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lontessedKetoreveath
McCue Met Death Coolly, But
Without Bravado.
Tho Ex-Mayor of Churlottesville
Told his Spiritual Advisers
That ho Was Guilty of tho
Murder of His Wife and
That His Punishment
Was Just.
Chai lottesville, Va.. Feb 10.?
Without a tremor J Samuel Mcflno
iiiaI flout h on llin onn at
7.35 o'clock this morning for wife
murder. Hardly had his struggles
ceased when his confession
was given out by hi9 three spiritual
advisers, the Revs G L
Petrie, DD., H B Lee and ,!ohn
B Thompson. McCue listened
calmly to the death warrant and
when Sergt Rogers asked, 4,Dr
you think that if I gave you my
arm you would be able to walk to
the scaffold?" he replied calmly,
"Icau walk without your aid." On
the way to the scaffold ho stumbled
once or twice and the officer*
proffered assistance. It was not
ueeded, however. There was no
weakness McCue had merely
slipped on the frozen snow.
Watched by a silent crowd ot
perhaps thirty people, McCue
mounted the scaffold. By this
time the sunlight was streaming
across the house tops around him.
Not a muscle of his fuce moved.
Rogers and two guards ascended
the scaffold with him. The prisoner
was place d over the trap, hi*
arms were pinioned and his anklet
strapped. The black gown wat
folded around him and the noose
was adjusted.
All this time M> Cue stood with'
out moving. The hopes that he
might make some statement before
he died finally passed away. The
cowl dropped over his head and
he had seen his last of the
world. Not a word had he utter.
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Before he placed the rope
about McCue's neck Sergt Rogers
put hit arm over the condomncd
man's shoulders and whispered
something to him. When everything
was ready Mr Rogers again
spake to McCue and rsked him ii
he had any statement to make.
"None at all," was his answer.
The trap wf?*fcprung and nineteen
minutes afterward McCue was
pronouueed dead of strangulation.
His neck was not broken.
After the execution one of
Coo's spiritual ad visors bHu?k*4AlJ
McCue le'i this world with^|eM0*|
of bitterness toward no btfnftn
being in it. His heart was wonderfully
s iftoned. He was earnest
and lender. This morning in
pur presence he offered to God a
fervent prayer for his family; foi
his brothers and their wives; for
bis sister; for his uncles and aunts
and lastly and most fei-vontly of
all his chil Iron. He called them
each by namo He invoked the
blessings of the Almighty God
npon them all."
Immediately aficr the execution
Mr McCue's thieo spiritual ad
visers gave out tho following
signed statement:
MT Samuel AtcCue stated this
morning in our presence and requested
us to make public that he
did uot wish to leave this work
with suspicion resting on an>
human boing other than himsolt
that he alono was responsible foi
the deed, impelled to it .by an evi
power beyond his control, and
iiitill lie recognized his sentence a:
just."
J Samuel McCuo was 49 year:
old had twice been mayor of thi
city of Charlottesville. Tin
trugedy for which he paid tb<
penalty created more interest thai
any other crime that has occurrei
in the State in the past quarter o
a cenlui y. On Sunday nigh
Sept 4, McCue accompanied hi
wife to church and they roturnet
homo about 9.15 o'clock. Withii
fifteen minutes after they bad re
paired to their room to retire fo
the night the city was aroused h;
messages announcing the murde
of Mrs McCue. Mrs- McCue wa
found dead in the hath room am
McCue was lyiug on the floor witl
an abrasion on his cheek am
' f
induing unconsciousness. 11
Inter asserted that the attack ha<
been made by an t uknown whit
man who had climbed through
window.
Mrs McCue had been dealt
blow that broke her nose and he
left ear had been almost severe
by a second blow. Death wa
( caused by a gunshot wound jus
above the heart,
i McCue was nevor ablo to ex
- plain the presence in the bat
room of a small piece of cotto
! uudershirt which fitted exuctly
torn place in the shirt which h
( had on wheh the officers arrivod.
, Two women figured in the rc
ports that circulated as to th
cause of the murder and a lette
filled with endearing languag
sent him by one of hiB womei
, clients waa produced at bis trial
( McCue hod quarrelled with hi
i wife a number of times She wa
I 40 years old und the mother o
four children The coroner's jur;
, held McCne tor the murder thre
I days ufter it occurred and he ha
i since been confined in jail, vehec
ectly protesting bis innocence.
