The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-11-02
Crawford Thus Described
McCue and Wife.
so WITNESSES AVER
Crawford Himself Denies it. Others
Speak OF Happy Home Life of Nc
Cues. A Letter by Willie Nc
Cue. Recess Asked and
Granted.
Nv the Associated Press

Charlottesville, Va, Oct. 31.-When
the trial of former Mayor McCue was
resumed in Corporation Court to-day
/ willie" McCue the oldest son of the
accused, was recalled to the stan1.
When the commonwealth produced a
| letter which the son had written to
| Mrs. Griogs, an aunt living in Athens,
F.! Ga, the defense objected to its admis
| sion, the commonwealth contendin@
| that it was admissible as showing the
| influence surrounding the boy and for
! the effect it would have on his previous
| testimony. The court admitted the
| letter for the purpose of discreditins
! the witness but not as evidence against
| the accused. In it he told how ne
| missed his mother. Here L am
among all my fathers people. ana
| they wonder why / took such a step
| in this CASE he wrote. But l am
lgoing to do what is right in Gods
care in spite of any human beinH
! Twin" +"
! He also stated that h could not
sleep, that he never was in worse
| case and that he now had only one
/ thing to live for-hiS little sister
The deepest interest was aroused
when the letter was offered and all
| eyes were directed towards the witness,
who was askd if he had written it.
He admitted that he had.
Replying to counsel for the defense
| he declared that Ernest Crawford
spoke of the use of money in speak
! ing to the detective of q servant.
| The commonwealth, although haV-
/ ing announced Saturdov that it had
rested, presented further testimony to-
! day.
| Witnesses testified that they saw no
signs of any one having passed OUT
of the house by the porch. roof or
! down the trees again~t the DOrcheS.
| Prof Mallett of the University of Vir-
ginia, said the blood on the base ball
| bat was not that of chicken but
| that the size of the cOrpuScles came
within the range of human blood.
| GEORGE Thomas, negro WORKING
| about the City Hall, testified to u
meeting of the accused with his wife
| last May. which he said was not as
! pleasant as he thought it ought to
| have been.
The introduction of the Willie Nc
| Cue letter came Unexpectedly in view
of the commonwealth havino rested
| Saturda~ The defense recalled Ernest
| Crawford who denied tn emphasis
| that he had stated on one occasion in
| the presence Of S. c.. Waller and Miss
Moore that he had said that his sister
and Mr.. McCue had been married
about fifteen years and that their
| honeymoon was not yet ever. This
was done to lay the foundation for
| the testimony of the defendants first
witness, S. G.. Waller. who attended
/ the university with Mr.. Crawford and
who testified that Mr.. Crawford did
make statement similar to that in
| his presence.
Testified for Defense.
Mr.. Waller said the reported testi-
mony of Mr.. Crawford as to conditions
! at the McCue home came as surprise
| to him. Insurance policies were in
| PRODUCED by the defense showing that
| the defendant carried an aggregate of
| $4,000 life and accident insurance, his
| wife being named as the beneficiary.
1t was stated that there We're more
policies to be offered later. The jury
Wre taken ~ the McCue residence at
| the close of the m orninp session to
make certain observations
The Jury examined the outside of
! the McCue residence to note the proX-
| unity of the trees to the porches. The
physical con lition of the wife of DIR.
| McCue a brother of the accused, pre-
venting her appearance in court the
court and jury called al her home,
where she testified that between 9.l5
and $50 o. m. on the night OF the
ira oedy the telephone bell rang and
her husband answered it. 1mmedl!
ately afterwards she learned in CONVEX
sation with him what had hannened
at the McCue residence.
The accused who was standing
| within a few feet of his siSter-in-laW
burst into tears and took a seat, bury
ing his face in his '--1ds. Mrs. Nc
Cue said her husband left immedl-
ately, carrying his emergency case
with him.
Webb Raine. of Richmond, testified
that Ernest Crawford had spoken to
him several times While they were al
the university together of the happl-
ness of the McCue home. Mr.. Craw-
| ford had stated on the stand that he
had not discussed the home life of the
accused and his wife.
II. w. Burke whose office is in Rar-
risonburg, joins that of Mr.. Crawford
said that Mr.. Crawford had said that
! Mr. McCue was a man whom any
young man engaging in business might
pattern after, but when the witness
insisted that Crawford had never dis
cussed the domestic relations of the
McCue family with him, Mr.. Lee, coun-
sci for defense, announced that the
defense in turn had been taken by sur
prise and stated his purpose to cross
| examine Mr.. Burke q S an adverse wit
ness and proceeded to do SO, plying
him with questions as to statements
which he was asked if he had made
of a Mr.. Deckert he had expressed sur
prise that Crawford had never men,
tened to him the things he had stated
before the coroner's jury as to the do
nestle relations CT Mr.. and Mrs. Nc
! Cue.
Honeymoon of Fifteen eYars
Miss Addie Moore, a teacher who
formerly lived in Charlottesville, said
that Mr.. Crawford and Mr.. Waller call
Ell at their home in this city some
three years ago and when the subject
OF matrimony and honeymoons were
discussed Mr. Crawford said that if he
ever MARI ed he would like to live like
Mr. and Mrs. McCue, that they had
been married fifteen years and their
honeymoon was not yet over. She
added that MIR. Crawford frequently
had spoken of a happy home in re-
| ferring To the McCue's.
The defense then placed eight wit
inesses on the stand, each of whom tes-