Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1904-11-02

Charlottesville, Va. Special.-The
McCue trial. which opened regularly
on Monday. has made satisfactory pro
Sress. Tuesday and "Wednesday were
occupied in hearing testimony.
Charles Skinner. the negro who tes-
uhed that he heard the crying of a
woman. and then shot coming from
the McCue house. rccounted his tcsti.
mony at the request of jurors. In an
swer to 4 question, he sal dhe heard
the coarse" crying. like that OF a
man. little after the shot was fired.
and before he heard Il man running
down the street.
w. J. Walker testified that he and
his wifo entered their home. next
door TO the McCuc residence. about
20 minutes to .. on the night OF Sep
tember I. and were in the front OF
their house some little time before.
lie said they heard 10 crying and
no alarm until they were informed OF
The shooting by Il pas:er-by
Virginia Bragg, n telephone opera
tor, testified that on the night of Sep
tember !, the defendant rang in. and
his first remark was give me some
one Then he asked for the resi-
dence of Mrs. T.. ]. Williams. Miss
Bragg said she informed Mr.. McCue
that the line was busy, whcreupon he
said not to tell him the phone was
nsi
and had shot and probably killed his
wife. Witness then gave tho VIII
liams residence. when he repeated
that some one was in the house and
probably had killed. Fannie" At
the instance of Mrs. Williams. witness
phoncd to the police station to send
some one to Mr. McCue's residence at
once
The witness had no recollection
that Mr.. McCue had called M DR.. Me
Cue, the police STATEN or any one else.
but she would not say positively that
lie had not.
Lille Busic. who operated The teIc-
phone switchboard upon which was
MIR. McCuc's number said she did not
recall call Tor Dr. McCuc for the
accused
Mr.. Conway, business manager OF
The Daily Progress. testified To q re-
ward OF $1,000 offered by thc accused.
). ;. White. an attorncy, said that
in the course of conversation with
the accused at the Jail. the latter said
TO him that for the last four or five
years his life had been n perfect
hell and that that woman" was the
fFafn1 L..
he had worked hard TO build n happy
nome. While nc could not say that
the accused spoke OF his wife in an
aifcctionato way. the witness said he
spoke of her IN respectful manner.
William Hurley. negro who had
worked for Mr.. McCuC. said that some
thrce or !Our years dsu lie heard Mr.
!dcCuc say something about his wife
beng jealous and something about its
erect on his life or his pleasure. wit
ness could not remember definitely
what the language was. This witness
said Mr.. McCuc 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 AZ Inv jail shat be Thought too
much of his wife and family to dc
What nc was accused of doing. The
shot gun IN evidence. he said. was
Kept between the wardrobe and the
wall. and the cartridges in the ward
room.
r. II. w. Duke, formerly judge OF
the court In which The McCuc trial
Is now being conducted said the ac-
cused told him that he heard noise
when he got homo from church the
night Of the tragedy, and that he CraD-
pied with man in The passage. broke
away from h;C,. lHt wa knocked
down and his gun taken away from
him.
Charlottesville. Va. Special.-Thc at
torneys for eX-Mayor McCue, charged
with the murder of his wife. who an
nounced late Tuesday that because OF
the illness Of Mr. Harmon. chief coun-
sci for the defendant. that they felt
they could not proceed further. stated
ut the opening OF the court that they
had decided to go on. Mr.. Coleman,
attorney from LynchbuTg. has been re-
tanned in Mr.. Harmon's place
Dr. Frank McCue. n brother OF the
defendant. was the first witness. He
was called TO the home OF the accused
about 81 on the night OF the tragedy
He said when ho got inside the house
he met the brother now on trial at the
staircase, who sail TO him that there
was someone in the house who had at
tackled him and probably had shot
Fannie" his wife. He detailed the