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

'TH JACKETS, III black. hand- es 90
CLOTH JACKETS. IN black. tan $4.9S
front OF Moran's. on tho night OF tho
| murder. Mr.. Duke had O doublc-barrel-
! ed shotgun in n case. They turned back
/ with the officer and stood in the street
just opposite McCuc's house while MIR.
! Percy Payne went UP tho lane to the
rear of the residence. The witness heard
no noise in tho house and saw nobody
! go into A1cCue's house ahead OF Grady.
The Telephone Girls.
After momentary pause. during which
windows and doors were adjusted and
again. Miss Virginia Bragg took tlie
stand The young lady Is a telephone
operator. On the might OF tho murder
she received q call from The AfcCuo house.
The voice of Mr.. McCuc asked for con-
| ncction with the house OF Mrs. r. j.
iWiliams. The phone OF Mis-. Williams
was busy, and the operator Informed Nc
Cueaof that fact. The voice at the other
end said:
Somebody is in the house and has shot
and, think. has killed my Wife
II took down tho connection continued
tho operator and gavc Mr.. Nc
Cue the number wanted. heard
him tell Mrs. Williams that d
burglar was In his house; had hurt
him. and probably killed Fannie He
rang off. ana presently Mrs. Williams
called inc and asked II heard that. /.
III ,er Il had In Sfr n I,nI
called anybody else, and suggested that
| do SO: | 'phoncd opblice hedaqLarters
1 do not know who answered tile phone.
I told them to send a. once to Mr.. Nc
Cues house l did no. say what was tho
matter.
Under the close questioning of Captain
sWoocs 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. sha left the
room for about three minutes. during
which time Miss Buisick had charge OF
the board y.7 Sff2'
Did Not Call His Brother.
But so far as the witness was con-
cerned she had heard McCuc's voice but
once that night, and that was when he
talked to Mrs Williams. The startling
announcement she caught over the wires
excited her somewhat. but not to such
an extent that she was not willing to rely
upon her memory.S She declined, how
ever. to say positively that Mr.. McCYe5
did not call anybody else or that she
might not have connected the phones Of
Sam AlcCue and Drank McCuc and for
gotten It. To tho best OF her recollection
nothing Of this sort had occurred. Mr..
Lee brought out another fact.
Ea5''When Mr.. McCuc called you up. what
did he say? Did lie asl; for Mrs. VIII
slams 2"
mo sir. He. said: Give me some one.
7 asked him whom he wanted. and then
he said: Give me Mrs L. j. Willlams's
residence
"How would you have connected the
phones Of Mr. Sam McCue and DR.. Frank
SMcCue?"
~ would have. passed the cord from my
board to that of Miss Bulsick."2
"And you might lave done this me-
chanically, without noticing 1t at me
eyes. sir"
"But you simply don't remember doing
sop
"yes. s.r.,' X.
The other operator, Miss Bu'sck TOOK 90,
the stand. She operated q board through
which message from sam McIu's 70
Frank McCue's must have passed. IN
other words, Sam McCues phone was
on Miss Brngg's board and Frank NC
Cues on Miss Buisck's.
No Message From McCue.
The witness stated positively that she
had received no message from Mr. sam
NIrc.ue on the night of the murder.
Neither had she connected the phones OF
tho brothers She was absolutely sure o.
thts. She admitted that out Of a possible
nfty messages between II Nj ana "
p. M. that night she remembered but one,
and that among the other forty-nlhe
might have been{nne from MT sam NJ.
Cue to Ills brother But botn ~ yo tnis
ladies' had heard what Mr.. McCue to.u
Mrs. Williams. Miss Buisick said, WIN
CONFIDENCE In herself, that she would GER
tninly have remembered, any conHun,-
cation Mr. McCue may have >hhd WIN
his brother or ANYBODY else curing VIZ
fen ar fifteen minutes preceding t!e mss
sage to Mrs. Williams or following y.
She was quite sure nothllls o. t'''' s ~. ~
had happened
Account Of Tragedy.
,rhe lengthy testimony OF Mr.. deo!se
T., Moran was chiefly interesting htuN'
the account of tho tragedy given by the
a ~ Ia the witness, McC'ue had told |
Mr., Moran that lie WAS standing ~ hls
hcd-room when heShenn q Click az me
door. IIo turned and saw u man eHler-
ing the rooIl. McCue went at once "
the chiffoner where he '1sua NY kept ny
pistol. Tho weapon had been removes
rho accused said he ached Tor ms gui',
= ,,Ic,, was in tho corner Before he could
.u SOFT II tic man struck him and he knew
no more ,,,,,o, ~,
hodv was embalmel. He saw nothing or
tlle bloody shirt. TO the best OF ms
knowledge ana belief. McCue dld not
see tho body Of his wife, me hus s,aai
seemed, to the Witness perfectly ratlohhl:
CITY Sergeant Rogers. who said he had
received The bloody shirt from Bicry
tic undertalser took the stand The e., sh 7, T;
ana the gown We're wrapped separa' ely.
The The sergeant took the two bundles 70 the
residence OF Mccue, where the coroner,s
Jury was sitting For n short time "
rewards Mr.. Rogers kept we elsWsolno