I ?lis trial was concluded Nov <
i and he was convicted, the jury b?
iog out only tweDty-six minutes
1 A Night Alarm
I
Worse thnn an alarm of fire a
night is the brassy cough of croup
which sounds like the children'
. death knell and it means death un
! less something is dime quickly
( Foley's Honey and Far never fail
to give instant relief and quick!'
cures the worst forma of croup
Mrs. P. L- Cordier, of Manning
i Ky., writes: My throe year ol<
i girl had a severe case of croup
the doctor said she could not live
1 got a bottle of Foley's Honeyani
Taft. and the first dose gave quid
her life.'' Re
Sold t>y Fundei
'I Railroad Clash In Cnlnmhia
Columbia, February 9.?Thi
afternoon, when the New York an<
' Florida Express, coming south
entered the city at Blanding stree
1 it came in collision with a shiftin
engine. Beth engines were bad
ly injured and the mail car was a
1 so torn up.
' Mr. Graddick, thp engineer c
the shifting engine, was not lnjui
1 fed. G. P. Harris, fireman on th
' switch train, jumped,and was bac
! ly shaken up, but hud no bone
brokon. lie was the only on
1 who had to bo lifted away, but i
- not badly hurt. The pussengei
> were shaken up and some wor
' thrown down, but no nn? nia in
' jurod, and all pa-songers contin
j ed their trip after a delay in mat
ing up a train.
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' Mrs Edwards Exonerates Negri
From Complicity
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i Reading, Pa., Woman Says Sh
3 Killed Iter Husband Siugle
3 Handed?Execution May
3 bo Postponed,
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t Roadiner, Pa, Feb d. ? Mr
s Kate Edwards, who is under sen
3 tonce to bo hanged with Samu<
i Greason on Thursday next, fo
- the murder of her husband, nmd
r a statement to her counsel toda
y in which, it is said, she exonerate
r Greason from complicity in th
? murder. The statement will nc
1 he given to the public until it
h presented to tho hoard of pardon
d hut tho inference is loft that sh
0 has admitted that she alone con
[* milted the ci ime.
o M rs Edwards and Greason, wb
H is a colored man, were convicte
of tho murder of Edwards, an
a 6ince the death sentence has bee
r pronounced extraordinary effor
d have been made to save tliei
s from the gallows. The board <
it j pardons has heretofore refused I
j interfere and tho State supren
court has affirmed the lo ver cour
h verdict.
n Mrs Edwards' confession, it
u thought will place the case in t
o entirely new aspect before tl
hoard of pardons. The boat
i- will meet at Ilarrisburg, Feb li
o the day before the date fixed f<
r doublo execution. If the woman
e statomout is accepted by the boai
it may save the man'H life,
I. the woman is spared il will, ther
g fore, be entirely on sentiment
8 grounds, as strong pressure is bi
f ing brought before the board n?
y to permit the woman to be han,
e ?d. In the trial much testimon
8 was presented to show that Ed
q wards was a diseoluto churucte
that he drank heavily and that 1
g treated his wife in a brutal mai
ner. It was shown that Edwarc
was killed while he lay drunk i
his homo.
It is expected that the executic
will at least be postponed, in vie
* of the statement of Mrs Edwardi
Another development in tb
case today was the receipt froi
. St Louis of an affidavit signod b
s Mary Edwards, tlio daughtei
V This affidavit is ?? n
* wish to state that I v? as very angr
J at Samuel Greason for what h
did to my mother, but be ha
. nothing to do with the killing c
3 my father that 1 knowof;atu
^ theiefore ho should not bo hang
7 ed for that crime. 1 certainl
wish they would not hang m
mother."
P ECU Li 111 DISAPPEA RANCJ
J. D. Runyan, of Butlervilt
O , laid the pecular'disappearam
of his painful symptoms, of ind
> gestion and biliousness, to D
it King's New Life Pills. He say
g "They are a pei fect remedy, fi
dizziness, sour otomach. hcadach
I constipation, etc." Guaranteed
Crawford Bros., J. F. Mackoy
Co. and Fanderburk Pharmac
?f Drug stores, price 25c.
e Sheriff of Choaterficld is Dead
1
)8 Cheraw, Feb. 9.?Sheriff D. I
0 Douglas, who had just entered h
18 fifth term aw sheriff, died at fc
'8 home at Chesterfield yesterda
e Mr. Douglas was about sixty yea
I- old.
