The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-29
1WILLIE'S
EVIDENCE
IMPE ACHED
The BaldWins Confirm
Everything That the
Boy Denied.
CRAWFORD BROTHERS
TAKE THE STAND
Ernest Boarded in the House
and Found It an I'm
happy Home. #
TESTIMONY AS TO THE
WOMEN IN THE CASE
Notwithstanding Judge Morris'ss
Warning, There Were a Mum III
Der Of Ladies iii Galleries.
Jury Warned to Weigh
Evidence Only to In
peach Willie McCue. #
Ernest Boarded in the House
and Found It an I'm
happy Home.
TESTIMONY AS TO THE
WOMEN IN THE CASE.
(etaff Correspondence.)

(etaff Correspondence.)
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, Oct 2s.-
Within the last few hours half do zen
new sensations have arisen to scatter the
.n.sts that have concealed the secret OF
the Albemarle developments long
ago forecast, but none the less important,
Impressive. even thrilling.
AS on yesterday. the climax cams e
the eleventh hour. when the day w.
growing dark. and the crowd. worn and
weary with q long but uncomplainlnG
vigil, gasped for jolt, a jar. a tremos
or q thrill. In Its way the scene lacked
mono Of the tense interest that dlstin-
sgulshed the closing feature OF the pre-
ceding session. aJ8 u 81 n N
Conditions were reversed, but the els-
tments that contributed to the effect were
in a measure similar, at least. unsafe. al
the hungry, arid throng was concerned:
1t was no longer Willie AIcCue, the son. X
stemming the tide gathering against his
father, the accused, but Ernest Crawford,
brotheraof the murdered woman, lashing
1t on With such might Eas he. could sum
mon. !. e y5 IA ri ljs ~ 5 s!5
Where one had denied. the other now
affirmed; where the son had exonerateds
ana supnelu tle OEO llltIS SdlItLb!leu s11tu SAeH
posed. y It was the Communicating dn-E
h ming, and the score was not small.
During the day practically the entire
force of the prosecutors had been hurled
against the testimonyaof the boy, whose
mighty efforts ito save his father from
& the gallows is stdl1 the talk Of the town
Summoned by the accusers OF his parent,
he flatly and ephatlcally repudIatedi every
assertion they claimed to !. have come
from him to-day the sore and disgruntledE \
accusers turned on him sayagely, and for
three or four mortal hours mpeached and Z
assalled. IL gFii
Witness after witness got upon the :
stand and with an assurance equal to 4
e that Of the boy himself, contradtcted him.
first, last and everywhere DamnG ing
statements and admissions no Is said to
have made were repated under oath, and
In somec ases detailed by succession OF
witnesses. a 1, ls III
Obstructionary Tactics.
Leo ana his cohorts advanced bravelyB
to the charge. and at every step ham
#pered the court with objections and ex'.
$ceptlons. On the genera! ground OF ille-g
gality. they made q sweeping and lnclu-H
sive objection to the entire proceeding
Z but they were overrulcd. The court, with 4
q. dcllberation that pointed clearly to the 3
care and foresight with which 1t Is nov
Ing repeatedly warned the Jury that the
evidence could not be considered when
MaCue came finally to be weighed IN the 4
balance. ss3s8j
4 It was admitted solely for the purpose
Of llnpeachlng witness and this end b
satisfied, 1t should disappear entirely
from tho equation. But tho evidence
came In, thick solid chunks OF It, and !,
whether tho jury could take It IN or not.
the morsel fitted nlcAly into the NAV &
of the greedy public.
-lnt toNl In ".
ford, whose appearance has been awaatcd &
with an interest second only to that OF
.McCue or his son then,s elves, was pllced
upon the stand It was practically. the
last great moye OF the Commonwealth
and his Testimony came at a psycholosi- A
cal moment to cap all that the prosecu-
ltion will do in this case. In point OF A
words, It was not much that the yonne
man said outside of his contradictions OF
Willie McCue, but the little WIS import.
ant. The shadow form OF the woman In K
tho case appeared while lie told the
court he had himself heard McCue bltter- N
Is and brutally curse and abuse MS wlte.
FIe called no names OF the women ne
said were ut the bettom OF al the trou- 4
BILE, but he drew the picture OF u home
that was anything but happy and pleas
ant.
Merciless ross-Examination.
In his cross-eXnmlnauoh, MI. Leo WAS
mercless. He held the witness up to
scorn ana lldcule and threw before him \
every stumbling block likely to cause his
downfall. Finally, he laid before the
court n huge stack of letters-one froin
Crawford himself. and the others from
McCue and his Wife to each other. Tie
letters OF NlcCua were ruled out; those
OF his wife will be read after exanllna-
ton by the attorneys for the Common
wealth. They cover the period during
which young Crawford. then an Inmate
OF the McCue home. says yeritable tor-S
ment prevailed In the house There - 4
nothing in the letters for the public. They &
are the gossip effusions OF wife 70 her
husband, In so far as their actual con- 4
tents are concerned. there Is no sensa- X
ton to them. They are introduced for
but one purpose-to give mute deaials 70
what Crawford has said. They are AZ q
fectionate and loving, Il Is said.
on the eve Of tlla close. the Commons
wealth h,s confidence In its. case. few
untmportant witnesses vii! be EXAMINED
to-morrow. ana thar will be the end pr-
III the rebu,tal, The attorneys belleys Z.
they have presented a strong and conf
pelling array OF evidence that beyond ~ d
reasonable doubt. must convince the jury
OF the guilt Of ALcCue, They feel that
ail 1 Nat could be done has been dope, and ~