The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-29
WILL IMPEACH
WILLIE M'CUE
BOY STANDS BY FATHER.
STATES ATTORNEYS SURPRISED
BY HIS NEW ATTITUDE.

wan Accused OF the MURDER OF HIS
Wife-Stories Were Related to
Prove McCue'S mHdeIity to His
Wife-Defense's Testimony Not
Reached.
Charlottesville, Va, Oct. 2S.-Mrs. F.
A. Massey. whose residence is direct
ly opposite the McCue residence, was
the first witness called when the trial
of ex-Mayor McCue was resumed to-
day, the examination of Willie Nc
Cue, the defendants son, who was on
the stand when court adjourned yes
terday being temporarily suspended.
Mrs, Massey said she saw Mr.. and
Mrs. McCue entering the McCue house
about 8 o'clock on the evening of the
tragedy. After learning later of the
killing of Mrs. McCue she and her hus-
band went over to the McCue home.
The defendant, she said, was dread
fully agitated" and nervous, and told
them a burglar had shot and killed
Fannie" Mrs. Massey saw no blood
dripping from the wound on Mr. Nc
Cues cheek.
When the examination of Willie Nc
Cue was resumed he denied making a
statement that his mother asked him
to hide a pistol, and that he received
letter from his father upbraiding him
for hiding it.
During discussion by counsel as to
the status of the witness, Capt. Woods,
for the commonwealth. said he was
astounded yesterday at the testimony
given by the witness, as it was not
what he had anticipated; that he was
now cross-examining him as an ad-
verse witness and laying the founda-
tion. for impeachment.
Repeated His DeniaIs.
The defense excepted to all the ques-
tons embodying statements on the
ground that they were alleged. The
witness was taken over ground COW
cred yesterday, when he repeated his
denials.
The son denied having held a CONVEX
sation with his father at the Jail. as
detailed by the jailer on the stand yes
terday, and denied that he had told
Detective Baldwin that his father had
been trying to get him to forget and
not state that his mother had run into
his room. He denied going to a hotel
several times to meet a detective and
denied arranging with Mr.. Baldwin to
have John Perry, servant, at an ap-
pointed place.
Answering the COMMUNICATING at
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other children left home about two
weeks after the death of their mother
and went to the home of Newton Dixon
In West Virginia, the latter being the
father-in-law of William McCue, an
uncle. The witness declared they went
of their OWL accord because of the
strain on them here.
He testified that the relations be-
tween his father and mother were all
ways cordial; that they had OCCASION
al differences about the children and
horses, but nothing serious. He said
his father gave his mother everything
she wished for, and that his father al
ways kissed his wife and children when
leaving the, house.. .
Saw No Unpleasantness.
He denied stating to Albert Baldwin
when he drove his mother to the sta
ton on her last trip to Round Hill
that she wept on the way He said
nothing happened at the supper table
Sept. to indicate any misunderstand-
ing between his father and mother
and that they came downstairs to din
ner together.
Willie McCue denied saying that his
mother was very jealous and had ask
ed him to watch his fathers office.
He also denied saying, when viewing
his mothers remains, that she wore
the first peaceful look he had seen on
her face
c. ]. Paoh, a druggist, said Willie
McCue had said to him that if he told
the truth and his father was hung peo-
pie would point at him and say his
evidence hung his father.
A. H. Baldwin, a detective, who said
his services were being paid for by
the city of Charlottesville, testified
that Willie McCue stated in his pres
ence that he believed his father had
killed his mother and that they had
had quarrels. The witness said Willie
said that on one occasion his mother
ran into his room, his father follow
ing with a pistol. He said Willie told
him his mother was jealous of his
father and had asked him to watch
his fathers Office. which he did re-
porting to his mother and that his
father threatened him for telling his
mother. He declared that Willie had
said that his father and mother were
mad with each other at the supper
table Sept. 4; that after supper his
father followed HIM out on the porch
saying he was tired of this and would
be damned If he would put up with
1t another day." and that his mother
WAS worrying. a great deal about the
actions OF his father
Willie, he said, had agreed to get a
statement from John Perry, a servant,
as to what Perry had heard on the
night of the murder, and identified a
statement, not admitted in evidence.
which he said Willie got from Perry
and handed to him. The witness said
Willie told him that his mother wept
on the way to the train the last time
she went away prior to the shooting.
Others Heard Statements.
These statements, the witness said,
were made. some i'm the presence of
Ernest Crawford. and some in the
presence of Crawford and his brother,
w. g. Baldwin. The accused, he said,
told him Mrs. McCue had disrobed to
go to bed. and that he was undressing
before his chiffonier when he saw in
the mirror, the form OF a man and
was subsequently knocked down, COM
planning of pain in his head, and that
he teleDhoned to DR.. McCue and Mr..
Williams.
w. G. Baldwin. detective. and
brother of the former witness, who
said ne was employed by the city, and
FIRST by the McCues as well, said he
Withdrew from the McCue side of the
case two days after the shooting.
The accused told him his assailant
NVaa offhar "a peQrO or a dirty xvhffa