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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-28

found 1t In the bath room. The gown
and the shirt were given to Mr.. Rogers
by the undertake on the morning after
the murder s,
According to tho City Sergeant tic.
only inmates OF tho T. j. Williams house
to which McCue had 'phoned for as-
sistance were n man over seventy years
OF age. his wife and his two daugh ters-
Mrs. Hildebrand and Mrs. Alunson.
Judge Duke on the Stand.
The last witness or the morning was
Judge r. I. ". Duke. The residence Of
Judge Duke is on Park Street. diagonaly
across from that Of the accused. AS
soon as he heard OF the murder Judge
Duke rushed 10 8thc home OF his friend.
There wero several people III tho house.
II g went ut once to the room in which
Mr.. McCue was lying stretched upon
tho sofa TO tho witness, McCue gave
an account OF the assault. He snid he
4 had heard noise In the passage and
rushed out and grnppled with q man
Succeeding In breaking away he went
back into the room and got his gun
When he went back with tho gun the
man struck him una he knew no more.
II This account OF the bed-chamb6s attack
differs IL good deal from WIN McCsue IS
said to have told to others. Judge DuKe4
said he was In conGluOn OF hHh cSc1le-s
rnent. and though he could not s"ear
positively that this was the precise
statement OF the accused, he was reason
ably certain.
McCuc Rational.
.'Mr.& Mccuc appeared perfectly rational
to me. He was certainly excited to
some extent, buteI don't believe he was
as excited az was myself. He began
to talk to me about DR.. Pctries sermon
that he had heard that night. thought
that undertake circumstances TINS was
rather peculiar though, we frequently
discussed such matters. Mr.. acCue had
On an undershirt. did not notice y psf-
ticularly. but my attention was q tracteti 3
to some blood on one Of the wrist baf ds.
tried to get him to take some NOR
mime. but he wouldn' do 1T DE told
us to Go and look after my poor wife
This led me to suspect that Mrs Mcene
was not dead I rushed into the boys
room Tie body WAS stretched upon the
bed with covering over II. 81 li1teh
tie cover One look was sufficient. l went
hack to where Mr.. McCue was lying"
About 1:10 court ordered a recess OF an
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DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
There Were No Ladies in At
tendance at This Session.

