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TO WEAVE WEB
AROUND M’CUE
MORE EVIDENCE ADDUCED
TO PROVE HIM GI'ILTY OF THE
XLRDEIt OF HIS WIFE.
What Was Brought Otit in the Ex
amination of the Witnesses—>lnny
Women Were in Attendance I |inn
the Trial* bnl Announcement Won
Made That It Would Be Better for
Them to Stay Away from the
Court Room.
Charlottesville. Va., Oct. 26.—Mar
shal Dinwiddie, the first witness called
to-day in the trial of ex-Mayor J.
Samuel McCue. testified that he and
his wife reached the McCue home
about 11;30 o'clock on the night of the
tragedy. He is an uncle of the de
fendant by marriage. He had seen
Mr. and Mrs. McCue together at
church earlier in the evening, and talk
ed with them for a moment at the
gate at McCue's home after church at
about 9 o'clock.
When he reached the house after the
tragedy Mrs. McCue was dead and
he said the accused stated that he was
suffering from a blow on the head.
The defendant told him, he testified,
that he was standing at a chiffonier
in his room; that his wife was on the
side of a dresser; that someone came
into the room; that he first tried to
get his gun, but got it only partly out
when the man took it away from him.
Continuing, the witness said Mr. Mc-
Cue said he had "been knocked sense
less,” and his wife shot.
The defendant seemed rational, the
witness said. He asked the accused
before the body had been fully dressed
<lf he desired to view the remains, the
accused replying that he preferred to
remember her as he saw her in life,
but after the remains were placed in
a coffin, the defendant on the afternoon
of the following day saw the remains,
that being the first time to the knowl
edge of the witness. He heard no
statement about robbery.
Reemnl on Good Terms.
On cross-examination, the witness
said he saw no signs of strained rela
tions between Mr. and Mrs. MoCue
while talking with them at the gate,
and that the accused seemed distress
ed after the tragedy.
CWarles Skinner, a negro, testified
that while in his room in the servants’
house in the rear of the residence ad
joining that of McCue’s. on the night,
of the tragedy, he heard crying and
screaming, and said he found the
sounds came from the McCue house.
The voice sounded like that of a wom
an, he said. Later, he heard a shot.
He was quite sure he saw a light up
stairs in the McCue house. He was
not cross-examined.
Dr. J. E. Early reached the MeCue
residence after the shooting. He said
he found the defendant lying on the
floor of his room, face downward and
crying. The witness rrfade an examina
tion of the defendant the next day, he
said, "from head to foot,” at the In
stance of the coroner. The wound on
the cheek he characterized as an abra
sion, without swelling or discoloration,
and said the blow that caused it was
not sufficient to produce insensibility.
He sfaw no other marks on the defend
ant.
In his opinion, Mrs. McCue dropped
dead in her tracks after being shot.
The wound on her ear, which he said
was cut nearly in two. could have been
produced by the baseball bat, which
was exhibited.
The witness did not see the defend
ant’s nose bleeding. He did not see
a piece of cloth on the floor of the
bathroom, but said he did not make
a close Inspection of the floor.
Ah If lo Wmh Stain Away.
Continuing his testimony Dr. Early
testified that there were indications
that some of the 'bloodstains on the
undershirts worn by the accused on
the night of the tragedy had come
in contact with water, and the
rwrist bands had been wet. The de
fendant was rational, he said. In his
opinion a blow on the head sufficient
to produce insensibility would have
left a mark, and when his attention
was directed to a contrary opinion ex
pressed at the coroner's inquest, he
said he had given thought to the sub
ject since and now was of the opin
ion stated. The accused, he said, was
a man of about 168 pounds in weight,
while the deceased wife weighed about
11S to 125 pounds. The marks on Mrs.
McCue's throat, he said, indicated that
she had been choked by a left hand.
w. A. Biery, the undertaker, testi
fied that he had washed his hands
after handling the body and before
handling the undershirts in evidence
that he did not see Mr. McCue until
after he had placed the body In the
cdsket and that he observed finger
marks on Mrs. McCue's throat.
Policeman D. C. Grady answered a
telephone summons on the night of
Sept. 4 to hurry to the home of ex-
Mayor McCue, the person calling
speaking of the robbery. He ran to
the house, where he met ex-Mayor Mc-
Cue, who told him that someone had
nearly killed him and probably had
killed his wife. The accused, he add
ed. was holding one hand on his head
and one on his breast and complained
more of the pain in his chest.
Then McCae Cried Out.
