The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-21
The Venire Of Fifty Pro-.
duCed Only Three
Jurors.
WOMEN WRITE MANY
LETTERS TO COURT
One From Petersburg Declares
That No Wonan's Life Is Safe
in Hands 81 Any Man From
That City-McC Cues Assoc
35s ciation With Other w O. n;
men to be in Evidence. 3:i
s(staff Correspondent,

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! CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, Oct. 2 o.
Within onslderably less than two hours b
this morning the Richmond venire, with "
the exception OF three men had disappears al
ed from the equation and the city sers
geant Of Charlottesville was on the wars
path again wandering rather disconso olata.S
~ on many by-ways In search Of men &
to try McCue, the alleged nur~
derer. The court is dlsgruntled really
X, ssfESS
Forty six men, hale and hearty, nlarcf1-Es;
ed into town in the dead Of nigh t ana IL
though weary and travel worn, were ablalSs
to withstand every assault Of the legal
battering ram. One after anot her they
appeared before the. bar! OF justice and
disappeared. The Petersburg defeo--s
tion resulting from a OF causes
chief among which was the appalling
Of convictlng an ilnoc man
on clrcums tantial evidence was n1ers
childs play to this 81 y5 q s9S5ssa 9s
& The question OF circums stantial evidenoA
did not figure in i It al a ll.Ss The ere waSsS
moreover, no diversity here. w hat one eEs
thought, all thought. until the promising NJ
Richmond con tingent upon whom SO many
hopes were builded. fell away like g n
house of cards swept by the wind
a Solitary Man.
One solitary man out OF I forty-six had II
formed no o$opinion OF AIcCue and his case n
and he was accepted with an eagernes1S u
that spoke volumes for the distress Of
the court. The remaining forty-iiYe con-
stessed to the existence 81 Of pre- nceiyedS
Ideas as to McCues s gull t, q or inn cence,
but two OF them profe fessed their ability
withsan open mind. and g live the accused
n fair. and impartial q trial. Bot tn we're
enrolled among the accepted jurymen. ssss
8 AS for tho theirs they had il to a m ar,
positively, unqunlihedly and unshakably9
reached a verdict8in in the NIcC,ic case and
no amount Of evidence. ar rgument or per-
sunsion could induce them ito change IT,
They had read the ne spar ers and dis-S$
,cussed the mat tier with their friends.
rs there no amount OF evidence that 4
could effect q change In your mind, II ASKS
ed the court. 3
one, /" answered the forty three and
then by various route went back to home
and the Horse Show. q SSss7SsS SS$ss
a Three stayed. Dr. Jud. B, w God il Nfr-,gs
"a. p. Heinrich and Mr.. John Traylor.ss "
With them the court had twelve in an n
and need four more. Il 3S Il
$' Foxy Rogers grabbed his stick Il and
for third timo went out to beat the
bushes This time 1t Is a still hunt
Whittier he has gone no man knows save
himself and the Judge. Court will rea4-Ss
semble Saturday morning at II O. clock to
give him an enthusiastic welcome back
Disappo nting. 53
In view OF these conditions the second
<r1,, t11nn
viewpoint Of popular interest. I3eyond8 I
the presence of AIcCue and his little GIL I
in the court room again, there was bsosaa
lutely nothing there of4extraordlnary of ms
terest to- the crowd Attention was there
fore again turned upon the constant ly cl1-9
culatng, but by no means fresh an ds ~. 1
vigorating r,7nors that are arising as
every hand like noxious emanations FROM
a marsh. t9 & 5238 Nh ~
An excessively ambiguous reference was
made by mo last nlghtto an affair that
has since been d ragged still farther into
the light, and that was In fact fully ex- 4
plotted in tho afternoon papers here to- I
day. have previously noted the fact
that nobody has attempted to deny that
McCue has received at least one ana \
probably more affectionate letters from
women since lie has been in jail charged
with the murder of his WIFE Tho runoH.
publication and widely accepted theoryS
ventures to locate one of these letters, ana
In q roundabout way to call the mama
OF the woman who wrote It.
The story Is not q pretty one, ana par
tlcularly Is this true when one delves ~
little below the surface. The most extra
nbnse of the case-NfcCue's relations with
other women, 4 a n Il
1t has been puzzling many minds how
the Commonwealth would ever do any-sS
thing In this direction. Detectives have
been at work for some time, hut theif
success l,ns by no means heen daza.ling.
Something Unearthed.
There may he a new hand In tho game.
or something may have been uneartnedAt
very recently. A man In intimate touch
with the prosecution said to-day that Z
while he had despalred n week or rsyo
ago OF ever dragging this stuff into the
court, he believed that recent events
Justified him in making assurance tharst
something in this connection VIII Pc az
tempted. IIe knew 1t would be idifftculI3
line OF evidence. and antlclpated tfe-s
mendous fght over It, hut he believed
that It would he tried,
Another 'woman'sn side OF the case 4
is the great bitterness felt by the feminine
portion Of Virginia against the accused
The women here are bitter and the wo-
men elsewhere are aDitteF.85 hlHily SslstSosSsS
are being received In various quarters from
women, and they are all terrific IN their
decentralization Of the accused z.
A remarkable document came 10 hand$
to-day. 1t oyiginated in Petersburg, ans
was 3wrItten by a woman, who says s1s,
Ia Atty years OF age II warns the Com \
monwealth not to look to PatersourE
men for a conviction of any man accused
Of wife-murder. Several wiyas maze bsenS
murdered In Petersburg cont tihpss ,na nes Z
nostnI md they have nil escaped In