l v "
The courtroom was filled within thirty
seconds after the doors We're thrown
open. Not q pettlcoat was visible. The
| ladies' gallery was packed with men.
Across the way a solid mass of negroes
| with not q woman In it. The advice OF
1.-the court had been taken thoroughly to
heart, and the proMiesying wretch who
had ventured to predict that flock of
! fefninnity larger than ever would arise
toy the warning and came to see what
this ominous and suphuric thing was
really to be. found himself az usual with
out ground wherein to stand.
The session began a few moments al
ter 10 o'clock. McCue entered, accom-
panied by the officers. The prisoner
shook hands with Mr.. Sinclair and spoke
to Mr.. Lee, He then sat down in his
old place. The crowd was being con-
stantly augmented. and probably two hum
dred men were standing peering over
each others shoulders. One aged and
sweet-faced old lady entered and took a
seat She was Mrs. Sue B. Antrim, Il
witness, who was not familiar with the
ways Of "a court and who did not know
that she would not be allowed to re-
main while the others testified. H She lett
In Il few moments accompanied by Cap
tain Woods, but later returned. Two
we'll known ministers OF the gospel were
in the audience.
Conference With Prisoner.
Before the examination began. Mr.. Lee
and his associates requested the privi-
lege of a consultation with their client.
Accompanied by Jailer Martin, McCue
then arose and went to the office Of
Commemorative Attorney Gilner to
which place he was followed by tho at
torncys. The conference lasted little
over ten minutes. The lawyers filed back
into the room. the court resumed Its
business like air, and the work began. \
AT tile instance Of two juryrneE, DR..
AcCue was recalled to give n further cx-
PLANTATION Of tho wound on the scalp
OF Mrs. McCue.
He said her hair was not hanging
down, but was tucked up During The
night Of the murder the witness did not
see his brother touch or lift tho body
seized the opportunity offered by the re-
turn Of DR.. McCnc to bring out an in
teresting bit OF evidence, overlo oked by
the witness on the first day.
Back to Murder Scene.
Shortly after had lifted tho body
out Of the bath tub. and taken 1t to
the boys room" said DR.. McCuc, my
brother went in 10 see his wife. was
with him. She was laid out upon the
bed. He asked me to turn the cover
back did so. Ny brother had his silk
handkerchief in his hand. I1o gazed ut
the body and broke down and wept. Il
told him he had better 50 out of the
room, and he left"
"Waa the night gown at that time
damp" asked DIr. Sinclair
'Yes. SIR"
You say Mr.. McCuc did not touch the
body of his wifeY asked Mr.. Ker.
tic did not"
About the time ne broke. down, you
turned away, you say?' queried Mr.. Sin
clair,
'Yes, sir."
The negro. Charles Skinner, was re-
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| by tho statements you had made, and
that they were true, and that when you
came on the stand YOU didn't care who it
hurt. YOU were going to tell the truth?"
! II told him I had not made any state
ment TO anybody, and was not going 10
make any TO him. He tried his best to
get n statement out or me, and wouldn't
give ii to him; lie has tried 1t repeatedly
but he has never gotten l; statement, and
has tried it In the last few days
During the time, or for the first few
days after the killing Of your mother.
were you not frequently in conference
with the I3aldwins. and gave them all
the assistance you could. and telling them
that your father had killed your mother.
and that YOU wanted all the facts to
come out?''
A Conference.
II think, Mr.. Baldwin and Mr.. craw-
ford were generally coming to me; I
wasn't going to them"
But you were with them. Where did
you meet them frequently? Didn't you
meet them at the Gleason Hotel fire.
gently? II went to the Gleason Hotel at
their request. 5#
And you conferred with them? Yes,
sir
And you made arrangements with John
Perry to come to the wine cellar, and
have an Interview at night? No sir,
did not they made II themselves"
Didn't you tell Mr.. Albert Baldwin and
Mr. Ernest Crawford that your father
and mother had had a violent quarrel,
and that she ran into your room before
this killing, Of course. and Jumped into
the bed with you. and that your father
followed her with n pistol, into your
room and pointed the pistol at her
bosom. mo, sir, never made such
statement to anybody"
didn't you also say that she got over
behind you. and asked you to protect
her, and tina your father threatened YOU
with the pistol then? "No, sir, I did not"
You deny that? II deny 1t emphati-
cally"
That was on Tuesday night when you
were with Mr.. Baldwin and Mr. Craw
ford at the wine cellar Niw didn't you
so down there with John Perry? Yes,
sir. did"
You took him there? II did not take
him there
How did he get there? "He went Of
his own accord
lie went with you. no, sir"
Did he ask you to go? John Perry
came down High Street and John Perry
was al Charley Browns house and he 4
walked on down with me-
Didn't you arrange how he was to
get there so as not to be observed, isn't
that a fact? II didn't arrange so he
could get there. so az not to be observed.
not at all
It was on Your request and .sugges-
ton, that he did go there; Il told him
that ME-. Rsaldwin wanted to see him and
myself al the wine cellar
You went together then? NO, sir"
How far did you go apart? "He came
down through the lot. suppose, and !
went W town and went to the drugstore
and stayed there a good while"
And then YOU all met at the vine
CELLAR"
Yes, sir
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{ Il 3 p u =
lain woods took up the examination aud
cnnd,,eted IL throughout, Aftar the fifst
# fo,v rcnties. hc besan to manifest SUI Pfise.
y trbsn he Mainly stated TO the coHr, ttHt
b ~. ,,ess WITH wllnin ir had not pre-
rinnsly talked. was taking him ,nawates.
Under the law he had rish' 70 'reat
him not ms his own witness. but rs one NJ
from the other side. he did so ana "ish
vigor.
,v indicated what he had expected to
,rove and viii stu attempt 70 prove.
5 This is 1.-THE rapid and remarkable dia-
1oriIa that for n half hour was the only
sound In crowded courthouse, ~
estate whether or lot, prior TO TINS
murder Of your mother. your father ana
,iotsier had had frequent ana Vioieh.
quarfels?"
.'No, sir"
ford your uncle. and Mr.. Albert Baio
VIII. on tho rorcli, on Tuesday morning
aftsr your mother was killed, that they
had had before the killing. many quar-
refs and bad duarrels?'
.No. sir"
tYo,i deny that YOU told them that =
yes sir emphatically."
.sI)idn't YOU also In that same conVef..
sation. tell these gentlemen, ina they
were mad with eacf otacr ~ NY suph'''
table,
NO, sir. did not
You deny that?"
Yes, sir; emphatically,"
And that you got up and went ont
from the supper table on to the pcrch.
II did not leave the dining room while
they were in there"
..Didn't you tell those gentlemen that
you did so, thought
Il did not"
.'And didn't you also toll those sehtlc-
men that your father followed you out
there, and that he was III Il great rast,
and that he walked up and down the
porch aud remarked: will be damned Y
L will put up with this another day.,
waikiki ( backwards and forwards?
HE came to me and rcprimandcd me
for letting this negro take his driving
horse and phaeton to icswicR, and ne
was lecturing me, but he didn't even
refer to her"
{ "You deny having told these gentlemen
athet?''
styes sir. 7 do
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The Alleged Murderer.

