The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-11-06
GUILTY OF
MURDER OF
Ills WIFE
The Jury in the McCu q /
. Case Rendered Yer
dict Promptly.
PRAYED. OVER 1T
IN THEIR ROOM
Hcartrendin Scenes When the
Blow Fell Upon McCue
and Friends.
|IHIs COUNSEL MOVED
TO SET VERDICT ASIDE
Counsel Claimed They Were In.
fluenced by Reading the Pa
pers-Some Admit Reading q
Papcrs,But Declared That 5.
They Were Not In s5l
fl,lenccd Thereby. ~
I'VE, the Jury, find tina defendant
guilty As charged In the Indictment Of
murder In the first deg ree."' n
(Siened) SHELTON thieves.
Forcm an. f3S IN
(From a STAFF Correspondent.)i

(From a STAFF Correspondents
% CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, November
Sin his cell McCue with the awful
words above ringing IN hi. ears, lies.
crushed and groveliing. the convicted
murderer OF his own wife. a 81 s35
Upon him the hand OF the Law has
fallen. and under the weight Of the blow
his iron frame, stawart and straight to
the end, has sunk down, weary at last
and broken. Without a rnurmur, without
SO much as tho flicker OF an eye no
heard the verdict read, and then, pale as
death, sat down again where for three
long. ag oniSing weeks he had waited in
hope and in fell. Not thrn was It that
he shook and tottered. Lik Q some rugged
oak, shattered to its base he toou for
a while before he fell, Fl sid and upright
as Of yore. the old, old 3IcCue, unruffled,
inscrutable, undismayed. a moment
passed. moment long and terrible. and
then Into his hand were slipped five
trembling. cold and tcnder fingers, and 4
upon his lap climbed a little FORM. IT.
was the figure Of q girl not more than
twelve. down whose face streamed bitter
tears, through whose little body trembleds !.
grief unspenkable and horror underlined.
Then did AcCue. the prisoner, waver.S.
then, and not TIL then did the lltl:er
sink d own and over3the curly locks Of his Il
child sob out his bitterness and his 4
despair. Around him. bowed and I
shaking. were dozen of those near and
dear, his children. his brothers. his rela-
60, Gov try,o Il,
they sat while Il courtroom, audience
swept by a mighty pity. looked down
upon their sorrow and heir tears. NJ,
At last the parting moment came. Nc
Cue stood up again. To his friends and
his relatives he babe farewell Pnlaa
still. but firmly moving, he started back
to his cell. Beside him walked two tred-
eyed weeping boys, his sons. For n d
moment at the gate, he paused. One long.
look at the sunshine and the
bright world around him, one deep,
quivering breath of the free and glorious
air an then with n final word to his
children he strobe on, The gate changed.
An instant later McCuc, the murderer.
had gone. Mccue, the victim OF the
stern and unyedns law, Thou shlll
not KILL 81.
Tragic Scenes.
: In all the annals Of the crime 5thero
can be recalled few scenes more tragic
and awful than that IN the little Abe
marie Courthouse today. 1t was not
that the violent passions of n multitude
broke loose. II was not that blood flowed
on that men were stricken down, 1t was B
not that an unthinlsing crowd Went Wild
and suffered its feelings to betray It's I
bitter sense. 1t was no, any Of these thinSsg
for there was none of them. II was in \
tho horror of strong man blasted by z
word, 1t was In the late anguish of chil.
dren. whose murdered mother laysin her
grave and whose father was now con-
dsmned to die upon the gallows
Like n tl,under-clap 1t came from ~
sky, not uncouded, 1t Is true, but yet
to the accused not without its ray OF
uuckenins hope. On the outside the sun
had begun to shine again and with an
Irony that Knocked the tragedy about to q
pass within the walls the earth seemed
bright and happy and the very
audience Itself WAS more CHEEKY and
chatty than for day or more, In the
more confidence than now. upon this final
day, That his friends and advisers, slSill-.$
ed In the law, were quaking with appre-
hension matters not To the children
of tho accused the light OF hope was
burning brightly still, and to them nc
this browning moment when they eN-
poet their father toEwalk forth free
again come this frlghtful,and utter blight.
The tenslty OF these last few moments
Is beyond the descriptive skill of this
weak pen. For an hour the Common
wealths attorney had spoken and spoken
With a power and even mn eloquencn lack
Ing In all that he had said on the day 4.
before, Where he had been weak he
was now strong and his words sank deep
into the memory Of the silent throng
providing around him. AS he drew near
er, and neared the close. as the moment
came gradually on, when the snd Was % {.
begin, CULVER ran through every man
and woman there and the strain already
great was Increased TO the breaking point
AT least the speaker paused and with
hurried glance at his watch. announced III
that he was done,
"Gentlemen." he declared. t.rhe case
Is with you, gentlemen" and MIS- voice !
sank low and weak. Il ask II IN SORROW
,nd In tears I ask thar you do n0N