The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-20
A LETTER
WRIT ZEN BY
The PRISONER
Quotes Scripture Gener-
ously and Declares
His Innocence.
.M'CUE THoUG CHIT TO 4
BE a BANKRUPT
An Unprecedented Legal Ques-
ton as to Mccue's Property
Should He BE Convicted Of
His Wife's Murder--Dur-
rette Will be Present
at To-day's Trial.

rette Will be Present @
at To-day's Trial. ts5
Especial from q staff Correspondent.) b Il
CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, October 10
The pent-up curiosity OF Charlottesville
and the countryside surrounding, trem- III
bling vita an III concealed element
that for an entire day has found no outlet
except in neighborly gossip and street
corner reflection, will obtain relief again 8E
tomorrow when the lnquisltorial eye Of Il
the law; will resume its scrutiny Of the II
Albemarle horror, in which A1cCus this II
ex-NIayor and society leader, is the cen.s A
tral figure. E5 # .5 s5 5$i5
: Some time during the early hours. while
the day Is yet young, City Sergeant Ross
ers will bring in the fty; scalps he has
captured In Richmond. The town i will
be soon astir to give the visitors the glad
hand and wish them well and lonR
stay. The detection in tho ranks Of the 33
Petersburg venire has created the inl-5
preston that 1t will She equally difficult u
to bag few OF the capital city contin-E$
gent. This alarm, however, does not iex-iH.
tend to some Of the leading officers OF I
the court, who appear full OF the belief IN
that the new nfty will furnish at least
seven, and that the trial will &henceforthi iS
proceed without delay. S 81 sS8
4 The Splen that no man should be con- NJ
victed on clrcumstnntial evidence how
ever s strong, will hardly be vigorously
pressed again, In the case OF the others 81
the factsthat one or two Of the veniremen
had served on juries which on circum-s.
stantial evidence convicted men after~#
ward found to be innocent had a powerful rs
and instan taneous eff fect. s4}s This was H thegg
real cause for the rather unusual and
entirely ,unexpe cten outcome OF Tuesdays $
attempt. 3 81. ss I
New Developments. 81
In tho course Of the day there were one
or two positive determine Bile develop--.Sj33l ~
ments and a hundred vague and Indefinite II
rrlmors OF 10 character similar to those y
that cluster like niessaround anything the II
least bit mysterious or strange. Among a
the former the discovery of O. letter&writ-s s
ten by McCue on September Goth to- Il Va
Sam Burnley is by far the most interest
ing. 81 s5s EfE
tance in permitting Its pu blication bu = "
finally gave It to the world to-day VI 81
tho express provlso that 1t would go forth
to stand for what 1t is worth on Its face,
un11ampered by any prompting editorial
advice or comment by ncwspaper writer's .5S
The actions OF the prisoner. laid Mr.. 3Iaf,sa
man,, have invariably been subjected q 70 4 Z
criticism, no matter what those actions II
might have been. II McCue entered the u
court room smiling, the aud ence Eglared:
if he came in weeping, the whisper OF s.
horse play went around s; II he kissed his ~
child. he was declared to be trying TO-
arouse sympathy;tif he#fai1ed to kiss B!it.8S
he was pictured ns An unfeelins and un- a
natural father; hence there Is to be no ~
comment on the letter. iSi f5$f VII
McCue's Letter.
Here 1t Is: III u S3 sssll55
..Your letter OF several days since was
received. and should have answered ere
this, but my poor heart has been too 81
severely crushed and my spirits too g, 81
verely depressed. In fact. I have heen
dazed, Ny irreparabIe loss in the death
or my darling wife was sorrow sut1cieAt
much less this awful persecution that y
being heaped upon me.
"'1f God be for us, who can be a gainse
us?' must desist, however, lest mur-
mur For whom the Lord loveth ne
whom he receiveth. II We endure chast-
enng God dealeth with you rs sons for y
what son Is he whom the Lord chasten- 6
eth not?. 4 know whom I have believed.
ana am persuaded that he 8ts able to keep
that which T have committed TO Y MN III
against that day..'And we know that all
things work together for " good to them ~
that love Godi and He knows that love
Rim better than do my uneventful ex-ss
istence. MY dear boy, cnn 1t be that we gt
have been striving too much for the per- &,
ishnble and not sufficiently for the I'M
pcrlshable? If so, let us each sec ina We Il
make no mistake IN the future
7. 1,>l1 lt,rn n
tho whole world and lose his own soul,
or what shall a man give IN exchange se for
his soul p !, . ~ sor,a
serious moments md talks together, Tor
nil OF which ! nm truly tfnHk k.lui' tui' : u
would they had .heen more FREQUENT. fgB
"cod no with vn, till We elle ct a@a sr,1t..3sS !,
: and kindly light, amid the encircllng
gloom 54 H 3 n }
Lead, thou, mo oni Il
r,he night is dark, and am far from
home;
Lead, thou. me oni 55
Keep thou my feet,
do no task to see the distance scehe'5
one step enough for me.
60 long Thy power hath blessed me,
Sure 1t still, will lead me on
DER Moor and fen; o'er crng and tor
rent
Till tic night Is gone,
And with the morn those angei races
smile.
Which have loved long since and lost
awhile.
Mother and Wife.
These infer are tho dear ones Whas 5e
have preceded us. and are intcreedins Sts
for. and beckoning MS on, and somehow ~
IN faiths sweet vison en- ndi.cern "the
silver lining" and when am released
and my Innocence vindcatef. how dear
.ly T shall praise Him, so pray fos roe
-. .aaar uttla rnntherlesSM QANAa mn .