The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-09-09
'EX-:NAYOR
KILLED
HIS WIFE |
5Coroner's G; j on, I: Jury D Declares.
MCCue Fired the
Shot.
HE is SENT ON TO.
THE GRAND JURY
Confined in the City Jail While.
Twenty Men Guard the
Building.
LAW WILL. Be ALLOWED
" 10 TAKE ITS COURSE.
Ex-Mayors McCuc's Private Life
y \ Coming Under the Bright
Light Of Diligent# Search.
si:. Bit Of the Bloody Shirt
Found u d il /. the Bath n
q. R; Room. i
LAW WILL. Be ALLOWED
10 ia 4 e It's COURSE

(staff ,Corr,espl;to,lnrdencc..) !; )

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA Sept. s.
Seven representative citizens this after
noon. unanimously and without prelir1.-,
mary discussion, confirmed the action OF
,commonwealth's$ Attorney G1lmer yes
stardayi IN charging y Samuel McCuo, ex-
Mayor OF the city and a wealthy and
prominent man. with shooting his wifeSto
sdcath a q their home last Sunday night
The verdict Of the jury was a foregonel
conclusion. In fact, one of the Jurors
stated tonight that the jury might have
rendered Just this verdict two days ago,
80 fully were theJfnen convinced that;
Mccusn killcd his WIFE tS5
This Juror declared that he had known
tho accuEed for years and they had IL
ways been friends. and that this was one
sofsthe most painful duties he had ever
discharged. u NicCue Is cont fined In his cell
In the city Jail. while 4 wentyg stalwart t
armed men stand guard an night as a
Sprecauu uo1 q sainst possib ible vi olence, p;
law Will be allowed to take Its Scourse..sz
WI SepteIn Der 18th the grand Jury VIII be-
gin inquisition In the case the witnesses
before the Coroner having been recog9
snizcd to appear a t that { time y Meanwhile
bits OF eyld dence are being ga thered here,
there. everywhere vi tn hlch to make q &
a mesh from which escapes Sis doubtful. to
say the least. The prisoner defense has
not been sIntimated nor outlined, further
than his Testimony ind Gates, q he having
declined to make any statement for pub
illcation. III NJ ~
His counsel are consulting with him
and preparing for the early ordeal which; t
he will s have to face: Daniel !. Harmon,
senior counsel for the d efense, IS a bsent5
from The city but G. sinclatr. Of Sinclair
and Walker, called at the jail this eye
Ming afterathe coroner s word lot and con
5ferred with McCue. Mr.. Sine clair was ret
.icent a to their Interview, bu remarked
to a Times s-Dspa tch representa- at tive " that
!McCue was certainly a worried man..
The prisoner was closeted with his bro
ther, William N1cCue. of Greenwood, !, for
a long time this afternoon and after
the fternoon paper came out, his son.
Willie nj cCue, went to the Jail to see him..
What pa ssed was Of course E 3 private
matter. s9G
Public Gossip.
8 All day gossip has been busy with the
past history of AIcCue. All.unite in un-t
qualified recommendation OF Z his bTot thers,
especially Police Justi ice /. F. @. McCue.
Prominent citizens admit that, for 5sey,
eral years Samuel McCue's rela tons wit h
women have been public gossip. Some
even mention names in narrating some
.of his amours. ana unless signs fall some
'sensa tional evidence is likely to / be
brought out atEthe trial. " is almost
believed that fcCue and his
wife auarreled Sunday night. and that
the killing. not to characterize III : as
murder, was done In a. passion aroused
BY his being upbraided by h,s wife for
his indiscretions and his alleged sunfaitll-
8fulness. :, 81
THAT Is the Commonweal this theory and
the popular belief. based upon knowledge
Of his career and evd dence in the case.
The French recipe ef9r.unravelllngSa q N vs..
GENERALLY accepted as the key to this one.
While the accused lies in his cell the
officers and the brothers OF the dead Wo-
man are weaving the web or collecting
therefor, &, i8l III
q Just how much testimony the prosec,l-
,tion has not even the Commonwealt tbs
Attorney himself yet knows. The testi-
mony Is largely circumstantitai, t Accept