rsonc time la,er in the DAY fMonday'
i saw Mr. Mecue again,hn nm me ne s soHvl he
sa an,ns M mo TO g stav on tho place and tae
care q hpg4 He told and klisd his Vic
CONE COZ, ~, kiled him He said he didfi
pnS,,y ii s., Tifn was afad u}53ttl e -
r. ana found her. He said he was s.an.--
1contlnued on Third Pageo
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| Cd me. Hi said. wallis, and | sttrnc,1
| to him, and he said: Have Sou heard
| That your house has been febhaa.' ard
! n said. No, sir: and then ran f.ras
| 10 the office to getia rlstoi. ana w.s
losing time. \ COULDN'T get INTO the desk.
u Wouldn't open, and ru. direct from
the office In the middle Of the street. and
came through the courtyard here and
Jumped out IN the middle oi tho sti.at
and ran straight TO our house and tho
first rcrson I met was MI. and Mrs.
Frank Massio, and Mr.. Dan LradS vas
next, and Or. McCue next"
THAT is when you got TO Tie houseTS
Yes sir
Got His Fathers. Letters.
rs /. not fact. or did sou no, within
n few days-Awithin thrce or four vi Ave
days after the nurde1s-so to your faith,
er's office and got somc letters from that
office and deliver them or taka them to
Mr.. Baldwin,"
"Nlr. Baldwin asked mo ira knew OF
certain letters. and Il told Inn yes. arl
went and 30. the letters FOR HIM, ard
handed them to him end}the it,tc.s were
nothing but business LISTERS, sttlot,y"
You took the letters to them?
Yes. sir: l. handedn them 10 sfef.,, In
the presence ofsalrs T. ID. sinolmr."s8
"Was that before or after your faln-
or 9 arreSt? ~
II COULDN'T say,n4
WAS 1t before2"
~ don't know. cannot say exactly.
Walked With His Father.
.yvhen 1t was over the throily broke
away. Willie McCue joined his tathcr
and walked with him from the court
house, the two talking earnestly. n curl
Gus Inauisitive crowd lined the door aud
saw the father and son walk or In The
direction Of the Jail. In the course Of
the examination of the young man, ref.
erence was made to statement dictated
BY John Perry, tho negro boy, to Willie
NrcCue. The handwriting is that of the
son of the accused.
This Is how-tho paper reads:
II said, John. now 1 wanL ysa t. tell
me Just what you heard.
The first thing he said was: 'You
know last night was AFRAID to tell those
gentlemen on Mr.. McCue. ! heard him
slap her first, because l sot uc and l,.t
my head out OF tho window; t:ien II
sounded like he was hitting her and
humping. Then, heard him choke her
and heard her like she was strnnsGd; she
said: Sam, You ought not to treat me
like this. 1 will promise not 70 do it
again. .'
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just Received a Fresh Supply New
Virginia Buckwhcat, 2 pounds,
25c; New homeless Goldfish, DC
mound; Cane Cod CIWnbcrricS.

pound; Cape Cod Cranbcrrlcs,
quart, DC.
French Candy, fresh made, pound......5c
CyGtsr Crackers and Cracker Dust, lib. &c
Lion and Cardoya Coffee, lib ........, 12hc
Beat American GranuIated Sugar, lb. SIC
rIss Feet, io..,+............ -,.....,....6c
macaronI and Spaghetti, Id .....,.,....6c
Erbuchle's Arloba Cofrce, pound..... lac
EsU HaWXeye Rolled Oats, pke........sc
Va, Comb Honey, z Notwithstanding
Small California HahS, pound .,...s...10c
enoW Flake Patent Family Flour, $50.
or barrel ~. ....is. 1919. $3.50. $575
YJ6I,s a sugar, pound ..........,. .aHc
Banner Condensed MIX, 3 cans for....25c
Rey5 Horniny and Cr!ts, lbG for. .....5c
Beat civ IDEAL. per peck. 1885,, or
kusheI. ,....,t, &.,...,.... ....... zoe
Hsyt Clipped HerrlnOs, 8 dozen for...25o
Tfy our si!1er KIM Flour. best In
me U0rid, 90. or, barrel. $500
Gibson %%/%, Ht. Vernon. Oscar
Peppsr Old Brands Whlskey, bottle. .75c
,I.Is Jafs Home. Made Preserves. 1ac
gjscH6srry or cataWha Wine, quart. ). 12c
Ees. Cabnsd sugar Corn, 2 for. .....l .15c
sst Forn, per pound .,.......,.....,,.7c
aadltTpela Hams, b...................16
FstfbsnTn's ARK soap, IL bars for...,,. csc
C1od Green or Mi1ed Tea, Id. 80. 3oc
pufs Cider Vinegar, gallon ............,2 600
Ffesh Bologna, GausaHe, pound........,.7c
Hume Made Mlnce Meat, pound. 500, &c
Cjssnsd Curfants, ID package e....., so
,ssGasd Faislrs, Id packages ...........sc
seu Nayy Beans, 2 for.... .....15c
pafty's Halt WhIskey, per bottle. soc
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To-day our special is Hose for Boys
pair for % cents.
Everything else boys wear.
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General Denials.

