The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-28

in the course of a conversation with
the accused at the jail, the latter said
TO him that for the last four or I'VE
years his life had been a perfect hell. -
ana that that woman" was the most
Jealous he ever knew, and that he had
worked hard to build happy home.
While he could not say that the ac-
cused spoke of his wife in an affec-
Tomato way, the witness said he spoke
of her in respectful manner.
William Hurley, a negro who had
worked for Mr. McCue, said that some
three or four years ago he heard Mr..
McCue say something about his wife
being jealous. and something about it's
effect on his life or pleasure. The wit
ness could not remember definitely
what the language was. This witness
said McCue told him that he saw the
man who came in the house in the
mirror as the latter passed his door,
and that Mrs. McCue was in the bath
room; also that the accused told him
at the Jail that he thought too much
of his wife and family to do what he
was accused of doing. The shotgun
in evidence. he said, was kept between
the wardrobe and the wall and the
cartridges in the wardrobe.
Said He GrnppIed with a Man.
r. T. W. Duke, formerly judge of the
court in which the McCue trial is now
being conducted, said the accused told
him that he heard noise when he got
home from church the night of the
Tragedy and that he grappled with a
man in the passageway, broke away
from him, went for the gun but was
knocked down and the gun taken away
from him.
H. T. Nelson was questioned at some
length as an expert as to the effect of
a blow from a sand bag. He did not
think the blow on the cheek, which he
characterized as scratches, sufficient to
cause unconciousness.
During this testimony the first demon
stration that has marked the trial oc-
cured, but was promptly checked by
Judge Morris, who in a stern manner
directed the officers to bring the first
person before him who should attempt
to make a demonstration of approval
or disapproval. Some of the spectators
had started a clapping of hands when
Capt. Woods had made a reply to coun-
sci for the defense. The defense asked
that the record show that a demon
stration followed Capt. Woods remarks
which was done.
How He Treated His Wife.
Miss BERTHE Crawford, a sister of the
late Mrs. McCueF clad in mourning,
testified that the treatment of the de-
PENDANT by his wife had not been that
of a husband toward his wife and that
he had been inconsiderate of her. She
said she had visited at the McCue
home week before the tragedy, and
that when she arrived she found her
sister Frustrated and in nervous
state; that Mr.. McCue came home
from a trip North; that Mrs. McCue
was too i'll to come to supper, and
that after supper she brought her
down on the porch, and that Mr.. Nc
Cue, who was sitting in the yard, did
not go to speak to her or pay any
attention to her. She said when Mrs
McCue spoke to him about his triT
he replied that 1t was not necessary
for her to know anything about it.
She testified relative to another trip
of which she said he was disposed tC
talk. She added that Mrs. McCue re.
ceived one letter from her husband
while he was away, and that she was
very indignant about it. She was not
cross examined.
N. r. Martin. the jailer, testified tc
a conversation which he said he ha6
heard at the Jail between the accused
and his son, Willie, some of the de.
PENDANTS brothers being present, say.
ing he heard the accused say whai
Ernest Crawford had said about his
drawing a pistol on Mrs. McCue was
not 50, the witness quoting the sor
| as asking why his mother ran to his
room asking him not to let the father
shoot; that the father then asked how
he could have drawn a pistol wher
Mrs. McCue held 1t and the boy ask
ing why she ran to his room. The
witness further quoted the boy as say
| ing in answer to the father that thu
fuss was about that woman" bu
| what woman the son did not know.
The Son on the Stand.
Willie McCue. 16 years old, and the
eldest son of the defendant testified
| that the shells for the guns laid al
4 about the house, and that the baseball
| bat in evidence usually laid in the
/ yard. After Capt. Woods, for the com
monwealth, had questioned the sor
about the situation at the supper table
| on the Sunday evening of the tragedy
the witness stating that there was M
untoward incident. he announced thai
| he had been taken by surprise at the
| statements of the witness and demand.
| ed the right TO treat him as an ad,
| verse witness. which right was ac
! corded. This development bordered oil
the sensational.
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