The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-11-01

put up with IL another day.. and that
his mother was worrying q great deal
about the actions OF his father. VII
lie. he said, had agreed to get a state
ment from John Perry. = servant as
TO what Perry had heard on the night
or the murder and Identified a state
ment not admitted In evidence. which
he said Willie got from Perry and
handed to him
The witness said that Willie told
him that mis- mother wept on the way
to The train the asst time she went
away prior to the shooting. These
statements. witness said. were made
some in the presence Of Ernest Craw-
ord and some IN the presence OF Craw-
ford and his brother. w. c. Baldwin.
The accused. ne said. told him that
Mrs. McCue had disrcbed to go to bed
and that he was undressing before his
chiffonier when he saw ir the morror
h form of a man and was subse-
quently knocked down. complaining
Of pain in his head. and that he
phoned tc DR.. McCue and Mr.. VIII
Jams.
". G. Baldwin. a detective and the
brother Of the former witness. who
said lie was employed in the city,
and by the McCues as well. aid he
withdrew from the McCue side Of the
case a few days after the shooting,
The accused told him his ~assailant
was either a negro or a dirty white
man" He asked him who he suspec-
ted and witness thought he mentioned
but one name, which was not revealed.
He said he heard Willie McCue say
that John Perry had heard We ticks
struck and that Perry had heard his
mother begging McCue not to kill her.
The statement regarding Perry was
stricken out IN motion of the defense
as Willie a not been questioned con-
corning It. Willie tol in his presence,
he said. that his father and mother
had lived unhappily ION account of
females and that he had interrupted
letters and that Willie remarked as
they viewed the remains that h a was
the first peaceful ook on his mothers
face in many days.
Edgar Crawford, a brother of Mrs.
McCue, testified that he had heard
Willie McCue say that his home had
been ga perfect hell" and that his IA
ther and mother lived like dogs and
cats"
Ernest Crawford another brother Of
Mrs. McCue. said he lived at McCue
home during 1899 and 1901 and that
he had heard numerous quarcels n
that il was the most unpleasant house
he ever had lived in. The trouble, he
said, seemed to be about m He
said the accused never struck or
knocked down his wife. but that that
he heard him curse and abuse her in
a brutal
He identified q statement which he
said Willie got from Perry and said
Willie had declared to him only YES
terday that he would make the same
statement on the stand he had made
to him anC corroborated the pre";-
Gus witness as to Willie's alleged state
ments concerning the McCues family
life and McCue's saying on the evening
the tragedy occurred he would be
damned if he put UP with it another
day."
The defense objected to all the testi-
mony regarding statements attributed
to Willie McCue, the court over-ruling
them but admonishing the jury that
the testimony relative to statements
could not be used against the defend
ant, hut only for the purpose Of i'm
parchment.
Mr.. Crawford admitted h a he had
used Mr.. McCue's horses and guns and
had worn his watch, but said he paid
FOR his board. He admitted that he
might nave expressed admiration to a
Mr.. Rains for Mr.. McCue as a business
man, but denied that he had spoken
to him of a delightful happy home"
He also denied suggesting to Baldwin
that honey o. have to be used
in a certain instance. The witness
identified a letter which he wrote to
Mrs. McCue from Harrisonburg, July
9, 1904. concluding with regards to
her 'better half" He would not say
that Mrs. McCue "a INDUCED in
everything she wanted, but admitted
that she was dressed very, very
nicely"