Didn't you. at the Gleason Hotel aft
ter that, and In the presence Of Mr.. Will
liam G. Baldwin and mir. Albert Bald
win and also in the presence Of Nv,
Ernest Crawford, your uncle, make the
same statement not once. but repeated
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Continued on Third Paseo
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called. Ho reiterated nearly everything
he had said yesterday. One Of the jury
men brought out the point that the wit
ness had heard the Coarse crying of a
man at Nfccue's before he heard the
footsteps running down the street IN
front ~ nfnr, "a ssla|.
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Under the close questioning of Captain
WooCs Miss Bragg said that to the best
of her knowledge Mr.. McCue did not call
UP his brother, DR.. McCue, police head
quarters or anybody else. She left the
room for about three minutes. during
which time Miss Buisick had charge Of
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-18
RUSSIA ON HAYS NOTE.
Her Reply Will Be an Acquiescense
With Certain Reservations.

St. Petersburg, Feb. 1S.-Russias
reply to Secretary Hays note on China
probably will be mas n a few days.
1t will acquiesce in principle, but with
certain reservations regarding Chin
este administrative control 2"er the
region in Manchuria leased TO Russia
Or covered by the Chinese reservation
in order to safeguard existing Russian
interests.
When the note was first dispatched
to the powers, the authorities here I'M
deniably We're disposed to view it with
suspicion, and therefore its reception
by the other cabinets was awaited
With keen interest As the Russ ian au
the les have obtained the views CT
the European cllance}lors and hal ?
seen the friendly reception given to
the note by Russias ally the fear that
1t mlgAt contain a hidden pitfall fer
Russ:a began to disappear The Rus
sian authorities have now been made
acquainted with the replies of the re-
naming powers. including that OF Ia
pan, and it has now PRACTICAL ybeen
decided to give adherence in principle.
Russia explained that she was as
anxious as the other powers to pre
vent disorders in China and TO ire
serve its Integrity. but that owing
10 Russia's special interests in Man
enofla, dlfflculties are present &C. Chi
lid must be protected. and pussia will
make reservation on this point. The
soFernment does not desire her pcsi-
tlon In this respect to be misundar-
seood hereafter. and for tti5 reason
her words will be explicit AMI net
equiyocal.
Russia has not yet given permission
lof any military attaches to Join the
Nusslan army in the he;i. Requests
nave been received from all the p0w-
VfS' including the Unitfd States, ard
II IS understood that Viceory Alex.
ieH' to whom the request was refer
ieQ' would prefer that foreign attaches
SHoQld not join in the Russian field
operations until March, explaining that
owing to the unexpected su 1denness
or the outbreak cf hostilit;es, il is
ui1lcult to make arrangements, espe-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-18
Mardi Gras Night.
Patrolman Jshn Wilson. who is orl

Patrolman Jshn Wilson. who is oll-
ployed on the city police force to look
after the negro Of 2dNfs only, stt
1T, more trouble i "-,e9 night and
the prompt interferenc of some col
er heads kept the negro from getting
hurt Wilson was n@t enly too free
with his fist but je.ke5 ott his gun
and tts erow 81 w9tsa men wlto were
celebrating Ma ii Gras would Gave
mobbed him
TIE trouble arose over oae = the
numerous fights which woae common
en le streets Tuesday nie;t /. is
sale That 'me one teenhase4 cor
tHc Police aHl Wilson res aa,.tes' w..ile
still in mas 1Uara,le cos1Hm4.
TIE crowd did not recognize Wilson
as a policeman in the fancy costume
aud when be ordered white man
around and attempted to arrest him
the white man objected Blows were
passed and Wilson drew his gun Then
it was that the crowd jumped Oh him
and me Of his friends had &c. get him
away.
The matter was discussed by the
aldermen last night be-0re the opening
= tho aaieusaei session and It was
the opiaion Of the colnciImen that
Wilson is 10 quick in drawing his
pisto,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-18

