The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-10
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Concise History 81 the Murder lr
the Arrest, Trial Cot 81, ':- 53l5
81 ton and Appeals.
.UlNRAvELlAe THE e. MYSTERY N & ! e !
Prisoners Story Of Killing DID l-l} !.
I, Not Satisfy Suspicion
II. Led 8to Arrest. 81

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DIM Il was 81, d QUIET Sunday night II, sel,--
Il ta,n hcr, less than Blk mon tbs aBo tntlt
tle cruel murder of q woman siloc IS
the community nSthc best lie Of w ~ s'
sic md been won't to move, ana i' y
tho beginning Of u tiugedy t my WV. ~
eventually to stir the sentlr Cofll1l.oi'1
wealth to It's depths. I, !,
si,,The woman was Fannie Crawford NC
Cue, 39wlfc Of ~ former Mayor OF Cl u E
@lolteHyilc u maj, prominent IN Dol J, Ing !.
business and the social Ill fe OF ithc cltS.
NThc scene OF the trag cdy WAS tne ipe cII
tiful Park Street home Of the tnc
very heart fof the most ttractive rea'-
dental section Of the town. tltnu
was tho enrly evening tl xhen 'eis "a ~, &
still g.t upon NEAR BY porches g no ~ pe'
destrlafls HAD no yet desert ID the streets.
rhe thcorySnf the crime was ur3larS
frustratcd by the unexpected return ~
tho husband and wife. ca CHI q whom whom ~
vas supposed had been attacked by . =
marauder fran Tic in Ills Efforts 70 escape sel'
The Murder.
Az. Roth SfcCue and his wife had been
absent from the city several \ nys-t INC
one IN Washington on z mission J eYcr8 !.
/ pnlncd lie other with severe q 5lic y
childrcii n short distance otlta! the
THE cx- May or returned on SUNDAY sep
{tcmber 4tlI, and Upon reaching MS nome
y foiInd that his wife had also got ten back.
Irhnt night tho two we're n seen 2 I .{4t nc
4 I,resbyterian Church. Mrs. al Cue LEFT
ina house ahead OF her husba nd W. VINO
gubscnucrtly ga Ia Tho delayed to ans an! Wer
= a cali At tho church they occupied Y tne
same pew. and upon thc SO =. t.a
VI scrvice walked home toge tier. 4 hey were
4 1oncd By; a relative. Mr.. Marshal Lin-
* wlddic, who accompanied q the Ecouple V Z
81 the gate where fterS a. bric f4conv ers-i-
4 tor, he left them. 3sf55 i5f5 i,
Tits was the last seen OF Mrs. McCuc
alive The hour was about 0:lb I. ~,
or perhaps a few moments en- ller. ~ ~
or about 40 F.. Frank q u
tls brother Of the %ex-Afayors and y a physl-
cian. received a telephone m essa &c sum- sui!
Ynoning him ut once to the house. the
Y yoicn he heard over the wires was that
OF his brother, and the words: sSG'. e. Cotne
N down here right quick, Frank. mere ,.l
L Is somebody the house. He has kh ocScu l
Il Inc senselcss and probably sli Of F e
Tarryng only long en ts ~ lo sup III ~
his clothes and seize a n emergency grlp
Y the physician FASTENED ~ Q st ne ~ house
II without waiting to spread the news broad
n cast .5 He went quite alone. hen = G
entered the front door Ills brother was
hnlf way down the staircase. 81 Fie was vas
partly untlrcssed; had n slight una
4 upon his face; from which the. blood hnd
B .'dazed. ~ The first thing he said s wa g
sS 900 hunt for Fannie. F5i}f
Disco of Body .8y
ii Thc fumes Of smoke filled y he house.
me ex- Mayor seemed 10 know not hing II
X az The Nv lIereabouts Of his wi nd the
physician left him standing on the stair
y yf,y while he personally conducted I. q
4 search. The sound OF running water
attracted him TO the bath room, OH the
second floor. There was no light IN the
a upper hall. With the aid ~ matches DE DE-
Mccuc found his way to tho room where
Il lie turned on a gas jet. tie turned ~
once to the tub. and there discovered
tho murdered wifc.s The body was still
II warm. d but puiselcss. The ~ oman wa
lying upon her back, With one linlb
4 straight out md the other ticxcd Her
arms were partly folded over her stomach
Tor little above 1t. The corpse was a.
lacked a Few inches OF being full: The
r hot water spgot was still running: "A
y bloody baseball bat was leaning against
the wall, of tho bath room. & "A shotgun
! was found In the hall a few feet away
Tho body was lifted from the tub
and stretched upon a5rug on the bath
Il room floor. The nutilntion, hitherto part
~ concealed, was now apparent The
woman had evidently been struck over
# the right ear, which was nearly torn III.
4 There were superficial nesl, wounds on
the left side Of the nose and on the ba ok
Z OF the head. 4 In her breast, Just under
Il the collarbone, was n gaping gunshot
wound partially smoked byfpowder. 7. Sub
scnuently finger marks were discovered
on the throat. Indicating that in addi-.
ton to being blndgeoned and shot. Mrs
4 D1cCue had been choked by her slayer
The condition Of the house Mt the time
e. OF tho murder was peculiar. Nothing
& whatsoever had been disturbed. No prop
erty,a5largc or small, was missing. a
window in the room OF the daughter Of
g the cx- Mayor was open. The front door
was unattached and two front windows,
one on the second floor and ono In the
parlor, were open. Through any Of these
/ window exits an Intruder might have
4 escaped Z! 1, ai,FS
,McCue's Story.
Tho news of this murder Travelled rap
Idly from6lp to lip, and the entire town
Z was soon, In q state OF intense excitement.