The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-22
.WOMENS LETTERS
.PUzZL|NG PROBLEMS
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ture and begs him for few lines from
his cell.
This letter was Internationally de-
4livered.
The suspected woman now denies that
she wrote afrectionately to the prisoner,
and 1t is broadly limited that another
woman of the same name may loom up.
T The authorities are working along this
line, and something may drop In n day
or two.
/. But this Ia by no means tho most re-
nlarkable side OF this remarkable affair.
The young woman who Will make the de-
Mai tomorrow Is not on good terms with
her. husband and Is at this time. 1t Is
understood, seeking a divorce.
Her Husband Accused.
In the first flush OF the McCue exclte-
nent her husband was accused OF the
murder. He instantly established an
abb, and tho matter dropped. Tho ac-
cusation came from the McCue side.
Shortly before the crime the man and
wife had separated In a letter dated two
days before Mrs. McCue was murdered,
and mailed one day before that event,
tho woman begged her husband to come
back to her. She is said to have de-.
bringing her husband back was to help
clear him or the charge OF numbering
Mrs. NIcCue. This statement Is made by
tho woman's husband himself.
And now for tho inexplicable part OF
It. This letter said to have been de-
signed to help clear the wornan's hus-
band from the charge OF murder was
written two days before the murder oc-
CURED and, OF course, before any charge
at all was made.
1t Is, OF course possible that a mistake
might have been made In dating the;
billet, but the postoffice mark on the en-.
velope fixing the time Of the mailing
of the letterQls Saturday. and Mrs. Nc
Cue was killed on the night Of the next
day.
Puzzling Problems.
Here Is the problem and a puzzling ono
enough: A. thousand questions spring to
the lips. Did the husband misunderstood
his wife, or did the wife, anxious for the
return OF her husband, offer any excuse
that occurred to her for sending for him
and forgot that she had written before
the crime? Is 1t conceivable that the wo-.
man knew O murder was about to be
committed and that her husband would
be accused Of It? There Is no end to the
thing. It may be absolutely without sig
Nniffcance and vet possibilities suggested
are startling to the last degree. The let
ter itself made no reference to the I'M
CO committed crime. The husband OF the
woman Is the one who says that in con-.
versations with him and with Others she
connected the two. The man may have
1nisquoted his wife or may have misun-
derstood what she Intended to convey to
him. 55 VI a s5 :, i8
There are other whisp ers IN the air
but nothing worth dignifying with a men
ton Both sides are at work. but neither
Is given to talking.
Detective Work.
Detective chiefs are on the ground but
are unfathomed. tits extremely doubtful
IL they have 6unearthed anything not all
ready limited at either by the public or
In the newspapers. II they have, they
are Keeping their own counsel In painful,
fort:tude. MfCue in his cell, continues
little restlV s. but there is nothing
eventful in HIS daily life. I saw him
pacing the court yard to-day. striding
along easily, n fellow prisoner by his
side He is given about one hours free
dom in the yard nearly every day now
and seems to appreciate it,.
AS the case drags on there is more and