Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-10-26
THE McCUE CASE.

AS stated IN the dazette OF InaI uaIe,
the trial of McCue charged with wife
murder was resumed in Charlottesville
yesterday.
DIR. Frank @. McCue, brother of the
accused, was placed upon the witness
stand, and the story of the tragic oc-
currence of September last was begun
The gown worn by Mrs. McCue that
night, McCue's undershirt, the gun with
which the murder was committed and
the baseball bat which figured in Nc
Cues story of the assault we're exhibited
and identified by the witness. The un.
dershirt exhibited stains on the sleeves,
the front and back and was torn down
the front, from which piece WAS
missing.
DIR. McCue's story in the main was
the same that he narrated to the cor
oner's jury. 1t emphasized the tact that
he found his brother, whose phone mes
sage had called him to the house, stand
ing on the stairs in dazed condition !;
that the water in the bathtub, wherein
the body of Mrs. McCue was found, was
not discolored with blood; that her
gown was not at the time blood
stained, 'and that he, DR.. Early
and DR.. Venable, after the removal
of the body from the bathroom,
struck matches and carefully examined
the room, even looking under the tub.
One new bit of evidence was submit
ted, the witness saying that Immediate
ly on entering the bathroom-that is to
say, in aminute or so after he had reach
ed the McCue home-he heard woman's
voice in the house, but said he did mol
see a woman there, DR.. McCue also
declared that he received the phone mes
sage from his brother which called hin
to the house aud that he did not stop OF
the way aud knock at the door of Police
Justice Edward o. McCue, both of which
facts are called in question.
DIR. Charles S. Venable was the next
witness. He reached the house an hour
or so after the murder, took Mr.. McCue's
hand and asked him how it happened,
and was answered that it was all a mys-
lery-that it was done so quickly that
he did not know. When he was told
that his wife was dead there was not a
tremor in his hand, which the doctor
still held, and, although he said; ooh,
my God p there was no evidence OF
emotion. corroboraled DIR. McCue's
statement about no blood being on the
gown except about the neck. The
wounds of the prisoner he found TO be
triaing-a mere scratch, which one
might receive ia WALKING into a brick
wall, There was no swelling and no diff
fusion of blood. DIR Venable's evidence
indicates belief that Mrs. McCue was
put in the bathtub after she was killed.
The fatal wound was on the side of the
body that was next 10 the wall.
City Engineer Demott, who made a
diagram of the McCue house, next took
the stand. The blue prints were distri'
buted among the jury, and that body
and the prisoner were then taken to the
McCue residence, when they examined
the premises and Court then adjourned
until today.
Charlottesville, Oct. 26.--Another
great crowd packed the courthouse and
approaches this morning, when the Nc
Cue case was resumed. Marshall Din.
widdie, an elderly man, uncle of the ac
cused, was the first witness. He reached
the McCue home two hours after The
murder, and remained to help prepare
the body of Mrs. McCue for burial.
Que,tioned as to the undershirt worn by
McCue, witness said that when under
taker Bierly asked for it, at the instance
of the coroner, DR.. Frank McCue wen
after it and brought it into the room
where witness and the undertaken had
just finished washing the body. Witness
took hold of the shirt but quickly passed
it to the undertaken, who rolled it up,
Replying to a question asked by the de-
tense, he said that those who prepared the
body got blood on their hands and thai
they had not washed them at the time
they handled the shirt.