The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-22

mite. swelled in volume until they be-
came veritable roar that now began
TO echo throughout the entire State
1IcCuc Arrested.
nc authorities lost no time, but tho
public mind leaped ahead of them.
and close behind it came the heavy
hand of the police, who. on Wednesday.
September l. the day after the MUIR
dered woman was buried, marched Nc
Cue into jail while the coroner's jury
was still sitting evidence The next
morning the Jury submitted its verdict,
declaring McCue TO be the murderer
Feeling in and about Charlottesville
was intense. The Jail was heavily
guarded and stocked with a sufficiency
OF firearms to repel an army. But
there was absolutely no Violence.
of the town, familiar with facts not
A. yet generally known. expectation
had robbed the arrest OF surprise. but
throughout the State at large less
prepared, the Imprisonment of the eX-
Mayor caused a profound sensation
preliminary examination was waiv2d.
and on September 10 McCue was for
mally indicted. On September 81 he
was arraigned, and pleaded not guilty.
and on October IS the case was called
10 trial before Judge George W. Nor
ris. The extreme difficulty OF securing
a jury reflected the widespread SEN
timent against McCue. Venires we're
chosen successfully from Petersburg,
Richmond. Fredericksburg and War
renton, and Foxy" Rogers. sergeant,
travelled many a weary mile man hunt
ing. 1t was not until Oc.oher 2S that
the court. with a panel complete was
ready to proceed. There WAS a irll-
.;unt array of counsel. the late Captain
Nicajah Woods leading the prosecu-
ton and the mainstay Of the defense
being John L. Lee, OF Lynchburg.
Many Sensations.
From beginning to end the trial
bristled with sensations. and the daily
court record was read with absorbing
interest throughout the State. The
Commonwealth built UP n powerful
circumstantial case, every point Of
which was contested bitterly by the
defense In one respect the scandal
loving public was cheated. The "wo-
man in the case" lowered ever In the
background, but was not once brought
directly into court. and was as much
mystery at the end of the trial as
at the beginning. Indeed, toward the
declared that McCue's character was
"spotless and Immaculate" But tho
jury thought otherwise, and on No
vember 3. after one OF the most brill
liant arguments ever heard in a court
room. brought in a verdict of murder
in the first degree. 1t took the twelve
men Just twenty minutes to decide the
fate OF the prisoner
The prominence Of McCue and OF his
wifes family made the case one OF un-
usual Importance, The story OF the
actual occurrences in the Park Street
home on the night OF the murder has
never been told, and Is known In detail
to but q few. Suffice it TO say that
after attending church and partici
patng In a Sunday night service, Nc
Cue went home as rapidly as possible
and murdered his wife with cold
FLOODED brutality. She had accompan-
led him from the church, and they
were in their he'd room when the crime
was committed. y baseball bat and u
shotgun We're the weapons used. Mrs
McCue was struck over the right ear,
which was nearly torn off There We're
superficial flesh wounds on the left
side OF the nose and the back OF the
head. In her breast just under the
collarbone. was gaming gunshot
wound Finger marks were also dis
covered on her throat. indicating that
she had been choked In addition to
being blud geoned and shot McCue
then dragged the dying woman into
the bathroom, placed the body IN the
tub. and turned on the HOT water
spigot which was still running when
the body was found.
The Execution