The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-28
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY
BY JAlLER MARTIN
Telephone Girls Deny That Me-.
Cue 'Phoaed for His Brother
the Night Of the Murder, as \.
Claimed by McCue and|
His Brother Several
Versions Of Murder
(stafr Correspondent.)i

CHARLOTTESVILLE. YA, Oct. 81 - 4
Seated within ten feet OF his ia ther whose Y
eyes were fixed steadily upon him through
out the ordeal, surrounded Ion every side 4
by an eager strnining crowd, vVlllief Mos
Cue, eldest son OF the alleged murderer Of
zhis mother, for a half hour to-day and
carefully, deliberatedly. emphaticallyi res
pudiated every statement, threat or alle-{{
cation attributed ITO him by many PERSONS VI
In the little courtroom, five hundred 4
men sat or stood, tense and almost breat.i-s
less. The sun had set behind the hills and
the light that 5streamed through the sWin-$$
dows was dim and cons tantlyS fading .ls
Hundreds OF heads old and young, were (;
craned, watching every movement. catch
Ing every sound from the figure In tho 4
chair. EE5 y, tf5} ~ % ss,3
A boy Of seventeen sat there and from
his lips might have come words damag g-g$
ing, utterly DANA ging. to the cause OF
the man within the bar, hts father.
Not one. not even the fragment Of one,
was recorded. " Gis 8fisss
# The voice Of the boy as he faced the
court was clear and strong. Where many
had expected hesitation, there was only
5vehtme ence to those who had looked for
ireluctan admissions there wens out only
denials often repeated and often empha Us
sized. III,
Emphatic Denials.
8 For every question. and they were n
hurled at him with a rapidtty almost EN-
3barrassing to the listeners, he had one i.
brief. positive and unfailing $reply--a SIM
gle word, & No. ~ The Commonwealth had IS
lstaked high upon what the lad would say
and the Commonwealth failed again, Tor 4
the moment 37S8t "a s,gE
u AS the first words Of the witness $ tir-5
red the court-room audience. tho Il va
Ian al to ttG
be seen descending. s9E 33s
aQuickly as It came, It did not catch,
the prosecutors unawares: the courtly
leader promptly switched his guns and
sselzing the right that was his by law, .
attacked where he had expected for q Il
time to gather strength. lie treated the
boy not as Il witness, the Commonwealth y
itself had summoned, but as one from
the opposing camp. He cross questioned 4
and impeached had his Citations been Il
fulfilled. his only, easy task would have n
.beon to lead on and su.<ain. To-morroWj d
the half done work will be resumed. q Ihe Y
remainder OF the examination will probS
3ablyfnot be long and the defense with tie f5
tide from the witness chair flowing SO Y
steadily its way, can scarcely have much Il
over which to @wrangle and scratch with
In a comparatively brief time. The boy II
will leave the stand and the real and I'm -ffYY
portant task will be undertaken When
tho day ends or before the Common
wealth viii have finished its case No
now phase OF the tragedy will present 1t KS
self. John Perry, tho negro boy. will not 4
90 upon the stand for the prosecution.
None OF the alleged women" will appear.
The Main Point.
The great and perhaps the gigantic la M
Dor OF the Commonwealth will be to
batter down tho testimony OF the son OF
the accused man. Confidence in their n
ability TO do this is freely expressed by
the attorneys. Witnesses will be intro-85
-duced, who will, flatly contradict the
young man, and there are said to be some
infrldavits, The day Will be the most
vitality important since tho beginning.
The representatives OF the Commonwealth n
predict that before 1t Is done they will
have proven beyond all reasonable doubt
that aTcCue Is the murderer Of his wife !,
and that he should hang for the crime,
It Is but fair to state that the assur-
nnce of tha defense is equally mnifest.
II claims many victories and processes
to see nothing like danger In the dis,
tance The testimony OF Willie McCue Y
closed a long, busy day, full to the brin K
with sensations, The Commonwealth be-t
gan early to bolster up It's case and suc-
ceeded to u certain extent. scoring more 4
than one distinct gain.
and or DR.. Hugh u. Nelson. the eminent Z
physician, was interesting and Import
ant In a high degree, Late in the AFTER
noon sister OF the murdered woman
took the stand and told IN falter!ng words "A
OF the inconsidera,te and unkind treat
ment Of McCue She was followed by the 81
,ailer, who recounted o rather startllna H
bit of conversation he had overheard IN 4
the cell OF the prisoner, There were "a
number of other features that ordinarily
would have been of more than usual note,
but they were oyershadowed by what
came at the close,
Willie McCue.
III lacked about twenty minutes OF
O'clock when Willie McCue entered, His
appearance Was the signal for general
stir IN the audience For the next nalf- Ny
hour the gaze Of hundreds OF eyes were
t,xed npon him. The scene could MOI have
been more striking or pathetic. The pic-
,ure, along with that other Terrible pic,
ture 1t recalled, stamped Itself npol, tbs \
mind OF every one. The murdered mt'ther
OF the boy was In her grave; his fasher,
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