The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-10-29
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lest trip to Round Hill that she Wept
on the way. He said nothing happen
cd at the supper table September 10
indicate any misunderstanding between
his father and mother, and that they
came down stairs to dinner together.
Willie McCue denied saying ms
mother was very jealous ard had asked
him to watch his fathers office. he
also denied saying when viewing ms
raCther's remains that she wore the
first peaceful look he had seen on 'lef
lace.
killing Willie's Testimony.
C. ]. PaoH, a druggist, said Willie
McCue had said to him that if he told
the truth and his father was hanged
people would point at him and say ms
evidence hanged mis- father.
A H Baldwin, a detective, VINO sald
his services were being paid for by the
city Of Charlottesville, testified mat
Willie McCue had stated in his pres
ence that he believed his father nae
killed his mother and that they nad
had uuarrels. The witness said Willie
said that on one occasion his mother
ran into his room. his father following
with = pistol He said Willie told him
his mother Was jealous of his father
and had asked him to watch ms Ia
theirs office, which he did, reporting to
his mother. and that his rather threat
cred him for telling his mother fle
declared that Willie had said that ms
father and mother were mad with
each other at the supper table Septem-
Der 4. that after supper his father fol-
lowed him out on the porch saying
he was tired OF this and would be
canned if he would put up with it
another day" md that his mother was
worrying IL great deal about the ac~
lions of his father Willie, he said
had agreed to get d statement from
John Perry. 9. servant as TO what Per
nv had heard on the night Of the muir
der and identified a statement. not adj
mitte1 in evidence, which he salu
Willie got from Perry and handed 10
him The witness said Willie told n m
that his mother wept on the way TO
the train the last time she went away
prior to the shooting. These state
ncnts. witness said, were made some
in the presence IF Ernest Crawford,
and some in the presence of Crawford
and his brother, W.. CT. Baldwin. The
accused. he said, told him Mrs McCue
had disrobed TO go to bed and tat he
WAS undress ng before his chitfonier,
when he saw in the mirror, the form
Of a man ard was subsequently knock
ed down complaining of pain III ms
head, and that he phoned to DR.. Nc
| Cue and Mr.. Williams.
w. G.. Baldwin, detective and q
brother of the former witness, who
| said he was employed by the city, and
| first by the McCue's as we'll, said he
withdrew from the MCCue side of the
| case two DAYS after the shooting.
The accused told him his assailant
| was either a negro or a DIRTY Whlle
man" He asked him who he sus-
pected and witness thought he men,
toned but one name, when was not
revealed He said he heard Willie Nc
| Cue say that John Perry had heard
| two licks struck and that Perry rad
| hold his mother begging Mr. McCue
not to Kill her.
The statement regarding Perry was
| stricken out on motion OF the defense
as Willie had not been questioned
concerning it. Willis told in his pres
ence, he said, that his father ana
mother had lived unhapplly on ac-
| count of females" and that he had in
terrupted letters, and that Willie re-
marked as they viewed the remabl S
that that was the first peaceful look
on his mothers face in four or I'VE
years.
JeaIousy-An Unhappy Home.
Edgar Crawford, a brother of Mrs
McCue, testified that he had heafd
Willie McCue say that his nome nad
been "a perfect hell" and that his
father and mother lived like dogs
and cats"
Ernest Crawford, another brother
of Mrs. McCue, said he lived at the
McCue home during 1899 and 1901,
and that he had heard numerous
uuarrels and that it was the most uh-
pleasant household he ever had llVed
i'm The trouble, he said, seemed to
he about women. He said the &C
cused never struck or knocked down
his wife. but that he had heard MN
curse and abuse her in brutal man
ner.
He said she spoke also OF gong TO
his office. finding the door locked win
woman inside. and Mr. McCue look
ed sheepish" when ne cdllle " 'ilV
door. $50
He identified a statement when ne
said Willie got from Perry ana sald
Willie had declared to him only yes
terdav that he would make the same
statement on the stand he had maze
TO him and corroborated a previous
witness as to Willie's alleged state
ments concerning the McCue ldIlllly
life and McCue's saying on the even
ing the tragedy occurred ne WouIu
be damned if he put up With II ''iio'ii
er day" 90 oil +oo+i-
mony regarding statements attrlpu it'C
tn Willie McCue, the court oVelfuiillS
them but admonishing the jury tilat
the testimony relative to Statements
could not be used against the deleilu-