> Make year druggist gi\
you Murray's Iforehoun<
Mullen and\ Tar Cut\
your cough. 25c a bottl
o Happenings in the State.
As Chronicled by the Alert Correspondents
of rho Columbia
0 State.
LITTLE MOVEMENT IN FERTILIZER.
Charleston, Feb 9.?The shipment
of fertilizer is now much
8
short of the usual figures but the
dealers are expecting orderB to
ir pile in, necessitating a great rush
o at almost any lime. Usually at
this time of the year the soil enV
j riching stuff is going out of
Charleston at the rate of almost
ie
^ 400 cars l day and now the movement
is less than 100.
18 ?
IS
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
10 >
Westminister, Feb 9 ?Miss
Macnoliii \V 11 torn (1 unnnri
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10 this plac$, was run over and killid
ed by the fast mail near here
id Monday. The deplorable accident
>n happened at Harbines, about four
la miles south of I his place. Miss
m Waters was 27 years old and wai
jf afflicted ^ with deafness, which
to probabljt accounts for her not
ie having 7 heard the approaching
ts train.
18 A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.
in Elloroe, Feb 9.?Charlie Livie
ingston, a young man about 21
<1 years old, while adjusting a belt
5, at A L Otts' ginnery today, was
sr caught in the shafting and both
's arms and logs were broken: The
rd body of the young man was wrapIf
ped around the ehafting in a most
e- torturing manner, mutilating the
al flesh of bis legs and breast before
e- assistance could roach him. Medint
cai aid was quickly summoned and
g- all that is uossihlc is being done
y to save the young man.
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r Murderer Insane.
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n_ St George, Feb 9.?E L Dikes,
18 ?ol., charged with tbemurderof
Henry Cumraings, in January, was
ordered sent to the Insane Asylum,
lD physicians testifying that he was
w harldy in mental condition at this
s liiuo to answer to the indictment.
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aj Murray's Horehourul
.. .Mullpin, anrl Tn.r mill. on.
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. your cough large bottle for
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Y Investigation Dae.
ie
! (From the Manning Times.)
Tbo special Legislative cornmit**
tee appointed to investigate the
several State officers, reported yes^
terday that they find the records
^ in the office of Secretary of the
State J. T. Gantt in a very irregular
and unsatisfactory condition.
It will be remembered that short?>
ly after an investigatiou of this
office was started last year there
r was a mysterious fire that done
8: considerable damage to the rec3r
ords, and a short time ago there
?? I was an explosion of a boiler in
nt I. -
^ mo neating plant under tbe State
c House that bad evidently been
tampered with, about which an
appointee of Secretary Qantt
was frequently m e n t i oned.
In view of all tbe circumstances,
^ it is due Secretary Gantt, as well
as the State, that a thorough and
'*9 exhaustive investigation of the
I | si
whole situation should he prompt
ly made,
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For Coughs -atyour dru?
gists ordirect from Murray
vo Drug Co., Columbia, S% C ?
d, %Murray's HorehocndMul
es loin and Tar. 25c for
e large si size bottle.
Senator Biveo's Wife Killed
Jew Peddler
Homicide io Dorchester County
Startles Legislature?Particulars
are Indefinite.
The State, 12th inst.
Just after the senate convened
for business vesterdav morning
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Senator J D Bivens of Dorcbester
received the following telegram:
1 Your wife killed the Jew.
Come home at once. Particulars
later. J A Limehouse."
Senator Bivens naturally was1
dumfounded on receipt of this
news from the deputv sheriff of
bis county, and immediately left
for his home. Just after he had
gone communication was established
on the long distance telephone
by a frieud, but this disclosed little.
Just before ho left, Senator
Bivens said that he supposed the
telegram referred to a Jewish
peddler named Greenberg, who
had intended opening a store in
the neighborhood of Kavenel,
where Senator Bivens lived.
When The State received the
Hows of the tragedy it immediately
set about to obtain the particulars,
but the district is so sparcoly settled
by white people that this was
difficult. The telegraph operator
at Ravenel knew nothing of the
killing, and so The State wired its
correspondent at St George, the
county seat of Dorchester. The
following message was received:
"A telephone message from
Summerville says Mrs Docia T
Bivens, wife of State SenatorJohn
D Bivens, killed a burglar
peddler who entered her home last
night. Mr Biven's home is some
10 miles trom Summerville and
25 miles from here. The particulars
of the killing cannot' bo ascertained."
