The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-10
Dr. .SI,|l..0.||O||pS,
Restorative

The crime was heinous enough In itself
to attract widespread attention. but It
must be recalled In addition that the
couple we're prominent and well known
to everybody in the community. The wife
came from one. OF the oldest families In
Virginia; tha husband by sheer forcs OF
hard work and keen business sense had
anasEed considerable fortune, and had
for two successive terms filled the hon
ora bic post OF Mayor OF the town In which
he lived. The couple had been married
nineteen years, and had steadily ad :
vanced In prosperity and prominence
There were four chidren-three sons and
one daughter. The house in which the
family lived was on the most fashion,
able street In the town.. Several relatives
OF the &ex- Mayor resided in tho neighbour
hood, and all were held II In the highest
esteem. ISL n III 33f ,ss n
Small wonder. then. tina t the news Gre
ated an uproar. Dr. AfcCue, the first to
reach the scene. was followed by police
officers and then neighbours and friends
began to flock to the house. A half
dozen wild and lrreconcllabl rumors, one
OF which declared that the ex-Mnyor
himself had been killed, and all OF which
told OF u daring burglary wherein the
thief, entrappcd, had In his mad haste
to escape. slain either husband or wife,
at the scene OF the crime itself. McCue,
the ex-h1ayor the respected citizen. the
stricken and henrt-broken husband,
against whom no word OF susptc Ion had yet
been whispered, was there. He had not
been killed. He had slight wound or abra-
sion on his cheek, from which the blood
tricked to the front Of his undershirt
He appeared Hdazed,"8s Stretched upon q
lounge in his bed chamber. he gave to
! Itr,tk
Ing relatives the story OF what had hap
pened and what only he knew.
fs.''When We got back from church," he
said, 1--WE went on UP u o our bed room.
picked up paper, reading the last
Council proceedings. and think Mrs
McCue was undressing iii tho meantime.
She laid her clothes on q chair. had
gone over to my chiffonier and took my
coat off, and my collar and my negligee
shirt; was standing ut my buffet, and
I Noticed some figure moving toward
me; / think rushed over, towards the
gun which stands in tho corner, and that
| is all Il srenember. ! think / must have
been unconscious after that. He and I
had a tusslc I am pretty positive he
was a white man, a kind OF dirty white
man. think his beard was out q, q lite"
The Growing Doubt.
Here, them was the, murdercr----'"'a kind
OF dirty white man"-Who had entered
tho bed chamber, knocked the husband
senseless and dragged the wife to tho
la tn room, where he Killed her, a
dozen times, McCue told his story, not
always, be 1t remembered, with entire
consistcncy.ls,A half dozen va riat1 Ions In
lthe accounts l,e gave different people
were called to mind later. At the time
they were passed over almost nnotlced.
Inn Uo :
he did not exhibit and unusual degree
| OF emotion. Once while he was lying
ipon the sofa ho turned to his brother
and and asked, rs she dead r. Recelvln an
affirmative reply, he exclal med, IN.
llny Cod a physician was seated beside
| The lounge holding the hand OF the ex-
Mayor, He observed that upon recelY,
Hing this terrible news his pulse d'a nor
quicken, nor did the prostrate man man,
i ifest any signs OF surprise OF. excitement
or grief. y Tho wound upon his face was
"a Slight that his loud complaints Of his
i iniuiies excited some, won derlnen :, 8 y 9
destined opiates or medicine 8of any sort,
III the confusion Of the mo nlent, her
horror excluded curiosity ana trlena!s
concern and sympathy left no room fo'
suspicion. these ncongrnlties We're over 9.
feots &c tho first shock had worn OFF and
the mind could turn from the CORPSE n
sthe ienth chamber to the story Of the
ymurdor itself. that many began TO cues,
j tion the likelihood OF what had been told
|The confusing statements Of the on
|mayor; tho hue and cutlery; the Nm,
probable act OF a urglar IN yolunt arlls
| seeking the presence Of hose whose
house Tho wished to ri Gle; the fast thai
after rendering his YiatIms 20 werless, tllf
murd erer had wa ked ante u y21lnut, touch
Ing nothing hese ana a BALI apxsp 9th