The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-02-10
CUES FAREWELL,
TO HIS FAMILY
The Party Divide U Half En-
tering the Cell alta &
Time.
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-HARIorTESTlLLE,, VA. Feb Sit y II
Ms about $50 O'Clock in the afternoon
when atcCue heard the news OF THIS trlpllll-
,r,t 3 failure. At that time his entire FAM
.i,,. connection III this vicinity paid Visit
"a the cell. The party included the Tour 7
children, Willie, Sam, Harry and ltuoy''
the four brothers, Frank. liam,E on otln
and Edward o.. NlcGuc; Ed ward @ 9,
sicCue, Mrs. Rhodes. Mrs. a ndersoll, AZ 4
and Mis-. Marshall Dinwiddie, Mr., and ~
Mrs Durrett and possib bly, one or. two
Others. The: party was divided, hall en-
terlns the8cell at a time $i
The scene within the cell was heart leii Y
rending. accue wept bitterly when ll he
vas told that there was now no hope e. for 70
him, but he was Quick to recover. ana
while many in the sorrowful little party
broke down. lie acted the part Of COM com
fortcl. III * az 3
Tile continually 5;spoke$sof the new and
lhappier life upon the threshold OF which
| he was standing, and then followed TIC
rarewclls that in the Intensity Of It's sad 4
ness can find no ADEQUATE expression
here. iS ~ n f at 5is
IiSIt was over at last ana the doors
closed upon the prisoner and thcfolt-
side world forever. 1t cannot learned
definitely wllcthcrior not.any OF the srcla-
lives will he present at the hanging. a
permit has been issued TO II Edward Q,
lMcCtuc and Il blank admission card also
furnished to himS!n the even hat some
other member OF the family may desire
ITO stapd beside tho prisoner TO the end
Back to His Bible.
When ,heap;irty left. McCue went back
| AS his Bible and to The solitary thoughts
| IL which he now finds solace. lie was
l5if anything c;tlmcr than ever There
| was no sign Of II collapse. Tho granite
4 hardness of the man showed no sign Q
weakening. For many days no has hcel
i III ,lis state, and is likcly3to continue e
i so until the end, +. . a ~ II
His voice lis frequently. raised in SONG
4 "Wednesday night Mi. and Mrs. Din
i widdieE Iuid itsyislt to- tho prisoner am
1 left the cell at $50 20 clock. \, Barely lia'
4 the doors or the jail closed behind then
Inc VOICES VI iliS k3H'tN
i were heard singing II yroul. Not Llv
1 .,lways.i'}
Downstairs, a crazy colorcd woman VIII
4 had been locked up to await removal I
Y 1.-The insane asylum, Joined In the song
4 Not more tl,an bis spirit is his bod
4 crushed lie is said TO he hale and heart.
rails well and sleeps soundly.G .1lc no.
wears n beard. This IS the only notice
J able change in his appearance since tn
! trial. rs
On-t tho eve Of the execution the Tow
Z us ,iuic., bur manifestly tailoring mder3
condition Of suppressed excitement. Thel
J, As not the slightest likelihood Of any Ill
!, lurhnnce.
Il Many out-o town people arc here. In
: Guiding quite y. gathering OF llewRpapc
men, and there is nmad rush to aecul
4 admission 10 the jail Tomorrow. Ncarl
/, every application has been refused.
! select committee OF citizens viii he ad
! lni,trd, probably Il dozen IN all. but the
! names are not known. The sheriff al
! Ills deputies VIII be there with peraI
= d sheriff or two from adjoining coun,ie
Such ministers as AICCuc may desire
y have with linn VIII be admitted, Thcl
: VIII be perhaps five newspaper men
!, the yard. More than one correspondei
has been turned down. The surgeon VI
} lbe or. Hugh Nelson, assisted by Dr. Y
u. Macon, Or. f. Y MoselcS, Jr.,
Y ililcnmond, secured admission through
4 personal request from Governor Mnntl
y + ue TO tho sheriff, Or. Moseey will vi
4 ness the hanging for scientific purpose
\ This Viii practically compose the par
u iii The presence Of whom McCuc VIII
Il hanged,
There may bn p twenty or tHelty-ii
\ / people IN all The hour Will he about
4 4. Nj, ANA The day promises u 10 "
4 land bleak. shnriff Rogers IS hard Press
y tlndgiug people who you'd prevail up
him to lie, ,hrm in,
1 Many Denied.
A Aneighhorng sheriff wrote that he v
looming twilha ppiISR He WAS adFit
II that, as an officer az the law, he wo
be admitted, hut that the party wo
\ see as much Of the hanging at home
Y IT would In charlottesville.
Another ynln had seen foriy-nipet'
n ,ecu,ions, and wanted TO make J an e'
II hrty
4 4 third individual met the sheriff on
street and after asserting that he
n boon Il lifelong friend OF McCun, &
elafrd thai he certainly did want
SO lin hanged.
These ana n hundred other relpe
were denied. and IN nearly every insta
efforts werc made 10 throw the pc
y off the scent and nct-eyen let them XII
$g the lloar. irba PUBLIC nj large believe
n lldnaiug viii lbe near noon. oniy SCI