The witness made a search of the
house. He met Dr. McCue in the up
per hall. Goins to the bath room he
said the accused was behind him. and
he heard Dr. McCue tell his brother
that his wife was dead, whereupon Mr.
McCue exclaimed. "Oh, my Maker;
■who could have anything against me
to do like this and kill my wife?”
Mrs. McCue's body, the witness said,
had been laid out on the floor of the
•bath room when he first saw it. The
policeman testified that he went down
stairs from the bath room, finding the
doors leading out of doors open. He
also said that a window leading out
on a root from the room Immediately
buck of that occupied by the accused
was open; that a tree was close enough
by which to go down; that a window
was open in front leading out on an
other roof and near which was an
other tree. A parlor window down
stairs also was open.
The witness said Mr. McCue told him
that he was undressing In his room
when he heard a rattling at the door;
that he looked around and saw a man
whom he described as one wearing
greasy and dirty clothes, as if he.had
been working on a railroad or tramp
ing, and that he tried to get out his
gun, but the stranger got It away from
him and knocked him senseless. He
said Mr. McCue was rational, but
"very much out of fix.” The witness
thought It was the accused who tele
phoned the police station, but would
not be certain.
Piece of Cloth In Ilnthroom.
W. O. Durrette, a cousin of the de
fendant, testified that he and Willie
McCue found a piece of cloth In the
bathroom on the day follow-fug the
shooting. The witness Identified a bit
of cloth which was exhibited. He said
it wa on the floor between the bath
**nd door and In plain view.
~|oth lers. Mr. Kaufman
„ Mr : l ‘”ddlns, were called to the
•It!! . th * foT,T " r testifying that the
lorn piece was similar to the material
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ADDRESS OF MRS. HULL PLEASED
DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY
Large Attendance Upon the State Convention at
Elberton.
Elberton, Ga., Oct. 26.—The Georgia
State Convention of United Daughters
of the Confederacy met in this city
to-day, the attendance being the larg
est in its history, many of Georgia’s
most prominent and cultured women
taking an active part in the proceed
ings. Elberton is sparing no pains in
their entertainment and will seek with
its accustomed hospitality to render
the meeting a pleasant and profitable
one.
An elaborate programme was given
last evening under the auspices of
the Confederate veterans. Addresses
of welcome were made by Hon. R.
M. Herr, Mayor; Maj. J. F. Stillwell
for the veterans, and Col. W. F. Jones
for the Sons of Veterans.
Mrs. A. B. Hull of Savannah re
sponded in a most delightful and
charming address.
The state officers present are Mrs.
in the undershirt, the gauze and thread
seeming to be alike, but he could not
say that the piece came from the shirt
in evidence, the one worn by Mr. Mc-
Cue the night of Sept. 4. Mr. Eddins
thought the piece fitted, saying that
it appeared that a thread clinging to
the tom piece had formed a part of
the broken lock-stitch absent from the
garment. The defense objected to this
line of testimony, but were overruled.
Warren Covington, a local merchant,
met Mrs. McCue as he was going to
church on the evening of the tragedy.
He spoke, but Mrs. McCue did not look
to the right or left, he said. He met
Mr. McCue about two squares away
going in the same direction as his
wife. The witness and McCue spoke
to each other.
Two aunts and a sister-in-law of the
defendant occupied seats near him to
day. A large number of women oc
cupied seats in the gallery, and every
bit of space about the courtroom was
occupied. The announcement was
made in court Just before adjournment,
at the request of the counsel, that it
would be better for women to remain
away to-morrow.
Powers of a Conrt-Mortlnl.
Lyons, Ga., Oct. 26.—There has been
a good deal of comment here as to the
sentence imposed on Capt. Hitch by
the court-martial. Has a military
court the right or power to deprive a
man of his rights and privileges as a
citizen? It can debar him from hold
ing military office, but can its sentence
reach into his civil life and debar Mm
from holding a civil office?
Section 23 of the Military Code (1902)
of the state of Georgia, says:
"Be it further enacted on and after
.Tan. X, after the passage of this act,
the term of enlistment shall be one
year. Soldiers or officers discharged
for the good of the service or dishon
orably discharged, or expelled from
the military forces of this state, or
from the volunteer or National Guard
of any other state, or from the army
or navy of the United States, shall not
be enlisted or shall not be appointed to,
nor allowed to hold any position—state,
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SAVANNAH MOUMN(; NI.WS: THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27. ISO*.
A. B. Hull, Savannah, president; Mrs.
R. T. Nesbit, Marietta, and Mrs. A. 0.
Harper, Elberton, vice presidents; Miss
Sarah G. Stokes, Augusta, secretary;
Miss C. C. Sanders, Gainesville, treas
urer; Mrs. M. L. Johnson, Cass Sta
tion, registrar, and Miss Mildred Ruth
erford, Athens, historian.