Suit has been filed in the Jefferson
chancery court by Lundee, Chapman
and company of Memphis. Tenn,
against Ben F. Mckenzie of Swan
Lake, in ~ sum of 1886, alleged to
be due on certain promisory notes
made by the defendant.
Plaintiff states that al the time the
note was made. defendant issued a
chattel mortgage ca the entire crops
of cotton, corn, fodder. hay and all
ether farm products to the raised on
lands owned by Mrs s. A Mckenzie
and known as the Tanner place IN this
county.
a.@@tt::f further states -h7t See tho
execution of the said p-onisory nctf :.
the sum 6 1928 50 has been paid on
them
Wherefore plaintiff pfays il 2Ae;.t
that the defendant be forecloso1 of all
in.erest. lien and equity Of redemption
Ct tile NJ ~tgased property. and that
a receiver be appointed to take cha, ge
Gf the property
A. B. Jones with c. NJ Philpot as
surety. has been appointed receiver
The suit was fled before the petition
in bankruptcy which was FLEA in the
Pulaski chancery court and no loubt
rroe;vitated the bankruptcy petition
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-18

that the negro did the stealing. The
negro was arrested and put in Jail
though stoutiy declaring his innocense
About an hour later the officers
brought the boy down to find some o.,
the money. which he said was under
various parts Of the ST re. Two peck
etbooks with So in them and a loose
s. bill were found. On the way from
the Jail the boy gave ont another aeon-
tession." this time eXonfrateing thu
negro Morris and saying that hr
tBradfeldl alone was guilty He va
cle'scly questioned in regard to the as.
position OF the money but was unable
70 locate any more
Some time after this Braafield tItra=
ed his story around some more. th!~
time saying that he kneW absolutely
nothing about the burglary and that
the $50 found under the store was tae
remainder e SIS which he hal 1ha ~.
ed down that Week. All efforts u
shake h.m from this story have 5oeu
futile
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-18
Raids Store at Night.

Last Thursday morning when Quill
ing and scn's store was opened il Wo
found that somebody had entered the
store the night before by putting a lad
der UP to ,Ae rear window, raising
same and coming in, says the Dumas
News. They got s61 80 in money and
a draft for SIS. Things rocked along
until Saturday afternoon when Herbert
Bradfield, a young man employed in
the store of Quilting and son was
caught knocking down" s.. He was
questioned and admitted to taking 81
that day. This circumstance aroused
suspicion in the mind Of Mr.. Quilting.
and the Bradfield boy was locked up.
Just as Deputy Sheriff McKennon and
W D. Lester were leaving the jail
Young Bradfeld called Mr.. McKen-
non, saying thar he desired to tel
what he knew about the burglary He
said that he and negrc named How
ard Morris planned the burglary and
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-18
To Protect American Interests.

Washington Feb. 1S.-Rear Admiral
Evans, commanding the Asiatic station
transmitted to the navy department a
cablegram from Commander Staun
Ton CT the gunbot Helena row in mud
cock at Niuchwang. in which he says
that conditions there are greatly dis
turbed and that he is vigorously in
vestigating the report that the Rus
sian officials have delayed certain
American and British merchantmen.
In the event that the American consul
late is endangered, it is stated that
Commander Staunton will land blue
Jackets and marines for the protec-
Jien Of CONSUL Miller. There is every
wish on the part of this government
not to give the slightest cause for
complaint by Russia or Japan of inter-
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-02-18
TRAINS TO BENTON
Pine Bluff and Western Now Giving
Tnrouah Service

The work Of extension 5f the Pine
Bluff ana Western read is being pusa-
edrapi.ilE since the Iron Mountain tool,
charge aHd nneetioa is now mad
with the Iron Mountain and Choctaw
roads at Benton The track has beeG
completed iato Benton but the t.e....-
nal facil1rics are not finished. TIE
trains are new tn1n!in2 from Benton
u this city and Pine Bluff now has
another connection W:tn Little Roe.s
aid Memphis TIE terminal facill-
ties q tie zeal are nax beire built
and viii 81 in operatie, before the end
Ct tie month. Several passengers
1ooh advantage of the new conaec-
cions = make Ire tip yer the road
his morning