The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-13
.N0IS GROUND F0Rs HOPE @
5,53ls y FROM RT H ES &C vERN0K
None% Doubts That TIi Exc c1-S
$lency Will Let ht Il the i: Law, TlwiccSss3, 81,
AAffirnlcd 2 axe rs coursle: SJ
il Possible Respite an NJ ays ss|Ss 81
M Granted ~ II hich. to ,ysss
Prepare for . It'll. 5SssS

Corporation Court of char.ott ottesvallsy 81
writ OF error ref fused
These u thirteen words sound = he knoll II
of hope ana ring the death bell OF q man
Eonoe prominent. uni iversall speoted and
fhonored by his q townsnlen but 8sss now
doomed to die an d ghonlni NOUS death upon
the 5soafold like tile con, ,nloneat felon#
Injured ito a life, Or cons cianoel esq Pine
The simple statement conveyed tlia5s3j
words $is$ g. tragedy followI 81 hard UPON
the heels of riot her TRACED arough
finsthe darkness and solitud sf of tile home:
Sof the doomed srnan. u poil tho wi hora3@i
Eho had sw orn to love o1,erisllS and pro- osS
8steet. No sp ectators$ iewed lratg
.traged Y, which ,yas allrouded III, secrecy.
jyeiled with Smyst !;rhats 81 her ira gedS.
now ineyi allie, ~ the gtakln e of
human u open ght. iils MI
ence of HIS fel elloWI1,en ant 4 In ohed lenoaS
tos the ines orahl jHst Ss8
NJ simple del lvara cas pt the suprs fls
Court pal
tho last lingering hope ri Mn sllnls ts8
Cue now incarcerated under Gl losS 8,
in the cell OF the Char tesVl
anxious IL; awaiting tlic word MI hicliyS he
anticipated would rolonE III lis now ste i't-aaii
Sllngly brief life. There no VI remains but
ono hope and Is lend a8 threlt
md a worn, frayed 4 hread sat that. Il %gII*s
ecutive cleniancy a. one car low int err
vetle to5respita the doomed NJ fe-murd erel,,ss
FOR commutntlonof Of sentence tos slmpri Sons
ment Isl so utterly kinlpro bah bleS that may
5bes said to bio yiopel less. q H N ow that The
highest court having jurisdictlon OF 81 the
case has refused to ipter fere with t tess
verdict OF the trial - jury, executiye clen-s
ency is The last vestig of hope, nd that
can hardl extend further han aaS briof
ext sion$o the pris iS
q People Deeply Stirred.
a Is ury Of the Cor poratlo Court Il * @ofi
5Charlottdsvillo AZ few moments before II
noon OF Saturday. November 5ths q re
ported q verdict finding T. Samuel AIcGua$
gullty5of m urdor III the first degree. az ter
q trial las Ing more than ten days. az
case Iii more than ~ docado has 50 pro
foundly stirred the people Of trglnla
than I he murder OF Irs. j \. Samuel NC
Cue. OF which & the rlsoner was con
victed, arid which occurred about u 9:3OSa
P'.s8s M. !. Sunday, 3 eptember 4th, at the II
ArcCue residence, # on Park Street nES
sCharlot ttesVillc. VI Five d vs. Ia ter tlla corr
oner' s jury, after an exlla I've inquiry
into the mysterious m urder, reported y &
verdict charging the husband with 81 ttelSs
foul orlma. Several hours before tn : a,- a
|tlonSi Of the coroner's jury. McCue had u
been arrested Il ut his home, oi, Park
Street. on a warrant sworn out by Com ii
3monWealtll's Attorney F'rnnk Il Gi!nler..s
The rial !, ana every q detnll fpfS the famous
trial, ire too recent hist tory to have dett
from the public mind on oyernbers 9TH
Hon. George w. !. Morris, AZ I'D 80 OF " the Y
ri Ifd fhoJ 1ofi i&o
OF Judgment and declined to grant a new
trial. NJ
a An appeal was taken from, tho ruiins Il
OF the court. and tile attorneys OF the a
condemned sman hume d iat ely set to work
10 prepare their appeal for sui ubmisslon a
70 the Supreme Court ot Appsals, The
patitiona In the case and the reoord OF h
moro than q thousand typewrittens pages
We're forwarded & to the appellate court 81
on january 8s. 1896, and submit ted to that
tribunal. Since that time the highest
court In the State has had the patitions
iunder cons Iteration. and yesterday an
nounced Its action thereon In the words N
quoted above. s. s l3 III h
~ There Were Many Minds. ~
"A The announcement OF tho refusal of rs
the court to grant a. writ Of error wa IS
irecei vcd with universal Interest md pa t7#
ulaly elected u variety Of c0mnlctitSi B
from D0ttl lawyers aIllt INC lt W. AiaISaf
who had read I he abstract Of a he petition
printed In this paper, Omitted that they
had anticipated that the court would 4.
grant the writ and review the case, but
some OF these expressed the belief that 4
upon fina. review OF the case he conrt &
would not interfere With the verdict 5nf e
the lower court. There wsrn those 5wii,y e
stated that they expect ted just thr ~ -s5
nuuncemsnt made and still others @hasss
admitted that they had not XII Wli as,h ~ III
to expect, but were impressed With tbs,
horror Of the fate which, the courts de-
liyerance made certain. Some ~ stf; sfi;
who do not caro- to be quoted by nv nc ~ IS
censuring tho court express doubt rs to
justification OF the action talSet. |. aud
some specify certain grounds OF error q q t i; 'S
signed by hesspetittone q unsel WeraE
sufficient to Justify granting tho Wilt
and hearing argument upon the case
before a. final opinion thereon. i,ss ~ @
More conservative lawyers " Edecl me & =,
pass upon the action OF tho court, iraa 4
| il, admitting that they had not rsaa eyer Il.
ltho petition In the case not 80 meniaolt
| the yolumtnous record, onas gent
wh, does not wish To be quoted s1 press .5s 81
| ed the view that the Judges had doNbt
hiss reachea the conclusion that tha vsrs
u tftfStlNn f III eh4 ~