The address of Mrs. Hull, president,
was the feature of to-day’s session. It
was an eloquent resume of the year’s
work and showed the order in splen
did working trim. Many eulogies have
been passed upon this splendid ad
dress.
A beautiful Incident of the conven
tion was the rendition of the song
“Jacket of Gray,” by Mrs. B. Wood
berry of Savannah, sung by request
of Miss Mattie B. Speilby of Rome, a
member of the Programme Committee.
A reception was tendered the con
vention to-night by Mrs. A. O. Har
per at the Hotel Elberton.
county or municipal, either of honor
or emolument—unlees such discharge
or expulsion shall have been revoked
or the disabilities removed by the com
mander-in-chief.”
OIL MEN AND’ COWHIDE.
Bnnrduinn Hail the Whip When He
Met halls.
Augusta, Oct. 26.—The contention be
tween the Standard Oil Company and
the People's Oil Company, which has
been - waged with more or less severity
for the past six months, resulted to
day in the manager of the former, P.
( C. Nalls, being horsewhipped on the
street, by H. C. Boardman, proprietor
of the latter. Boardman alleges that
Nalls has circulated a report that he
was selling oil in barrels containing
a less quantity than was represented.
AB the rumors reached him from sev
eral customers with whom the Stand
ard was supposed to be dealing, he
bought a buggy whip and started out
after Nalls. When they met on a
frequented street Boardman demanded
a retraction. Nalls said he had made
no such statement. Boardman then
demanded that Nalls accompany him to
his informants and -face the music.
This Nalls is said to have refused to
do and the whip was applied.
There were several persons around
the men at the time, and they were
separated before much h'arm was done.
Neither is the worse for the encounter.
HALSTEAD EDITOR W~
NEWSBOYS’ MAGAZINE.
Washington, Oct. 26. —Murat Hal
stead, the veteran Journalist, has been
elected president of the American
Newsboys Company, which was
organized to publish the American
Newsboys' Magazine. He also has been
chosen editor of the magazine. Mr.
Halstead will go to New York and as
sume charge of his new duties about
Nov. 1.
FOLKSTON SAW
NO OUTBREAK
ARRAIGNMENT OF PRISONERS
IPON INDICTMENTS OF MIRDER
FOi SD AGAINST THEM.
The Altman, and Harvey Mn.t An
swer in Charlton County for the
Killing of Jackson Duncan and
the .Negro—Promise. Made Sheriff
Mattox That There Will Be No
Violence tittered l>y Partisan, of
Either Faction.
Wayeross, Ga.. Oct. 26.—The trial of
Hillary and Charley Altman and Ivey
Harvey, charged with the murder of
Jackson Duncan and the negro Jim
Reilley, was commenced in Charlton
Superior Court at Folkston this after
noon. The two Altmans are to be tried
together for the murder of Duncan.
The afternoon was taken up in the
hearing of demurrers and actual testi
mony will not be commenced, nor the
jury drawn, until to-morrow.
Judge Parker at 4 o’clock, granted a
continuance until ujorning, because of
the absence of certain witnesses for tho
defense.
There is a strong array of legal tal
ent on both sides of the case. Solicit
or Bennett for the state, is assisted by
Toomer & Reynolds of Wayeross, and
Clark, Parker & Hemings, and L. E.
Wade of Jacksonville. The attorneys
for the defense are Bryan & Bryan,
and Walker & Shayer of Jacksonville,
and J. S. Williams and A. E. Cochran
of Wayeross.
Beyond the unusually large crowd
and occasional signs of too much
whisky, there was little indication of
the expected trouble at Folkston.
Friends of both the Altmans and Dun
cans are there in large numbers. There
is a distinct line between the two fac
tions, and at no time to-day was there
the least sign of the expected row.
The greatest apprehension felt by the
Duncan faction was that some attempt
might be made to drive off the negro
witnesses for the state. These wit
nesses did not remain in Folkston last
night, but were brought to the Way
cross Jail. They were carried back to
Folkston this morning and were shut
up in a small outhouse in Sheriff Mat
tox’s yard. Three deputies guarded the
negroes during the day.
Sheriff Mattox last night received
every assurance from the Altman fac
tion that there would be no trouble,
and none is looked for. at least not
until after the trial is completed.
Many are of the opinion, however, that
there is sure to be a row should the
jury return a verdict of murder.
The grand jury this morning brought
in an indictment against the Altmans
and Harvey of murder in the first de
gree.
