willie McCue number of
times after that at the Gleason Hotel.
Several times he came there and asked for
me. Tie said that once his father and
mother had had some trouble and that
| his mother had run into his room and
gotten into bed with him. His father
followed her into the room and pointed a
| pistol ut her. and then turned 1t on him
| OVilie McCue) when he tried to inter-
fere. Willie McCue also told me that
ono day his father, In a great rage. ran
out on the porch and said: I'll be damned
il stand this any longer While Mccue
said further that there had been Il good
deal Of trouble IN the family over 'fe-
| males He said he had intercepted about
fourteen letters written by women 10 his
father and that he had kept a record Of
his fathers trips to Washington and other
| places think he said there were four
teen or sixteen OF these trips, asked
l him If he had tho letters, and he said
he did,
Court Excludes.
The court excluded any reference to
Ibid you enter the room in which Mrs,
McCue was lying In the caskct?'
Eyes, SIR"
"undcr what circumstnces?'
willie Mccuo invited me In"
"Did he say anythng?''
"IIe looked down at his mother, and
no said; That's the first peaceful look
I have seen on mothers face for several
years.
The detective chief said he had never
sent after Willie McCue; OH tho contrary,
tho son Of the accused, came to him so
often of his own accord, that he (I3ald-
| VIM got tired OF 1t. and said 1t ought to
! stop.