The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-26

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5cles IN tho testimony of Or. N1cCuo when
placed side by sGc with what he had said
| ut the coroncr's inquest, to which the
witness replied that he had since re-
l3fresbed his mind, Captain Woods brought
his questioning to al, end. FIe handed
NTcCue's bloody shirt to the jurymcn,
asking them to examine It front and rear
and
Captain Moods" said Mr.. Lee, sharply,
please let the gentlemen Of the Jury
examine the shirt themselves without you
making speech at this time.
II am making no speech SIR said the
prosecutor. TT
let the jurymcn examine the shrtsfor
themselves, then" rctortcd Mr.. Lee.
THAT is what am giving it to them
for, sir" replied Captain Woods.
A laugh Went around. but the risibiltles
Of tbe>crowd wero quickly quellcd. Each
juryinan gazed Mt tho shirt, md then
laid It aside.
DR.. McCue Subjected to
Rigid Cross-E Examination
The cross-examlnation began. Mr.. Lee
assumed the offensive, and + launched
| forth vigorously Under his question:
! witness repeated the telephone message
! he had gotten from Sam NIrCuc on the
might Of. the! murder. Tho words that
came to the physician over the wire were
tlleSe:5
Come down here, Frank right quick.
There is somebody iii the house. HI has
knocked INC senseless and probably shot
Fannie
Did you stop at any house on your
way to the house Of your brotller?, asked
Mr.. Lee.
NO. sir
mo, sir"
did you speak TO any one?''
when you arrived nj the house, was
the door locked q
mo, sir; it was swinging OPEN
| Where was your brother2'
Standing upon the stairway, holding
his head with one hand ana his side with
! another He appeared daaed. There was
a wound upon his face. The blood trickled
from 1t down upon his shirt"
Where was the negro boy, John Per-
ry?"
"He assembled the stairway by my side
PLEASE tell the jury what you did,
Doctor"
II set my grip down a t the foot OF the
stairs and went up. heard the water
in the batl, room. j struck light in the
upper hall and went at once to the bath
ROOM 1T was dark, and I made light
there, too Then I saw Mrs. McCue. The
warm water sp' got was running. Iiturned
lit Off. With the assistance Of the negro
boy lifted the body out and stretched
lit on the rug Shortly afterwards sam
camo to the door and saw his wife. !
heard him say: oh, my God My darling
| wife, u heard n woman speak. She led
! him away did not see her"
| According to DR.. McCuc. he and DrS,
! Easley and Venabla maac II careful en-
animation of tho bathroom The gas In
4 tho room was burning. but thc4three he'd
ilightcd matches and crnwlcd around on
/ their knees inspecting every inch OF the
/ In throon1 floor. They We're searching
| for signs Of ~ struggle
| "Did you sec any part or parcel OF m
ut,derskirt in the bathrooms asked MI.
| Lee.
mo, sir. &,
"Could a scrap from, an underslirt or
any other piece Of olotn have escaped
YOU in your examination of the room
shortly after sou found the body Z?
II don't think SO, sir."
The Bloody Shirt Again.
The bloody shirt begnn 10 figure in the
case again Mr. Lee brought out the
fact that tile Doctor had asked sol11e-
l5body either the accused himself Or some
body else, for the shirt. he was tolu
| that he would find it In the basket that
! usually held the aoied clothes lie went
| there and got It. 1t was buried nrder
! some other clothes Witness said he I'D
not remember whom he asked for the
shirt. He had been directed by the COM
imonwcaths attorney to get the garment
and elNe tito the undertaken.
CHOW, Doctor said Mr. Loo. leaning
forward, "whether you asked your BROTH
Ier,or somebody else fnr the shirt, WAS
there any effort to conceal It?
| ''None In the least, sir"
as itfnot n fact, Doctor, that friends
were gathering Mt the house. and that
tho torn condition Of the undershirt on
| posed Mr.. McCue's person, and made lt
| Improper for him to appear before rs
| frends?n
"Yos. sir" I.
"And he took of the shirt threw y
| into the clothes basket and nut on ans I
other did no not2'
y Yes, sir"
Line of the Defense.
Yhe line OF questioning that was inter-,
sected here clearly revealed the intention
OF the defense 10 prove u possible that
McCue had been rendercds senselfss by
n blow from some heavy instrument ] ios-
/ slbfy II sand-bag, References had al
READY been laudn 10 OPEN windows and
Ia other Indications that some intruder
had hccn iii the house, Dr., Mce'ne was