Mex* the news was sent to the
Charleston correspondent of The
State, who wired as follows:
"A dispatch received here this
afternoon states that Mrs John D
Bivens, wife of Senator Bivens of
Dorchester, killed a peddler named
Greenberg last night and today
the jury of inquest exonerated
her, finding a verdict of justifiable
homicide. It appear* that Mr
Greenberg was arrested at Dorchester
a week ago for insulting
Mrs Bivens, but was released and
prosecution dropped on his promise
to quit the town. He returned
last night, calling at the residence
of Mrs Bivens, who laised an
alarm, bringing a number of
neighbors to her assistance. The
premises were searched and Green
berg was found in an outhouse.
He ventured the explanation that
he bad returned at the request of
Mrs Bivens, and the remark so
enraged the woman, who accom*.
pamed the party, to such an ex
tent that she raisod her husband's
shot guo, which she carried and
shot Greenberg, killing him instantly.
Mrs Bivens was released
on a nominal bond."
Last night Senator Co^o L
Blouse ef Newborn' *no is a
1 close friend of Senator Bivens and
I who accompauied him home, havi
ingbeen engaged as counsel for
. Mrs Bivens, wired The State the
following message:
"Magistrate Cummings held inquest
over the dead body of Greer
berg. Jury returned verdict o!
justifiable homicide. Mrs Bivim
, released under bond to appear at
next term of court."
Increase Half Mill.
Tho Supply Bill as Reported
Makes the State Tax Levy 5 1-2
Mills?To Get on Cash Basis,
Columbia, Feb. 10.?Tho sup
ply bill, reported today, carrios a
levy of 5 1-2 mills. This is an increase
of 1-2 mill for tho general
State purposes and the ways and
meann committee regards this a?
necessary to get the State in time
> on a cash basis.
Tho levy is 4 1-2 mills for genI
eral State purposes and 1 mill for
ponsions. The committee figures,
that tho expenses of the State eg*
grcgate $1,225,000 and 5 mills,
with the othor sources of revenue,
will raise $1,185,000. This, with
$100,000 from tho franchise tax
law, it is figured, will allow a
surplus of $100,000 with which
the State may catch up and get
on a cash basis.
The committee regards this increase
of bafs mill in the general
supply bill.as necessary, and has
made it plain that 1 mill is necessary
tor pensions, $200,000 being
appropriated annually for that
purpose.
Prominent South Carolina Lady
Passed Away.
Columbia Record, 9thinst.
Mrs. William Wallace, widow
of the late Col. William Wallace,
died at her home on Blanding
street this morning after an illness
of several days. Mrs. Wallace
was 69 years of age and a member
of one of the most distinguished
families in South Carolina, all of
whom have taken an active part
in sharing the affairs of the state,
and until recently wero the con"
trolling balance of power in political
matters.
Mrs. Wallace was Miss Fannie
Coalter Means, daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. Davis H. Means, and
was born in Fairfield county in
September, 1835. She was ene
of eleven childaen, all of whom
made their mark in the world and
were connected with some of the
most influential families in the
country. She was first married
to Dr. John G. Mobley, of Fairfield
county, and one and the only
child survives this union, Mr.
John G. Mobley.
Winter coughs are apt to result
in consumption if neglected. .
They can be soon broken up by
using Foley's Honey and Tar.
Sold by Funderburk Pharmacy.
One Negro Kills Another.
St. George, February 9?Jasper
Shepard a nego lad about 16
years old was shot and killed on
Tuesday morning, in the woods, a
mile or two from town, by anoth*
or negro, Henry Summers.
From the testimony it would appear
that the killing was entirely
accidentaly no qurrel or threats
appearing.
FIENDISH 8UFFERING
. is often caused by tores, ulcers
1 and cancers that eat away your
skin. Wm. Bedell, of Flat Rock,
Mich., says: "1 have used iiuckIon's
Arnica halve, for Ulcers,
' Sores and Cancers. It is the
best healing dressing I ever
. founxl." Soothes and heals cuts,
{ burns and scalds. 25c at Funder.
burk Pharmacy, J. F. Mackey &
Co., and Crawford Bros., drug
' stores; guaranteed.
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