The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-10-22
Are There Two Women
OlSame handwriting
to MCCue?
VENlRE FROM
FREDERICKSBURG
Distracting Rumors Continue to
Perplex the News Gatherers.
Young Woman Will Print
Gard Denying That
She Sent Letters
to McCuc.

Especial from Staf COrre3pondent.)
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA, October 2l-
A likely portion OF Fredericksburg's popu-
lation will run the judicial gauntlet to-
morrow and either stand or sq,iIrm Under
the sledge- hammer blows OF court grown
wary and strong with desperation.
For prudential reasons Judge Morris
carefully guarded the movements OF his
lieu tenants. and not until late this after
noon was he willing toEdivulge the name
OF the place to which he had dispatched
his gentle but compelling messenger
At this writing the men are expected
on every train. and 1t Is a fact beyond
pcrndventuro that1lley will be here before
sunrise, and In ample time to meet the
requirements OF the impatient court The
party will be under the v!gilant eyeglass
OF Rogers. the city sergeant, jovial
old fox. who sees everything without lap-
pearing to see anything. y
At this time the names OF tho veniremen
are unknown, but It is safe to say that
the flower OF the citizenhood Of the an
Client burg has fallen beneath the SER
gcant's spell. Rogers aims accurately
and strikes high, as two cites already
know-noth,ng commonplace for Rogers
or about him. What success will attend
the third attempt OF the court to COM
plete its panel canno. be said. The first
two venIres furnished enough surprises
to make one chary OF predicting. It is
eminently probable, however. that tom or
row will settle this phase OF the case and
that the evidence will begin to appear
on Monday M as 3t3 ). :5
Distracting Rurnors.
1 Court VIII reassembie at II 20 clock to-
morrow morning TO resume Its work. ~ In
the utter absence Of official proceedings
the muddy channel in which Its thoughts
have been running we have for one en-
tire day literally reyeled In rumors of
the most stracting sort. This gutter
gossip seems never ending. To an on +
slider 1t Is perplexins to the extreme,
and when this outsider happens to be a
newspaper man whose unhappy lot It is
to follow the w1ll-o -tlle-wisp to Its lair
and to decide whether it is really an
elusive light or the mere fragment Of an
overcharged brain, his condition OF mind
borders before very long on inanition.
Various references veiled and otherwise
have been made to the letters McCue
has received In Jail since his incarceration.
a Hd attention has also beon called to the
fact that suspicion pointed an accusing
finger at a young married woman here.
This feature OF the McCue affair Is
BEGINNING to assume an extraordinary
shape. The young woman has made an
indignant denial, and the Charlottesville
afternoon papers which published the
story In full, will print card from her
sto-uorro In this card the woman de-
clares It to he absolutely untrue that she
has sent love letters to the prisoner, but
she admits that she addressed to him
business communication referring solely
to matters OF formal character.
Letter From Hattie.
And now begins the mystery. that Nc
Cue has received letters. nobody denies.
There were certainly two and possibly
others One wns brief and SO far as ]
can learn. unimportant. another occupied
several sheets OF note paper. The lat
ter was signed "Hattie." The first name
OF the woman under suspicion.
It referred to watch and chain said
to have been hypothecated by the writer
when McCue was Mayor The woman's
husband had been fined for something,
and the report goes thai. she obtained his
release by advancing the watch and
chain as security. but beyond this the
note went on to speak OF different mat
ters to assure the prisoner that tho
fair writer had and cherished his pic
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