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port of a gun. as if II were rather muf-
fed. then all was still.
He saw no one rush from the McCue
house, although he thought he could
have distinguished the fugitive II there
had been one.
W O. Durrette testified that ne found
"a piece Of undershirt back Of the bath
room door under the bath tub on Mon
day. Many witnesses testified that Nc
Cues shirt was bloody when they got
10 the house. The first arrivals at the
scene Of the tragedy all testified that
they found the dead body of Mrs. McCUe
in the bath tub. One leg was thrown
over the edge Of the tub. and the other
was bent under her, as If she had been
I'm a kneeling position
She was horribly bruised about the
head and face and ear. as If she had
been severely |bludgeOned before receiv-
ing the fatal shot Beneath her left
collar bone there was a big hole, into
which the shot had entered. lodging. IL
was afterward found. ON the other side
Of her body near the fifth rib. The
gun had been held so close to her that
the wad from the cartridge entered her
Did Not See Wife.
She was taken into spare room be
yond the bathroom. her bedroom being
at the opposite end OF the house. sep
arated from the bathroom by the room
Of her son, William McCue.
So far as any Of the witnesses Of the
events Immediately following the trag-
edy knew. McCue did not see or APP
proach the body OF his dead wife that
night
This is interesting. as contradictiug
MCCue's sworn statement that his uu-
dershirt was made bloody by his hug
giug ard kissing his wife after she mad
been carried from the bathroom anC laid
on the bed in the spare room
Two physicians, Dr5. Nenable and
Early. testified that an attempt had been
made % wash some OF the stains from
the shirt. The stains Of the blood were
shoulders. on the wrists, and on the
left elbow. They did not see how all
those stains could have been received
by the wearer Of the shirt embracing the
1 body ~ thc dead woman.
By an ella Doration OF all this evidence
the State is of the opinion that there
VIII b. little difficulty in proving case
McCua. as vet has brought forward
no witness 20 substautiate his evidenc.
about the robber or assailanL All the
circumstances point 20 the fact that he
after maltreating his wife for years, and
having been guilty Of the most haEraui
/ inhdelity. shot Der down as she kmelt
before him and pleaded for mercy.
Grand jury to Act
The grand jury viii be asked for an
| Indictment against him on the 18th in
slant. and the commemorative actor.
! -cy has announced that the trial will
/ immediately follow the return OF the in
/ dictmcut
/ II II probable that the case viii ID,
l tried iu another jurisdiction. as tn.
minds Of the town and county people
are so incensed against the prisoner
! that all Of the citizens have ALREADY
made uD their minds as 20 his guilt
! This. however has not been DEFINITELY
| decided.
/ In the meantime. three OF Mrs. Nc
/ Cues brothers have put detectives tC
/ work TO bring to light 50 IauCh OF Nc.
] Cues domestic irregularities as ft viii
/ be possible to ascertain. These brothers
/ Ernest Edgar and Frank Crawford. ar,
/ here now. They are between the ages
| OF twenty-three and twenty-eight. Al