The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-11
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MIL l.lSlAluE1 -. AAAsSS l.h
uniting rhis he regarded as SUITE slltfis
Gent @,,S ~ Il. a 1. &
sll,,ltsthc secret be ctet knoWii7 Will v
Il "a ~ orv of how nnd why McCue trtee \;
Sea3pUt tito lifo or Ills wife and the moln-
in,s {pf Ma children be evcrSf W VIII wv VI
len /? is d question tc which io5 az
swtr With d plausible rct'sot,sS for cx s.a
latence edit be given The llps o u tnose
WHO know-und there tlre IVY 81 tiluY ~
OF, perhaps, a half dozen Or ~ nTusS
sealed. 1io assumption thnt tns - y,
confession WAS uiitund that M 6 y ~.
intrt ,thel details or Tie tragedy 70 no
5t,e. Tia incorrect. His eid anu pastor pastor
Tie rev, Dr.. &. IL. who was ,con-
stnntiy with Hin through tho last GAYS avs
was Also Ills 5fntherS ifessor. u is pos.
lsible s1hattlic apl'lsonnts rcvcnleu some ,ll.
thing to tic other two lhlsters whose s
names Nave figured ihyt the cuse I y VI Is, IS
kno VII positvely that he 81 ~ ~. =.
pctrle. lie seemed a1x io,is y
Its mind. lilo dd 40. TO u e ~
told the things that were Eto& the puDi'c
dcned-thcS STORY of8Etlle murderer 81 q Y
wife, ny estcrday i asked DR. Petrie i h ht,
we're ut iliberty@to repeat what had Deon
revealed to HIM Ho wis not. N ,lo-'.
snokn its lila I'd or ind Ills friend, ind
not tol thu gpubllc. What lie said w yl,s
sacred 1t Will never pass the lips Of tf'is
man who knows. 5SFi AZ III IN st ID \; a3
The c Confession.
Onstie Tuesday preceding Jun IVA w a W.
tho data Originally fixed for tic exec,l-
ton, he made b. fcsson TO 4 he Rev M y!
Leo, On}Thursdaysil night Of ILLS we eis. l,ls
last night upon, ctIrth, hc repeated tho
confession now before Mr.. Lee, DIS I y r.
spin, Dr. Ipetrle and Mr. loffries. ne
guard. ,l'his morning ho went over n ilc
entire subject again with he same minis MI :,
Etcrs ana Impressed upon them Tor 5,tn .le
last tino what Ito desired to make pub D.
iic, finer. Satisfied l,cswort toShis death.
ana Immediately afterwards tho MINIS nj! ms:
tors began and executed the task assign y
I'd TO them. trlic statement was yy ~
by DR. Pctrle, who was prompted from ron !,
tlnle to time BY the other tWo, who st ootl
near HIM, 1T was as fol ows 3 al. VII .,
uMr. u s. Nc cue this morning stated 81
83 IL our presence and requested us to 3
b make pubc that he did m Of wis I, 20 d
ESs leave this world With sueplclon 4 rest esq
$g IND on any hura an being other man /.
himself; thatshe alone liz srespo rs slpis
q power beyond his control, and that At p g
II recognized his senteitce as lustt. 'IEs h
Mr., Z ee's Explanation.
s sro,, ! ] 4 i, confession had been writ
ian ana delivered lit q thc ha nds Of Inc
ront lcmen &C tho press, MR. Leo supple
mont al mt swlths8hn explanatory te-
nent. I'll appeared Il TO abe the! p,lrtic ular
desire Of the prisoner, he said to have ave
ii unders tood that nobody else was 81 g
snonsible forstho crime; that he alone
murdered his wife, and that he Eiecog-
nized tho sentence Eoff the court as Just.
rho rsoner had further desired II made
main that while $nHthistwaS l1t was re-
spol,siblc, in another way nc was ,rre-
sponsihlo, when l,c cHpllnl ted sthe deed e.
spirit Of demon acnl ra &c moved mn mn
out Of himself. and %Wlllf Inst frenzy NJ,
when the devll hiid overpo wered him, nc
struck slcw$his vi fe,f%.1 FITS regret could
not Be measured /, ii, words. When hen he
arose in tho court and mades3tl io plea
fors''not guilty,''s he llcant si1,pl y8sW l
has been said here, hat an Impulse for
eign to hssrcul and better nature, moved move
Ills hand. al {3,, " n i. !,
~ II Should like ito add, y concluded N1r'
Zee In effect, that Mr. NJ cC,tG left this
wcrld with feelings of BITTERNESS toward
no human being. Ills hea TT was wonder
fully softened H 9 was car nst and ten
| der. an This morning in our presence I. tie
offered to God n fcrvent PRAYER TOR or the
famly-fors his brothers and their wives p,
for his sister,; for his uncles and hunts WI
and lastly md most fervent lSs Of all toi
4 shis children. He called them each b.
4 name n He invoked Tho blessings Of AZ
/ mighty God upon them all. M n
81 The other two ministers col,curred Ii =
/ what. Mr. Lee said vi three q eclar Gt
/ that in so far as IT. was possible pSjudge
j they believed sNlcGuc ut the. end ss5to p
scontrItc sineert Sand thoroug l,ly pniliten1ft
4 IIc had read hissscriptures carefully ant
4 COMPREHENSIVE and could quote & Tree y
| from them Though not 4 man ordinarily
with q fin egift4 OF expression, his word
! 5toNard the close says DR.. Pctrie,:s w,cr'
beautiful and tender. 3.l 81 ii ". y. i5ig /.
4 Thus spoke the men who best OF any II
1 tho world q had opp ortunitysIof learning
/ tho real significanceso OF the brief confes
sion which is Probably AZ that the SW it'I
! will ever receive. W hn TT hey3 say spcs PEAK <
4 elouuerltly for itself, tcnd their timoll
4 may be accepted as conclusive. 4
/: There vas no i1laudlln sentn,ontality
Nrccuc, the penitent, it was WHO ascend
ed tho galows to explatc his crime
What Guards Said.
a "A last word and a ia Their .rerlarknol
ono may be added to this brief stor
Fl OF the confession and Of the atn1ospheI
III which It was mad Two St @ INC guaru
: ferries and Smith, made the followin
+ formal statement, showing the effect upo
d, themselves OF what they had wltnesse
= within the cell: 81 .S5 Il 55.i Y,
9 1--WE desire to thank the sergeant. II
Z Judge of tho court or tho city of Cha
= lottesville ana the whole CommonWcatl'
!. or Virginia, for allowing us the prlSllet
: OF being named as guards for M fMcG'.u
Il ana we feel that he recognized JUS mo-
!; as comtorters than as guards, s5 y II
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