Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-09-08

1t is the theory that, stung Win seuSS
of humiliation and enraged, she returheu
10 the bedroom to upbraid her husoanu,
carrying with her for ner S urne" herself
baseball bat, and in deie9uins hIow
sbe struck her husband 6 lancins o,y"
On the cheek, retreating to the Da.n-
=" Wv wbither he followed with mis-
loU n delivering the fatal shot while she
49, s'as on her knees begging and screaming
for mercy. no :. h
effect that upon the night of the murder
an assassin suddenly appeared in his
room, carrying as his weapon base
ball bat, which was the property OF one
of the Mcclure children, and which had
been standing in a corner of little Ruby
McCue's room across the hall from the
fathers bedroom. Husband and wife
were undressing to retire and the former
was removing his shirt when the MUIR
derous assaiant rushed in. Mr.. McCue
ran to and possessed himself of a Win.
chester shotgun Mrs. McCue screamed
Just as her husband was felled by blow
from the bat on the right cheek and
temple. Recovering consciousness, so
the ex-mayors story goes, he hurried to
the phone and summoned bis brother,
DR.. Frank G. McCue, who lives on the
same street. he did not know where
his wife was. The last he knew was
that she had screamed an instant before
he became unconscious. He summoned
Thomas Williams and requested him to
bring Mrs Williams and his daughter
They are killing u.s." he said. He
also communicated with the police.
Such is the story Mr.. McCue told those
who arrived on the scene. The colored
boy in the rear of the house heard the
shot, dressed hurriedly, and entered the
house by the front door. He found Mr..
McCue at the telephone. He states that
Immediately after the shot he heard some
one running down the stairs and up again.
The alleged weak point in the story,
according to the theory of the police,
was the claim made by McCue to the
effect that he had been knocked
senseless for an interval long enough for
the assassin to work his will with Mrs.
McCue and 10 escape, although his face
showed only very slight wound, little
or no bruise, and no trace of a blow on
the temple The Inconsistencies, it is
said, could have been of very brief du-
ration, since the stable boy, dressing in
the utmost haste, found his master
already recovering and at the telephone
when he (he stable boy got to the
front door.
The theory of robbery finds no sup
port with the detectives. There is no
evidence that, if roober committed the
deed, he was armed. His only weapons
we're Mr.. McCue's weapons.
]. S. McCue was born in 1862, and
went to the University of Virginia as a
student in 1881. After his student days
were over he established himself as a
member of the Charlottesville bar in
partnership with Samuel B. Woods.
In a few years the firm dissolved, since
which time he has practiced law on his
own account. He has amassed fortune,
it is believed, chiefly through wise
real-estate investments He was three
times Mayor of Charlottesville, his last
term closing August 30.
Nineteen years ago he married Miss
Fannie Crawford, daughter OF the late
DIR. William Crawford, of Mount Sidney,
Augusta county. He has four coildren,
the youngest a girl of 10. The others
are boys.