Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-10-31
THE McCUE CASE.

prosecution in the McCue murder trial
in Charlottesville rested its case on Sat
urday.
The dominant feeling among the spec
tators as they came out of the court
room was that the lawyers for the pros
ecution had made but little effort to es.
tablish a motive for the crime, and that
the sun of the days proceedings was
again for the defense, in that the ifn-
preston left by the reading Of long
series OF tenderly affectionate letters
must have been favorable to the wit
ness, an impression which the prose-
cution has not attempted to break down.
1t hes been thought by those who fol-
loved the case day after day that an
effort would be made to bring out in a
strong light what has only been partly
brought out-an alleged duality OF life
in which the part played by other
women was more pleasing to the ac-
cused than the share the wife had in
his life in her latter years. This was
conjecture, of course, but it was sup
posed that the State would try to prove
that Mrs. NcCue was 10 her husband S
way.
There is, probably, not much impor-
lance to be attached to the failure or
refusal of the prosecution to place John
Perry in the witness chair. Perry is The
boy who occupied room in the rear of
the bathroom, and who, it has been al
legged, heard all that occurred 10 con-
nection with the murder as it proceeded
from blows and choking to gun shot. 1t
may be that tho court will put this boy
on the stand and leave the prosecution
free to impeach his testimony. 1t is
likely that while he is on the stand the
Commonwealth will be able to get be-
fore the jury the fact, which they de-
clare they can prove, that he had told a
number Of persons the story Of The MUIR
der in substantially the language in
which that story was written out for him
by William McCue, and afterwards
given to the Baldwins.
Perry's statement reads: al beard
him slap her first before | got up and put
my head out of the window. Then it
seemed like he was hitting her and
humping. Then | heard him choke
her and heard her like she was strangled.
She said: Sam, you ought not to treat
me like this. | will promise not to do
it again. ,"
1t now looks as if this week will see
the close of the trial. Mr.. Lee, of the
defense, said he believed the prisoners
evidence could be gotten before the jury
by Tuesday afternoon.
Charlottesville, Va, Oct. 3l.-At the
McCue murder trial, this morning, the
prosecution unexpectedly put on num-
Der of witnesses whose testimony, appa
rently, materially strengthens the States
case. Saturday it was announced that
the prosecution had exhausted its list OF
witnesses.
Prof. j. w. Mallott, of the Chyir OF
Chemistry 10 the University of Virginia,
testified that the blood on the baseball
bat was that of a mammalian animal,
probably human.
The prosecution recalled Willie Nc
Cue to the stand 70 identify letter OF
Sept. II, written by him to an aunt in
Augusta, Ga. The defense objected
strenuously, but the letter was admitted,
as impeachment evidence. In this mis-
sive Willie referred to how much he
missed his dead mother, spoke OF the
fact that he was surrounded by his
fathers relatives, andregretted that he
must tell the truth, 20 matter who became
offended.
John A. Gilmore and G. @. Sinclair
testified to having examined the porch
under the bath room and Ruby's room.
This was done the day after the murder.
Nothing appeared to have been disturbed.
There were no tracks on the porch the
cobwebs, in the window, as we'll as
flower pot in the middle Of the sill were
undisturbed. No leaves Or branches Of
the locust tree were crushed or broken.
Witness Sinclair declared that man
could not reach the tree from the porch.
The defense after the prosecution rested
moved the court to strike out the eyi.
dence ofEddins aud Kaufman, clothiers,
who testified that the bit Of cloth found
in the bath room apparently was part
of McCue's undershirt. Defense con-
tended they were not experts. The mo-
ton, however, was overruled, where
upon the defense excepted.
Fairfax Improvement Society.
A village improvement society has
been organized at Fairfax by the election
of the following officers: President,
Ell. Goodwin; vice president, Rev. j. W.
Smith; secretary. Walter 7. Oliver,
esq; treasurer, 4. f. Thornton. The
executive committee is composed Of the
officers and Mrs. f. w. Richardson,
Mrs r. E. Thornton, and Miss Jennie !
Moore. Monthly meetings will be held.
Justin B. Bradley. a millionaire oil |
producer of Bolivar, n. Y, and one of
the first men to discover petroleum ia !
Oil Creek, near Titussille, Pa, died |
yesterday at a Chicago sanitarium.