The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1904-11-03

ChdrlOtteSVllle, va. special ne
McCue trial, which opened regularly
on Monday, has made satisfactory pro-
gress. Tuesday and Wednesday were
occupied in hearing testimony.
Charles Skinner. the negro who tes-
tilted that he heard the crying of
woman, and then a shot coming from
the McCue house. recounted his testi-
mony at the request Of jurors. In an
swer to a question, he sal dhe heard
the coarse" crying, like that OF a
man, little after the shot was fired,
and before he heard a man running
down the street.
W. ]. Walker testified that he and
his wife entered their home, next
door to the McCue residence, about
20 minutes to 9. on the night Of Sep
tember 4. and were in the front Of
their house some little time before.
He said they heard no crying and
no alarm until they were informed Of
the shooting by passer-by.
Virginia Bragg, telephone opera
tor, testified that on the night Of Sep
tember 4, the defendant rang in" and
his first remark was give me some
one" Then he asked for the resi-
dence OF Mrs. T. J. Williams. Miss
Bragg said she informed Mr.. McCue
that the line was busy. whereupon he
said not to tell him the phone was
busy, as some one was in the house
and had shot and probably killed his
wife. Witness then gave the Will
liams residence when he repeated
that some one was in the house and
probably "had killed Fannie At
the instance of Mrs. Williams, witness
phoned to the police station to send
some one to Mr.. McCue's residence at
once.
The witness had no recollection
that Mr.. McCue had called up DR.. Nc
Cue, the police station or any one else,
but she would not say positively that
he had not.
Lille Busie. who operated the tele-
phone switchboard upon which was
Mr.. McCue's number, said she did not
recall a call for DR.. McCue for the
accused.
Mr.. Conway, business manager OF
The Daily Progress, testified to a re-
ward Of $1,000 offered by the accused.
j. S. White. an attorney, said that
in the course of a conversation with
the accused at the jail. the latter said
to him that for the last four or five
years his life had been "a perfect
hell" and that that woman" was the
most jealous he ever knew. and that
he had worked hard to build happy
home. While he could not say that
the accused spoke Of his wife in an
spoke of her in a respectful manner.
William Hurley, a negro who had
worked for Mr.. McCue, said that some
three or four years ago he heard Mr..
McCue say something about his wife
being jealous and something about its
|. effect on his life or his pleasure, wit
ness could not remember definitely
what the language was. This witness
said Mr.. McCue told him that he saw
the man who came in the house in
the mirror as the latter passed his
door. and that Mrs. McCue was in the
bath room; also that the accused told
him at the Jail that he thought too
much Of his wife and family to do
what he was accused of doing. The
shot gun IN evidence, he said, was
kept between the wardrobe and the
wall, and the cartridges in the ward.
room.
R. T. w. Duke. formerly Judge of
the court in which the McCue trial
Is now being conducted, said the &C.
cused told him that he heard a noise
when he got home from church the
night of the tragedy, and that he grap-
pied with a man in the passage, broke
away from him, but was knocked
down and his gun taken away fromt
him.
Charlottesville. Va, Special.-The at
torneys for ex-Mayor McCue, charged
with the murder Of his wife, who an
nounced late Tuesday that because OF
the illness Of Mr.. Harmon, chief coun-
sci for the defendant, that they felt
they could not proceed further, stated
at the opening of the court that they
had decided to 90 on. Mr.. Coleman,
attorney from Lynchburg. has been re.
tanned in Mr.. Harmon's place.
Dr.. Frank McCue, brother Of the
defendant, was the first witness. He
was called to the home OF the accused
about 9:15 on the night of the tragedy
He said when he got inside the house
he met the brother now on trial at the
staircase, who said to him that there
was someone in the house who had at
tackled him and probably had shot
Fannie" his wife. He detailed the
finding Of the dead body Of Mrs. McCue,
clad in a night robe in bath tub
on the second floor. and described the
wounds. there being one on the right
ear. another on the left side of the
breast. The water was running in the
tub at the time On coming out of the