The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-23
a picture Of Mr.. Mccue in my life. It


a picture Of Mr.. McCue IN my lie. II
l.; perfectly absurd
..y1,w AZ vo,, account for the coincl-
1e,,ce thai buth notes referred to thu
watch. .. i asked.
THAT Is the strange part Of IT." she :,
replieo. S'ol .s,a e,sp Snew hn,it
Ky n,na.o 1. son,athiny at mo
, ~. ~ Il a,i,, : p
= s..1t ~, q haon1 suggested that there mai,
h.. a nnthar Mnrshail woman IN the case, 2.
i said
II don't know" said the woman.
"Do YOU believe your husband wrote the
letter." asked her point blank. She
slesitated and said that at this time she
did not care to indicate whom she sus-
,,eoted.
r a++ar Ear Husband
- s'' so - -. : : ~ :; s..sS 4,
For the other my ferrous p1ase - ~. nv.
affair, MRS. Alarshal also nau 80 ~.
PLANTATION relerI &c. ses,eluay " Ilie
letter she sent herf nus pand ana 70 VIVA.
the latter says ms VIE .oiu nm .lpou u
It. According 70 the man VINO was ~
first accused OF numbering Mls H1cSu ~.
Mrs. Marshaii' VINO haa Written 20 n.lii
before the crime SAD she ui -, So 70 pr
tect him from .the charg I me ne pesul'.Il5
l1d1
had been made Wher the 5ietter wa" was VIII !. -
ten. Tho letter itself has no m mentlori
OF the murder or the charge me al
legged statement OF ahe woman 70 MAT ).
shall Is said by him 70 nave oeen YER
bal. She now denies the entire Story.
A Bit of History.
A bit Of history will make things
clearer. On the Tuesday preceding the
SUndav, on which Mrs, MCCue met her
rHe nth Lester A1arshall, ACCORDING ttt
his wife. had been tried ana placed un :
der bond. The couple had practically
agreed upon separation ana Eprepara-
tons were being MADE 70 break up tne
house. Marshall wen TO sEarlysvllle with
his brother. On saturday Mrs. Marshall
wrote him, asking him to come back;
she says she had to dispose Of the fur
old home. On Sunday night Mrs. Nc
Cut was murdered. On Monday. Marshall
reached Charlottesville. and had an In
,tervicw with his wife Here It was that
she Is s said to have told him that the
reason she wrote was to clear him Of the
s.borpa ~ committing q murder which
when che nosted tl,a b,llet wa vet
J, ,,on,Ft ,,ings "a Mrs. Mors,,n1l
,i ttbs 80 4a1d har t,,shnnd
a,a,,,o,,s =.
:. .'.is $3.50, o ~ ...,s
t','u .ile ny ~ a.,
"as aoout 70 pe q c al
she tIougnt y possiole l ,1ia her nus
( band mlsht 90 sprea1dlng the story pur-
had declared moro than once that he
would do anything to 'get revenge on
Hattie."
Talk WIFI, Her Huch,nd
-, - .'s,',>1.''s>.
As a,, Mrs. marsnall 20 u'cta.e 70 me
as as wei as she rem EN- pereh u the con
sversation she mad with. her husband af-
mother who was there, corroborateda
what she said. Here 81 is the bit OF dia-
logue as Mr. Marshall gives It
wasn't that bad about Mrs McCue?''
said Marshall to his wife.
Yes she replied
why. ! heard they; were putting It on
me"
!" ~, ~, 90. 81 'au ~ "a me- at1
s..1uhI sthav r,ara ,,,n4n. tor ~ . !,
E,;.,ysv:,Ie, ,last chit :, ~ ~
This INSERTS Mrs Marshal, was tho
beginning and the c.,tl Of the thing. she
saws she was glad her husband hnG come
rack, because she believed his presence
E In the city would assist him In establish
ing rie inrccence. When She had talked
this much the young woman stopped She
had nothing more to say forthe present.
The affair remains very mysterious
one a1tef u Is sala. 30 !a.3 a. tne Two
siucs OF lt nave pe.1nittsd .lhehseiv Y ;
70 appenr' nave Even - lile
!is AN. sNMd 'ne! ny VIZ ste lin =
aa tna uen Mn, h NV % ,dr ,ssaif
mut eiIi.s of ~ ,bis N1orshaiI ffair thera
i. nothnp of nnrticular note in connec-
tion With the case. A few r,Imors are
abroad. but they cannot be traced, one
or them is SO positively hideous in its
4 character that the public prints Is no
place for Uncertainty not while 1t ID as
uncertain as this horrible statement APP
pears to be.
McCue seems to BIO tablng tho trial
with his usual unconcern. His little glrl
was not In court to-day Neither me
defense nor me prosecution attorneys are
taking 1or pupllei.'o on.
The Third Day.