The witnesses for the state were
brought back to Waycross to-night to
prevent any possible outbreak. Some
of the Duncans are spending the night
in Waycross. 'v
Should the Altmans and Harvey be
cleared of the murder in Charlton there
are charges against them in Baker,
county, Florida, for the killing of
Deputy Sheriff’ Thrift and the shoot
ing of W. M. and John Duncan at
Baxter. It is' claimed they also seri
ously wounded Marshall Duncan and
threw him from the train at the time
of the killing of Jackson Duncan and
the negro.
About twenty of their friends and
relatives are also implicated in the
Baker county trouble. These men are
awaiting trial in the Florida courts and
are under bonds of $l,OOO to $1,700 each.
All of the Altmans and their friends
voluntarily surrendered to Sheriff
Herndon of Baker county shortly after
the row at Baxter.
Quiet nt Folkston.
Folkston, Ga., Oct. 26.—-There is no
evidence of any disturbance here.
Sheriff Mattox says that he anticipated
no trouble whatever. While there is
a large crowd attending court, every
thing is very quiet.
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INCREASED TAXES.
Worth Property Owner* Protested
to Comity Commissioners.
Tifton, Ga., Oct. 26.—Since the bond
issue for the purpose of building a
court house and jail in Sylvester, the
new county site of Worth, failed, and
the County Commissioners levied a
tax of $24.80 per thousand, or an in
crease of sl6 per thousand over the
former tax. the taxpayers of Worth
county have been very much dissatis
fied, and have employed counsel to
look after their interests with the hope
of being relieved of the increase.
A meeting was held In Sylvester yes- j
terday, at which hundreds of taxpay- i
ers met to discuss the increase. The j
commissioners, however, had met the j
day before and reduced the levy from
$24.80 per thousand to $12.80 per thou- |
sand for each year until the buildings |
have been completed. This was mu- I
tually agreed to after some discussion,
and the work on the new Court House |
is going on at a rapid rate. It is ex- ,
pected that the new buildings will be
ready by next fall term of the court.
Ackert on Committee.
Philadelphia, Oct, 26.—At to-day’s
meeting of the American Railway As
sociation, C. H. Ackert of the South
ern Railway was made a member of
the Committee on Nominations.
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OFFICIAL.
Bins WANTED.
Office Director of Public Works.
Oct. 25, 1904.—Btds will be received
at this office until Monday. Oct. 31.
1904, at 12 o’clock noon, city time, by
the Streets and Lanes Committee, for
furnishing feed as follows:
No. 1 Timothy Hay, per 100 pounds.
No. 2 Timothy Hay, per 100 pounds.
Best quality Mixed Oats.
All to be weighed at City Lot. En
velopes to be marked, "Bids for Feed.’’
The city reserves the right to reject
any or all bids. Perference given to
party who can deliver feed from one
location. Bids to be opened in pres
ence of bidder.
PROPOSALS FOR SUPPLIES.
Sealed proposals will be received at
this office until Monday. Oct. 31.
1904. at 12 o'clock noon, city time, by
the Streets and Lanes Committee, for
furnishing the city with supplies to be
purchased during the month of
November, 1904. such as Harness,
Oils, Paints, Iron, Lime. Cement,
Brick. Hardware, Tools, Lumber and
such other materials as is used by
this department.
All proposals must be made on offi
cial forms, which can be had at this
office on or after this date.
Envelopes to be marked. "Proposals
for Supplies." The city reserves the
right to accept or reject any or all
bids. Bids to be opened in the pres
ence of bidder.
GEO. M. GADSDEN,
Director of Public Works,
BIDS WANTED.
Office Director of Public Works.—
Bids will be received at this office by
the Street and lame Committee until
12 o'clock Saturday, Oct. 29, 1904, for
laying 2,750 squure yards of artificial
stone sidewalks in Park Extension.
A five-year surety company bond
for $1,500 will be required from suc
cessful bidder as a guarantee of the
life of his pavement.
Bid to state price per square yard.
Specifications furnished on application
to this office.
GEO. M. GADSDEN.
Director of Pttbllc Works,
SPEC lAL NOTH i:
City of Savannah, Office Clerk of
Council, Savannah, tla„ Oct. 19. 1904.
—All persons desiring copies of the
pamphlet, "Savannah. * City of Op
portunities,’’ to mall to non-residents,
will be supplied with copies all ready
for mailing.' '
J. ROBERT CREAMER.
Clerk of Council.
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We have a large stock of tasty pieces. The prices are reason
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MISSION BOOK RACK this week for $1.48
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