J. Samuel McCue
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J. Samuel McCue is a former mayor of Charlottesville who was publicly hanged in 1905 at the Old County Jail after being convicted of murdering his wife[1] Fannie Crawford McCue.
The Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals declined to re-hear his case on January 26, 1905. [2]
McCue was re-elected as the mayor of Charlottesville on February 24, 1898.[3]. His term of office expired on Thursday, September 1, 1904 - four days prior to the events of his wife's death on the following Sunday afternoon.
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References
- ↑ Strong, Ted. "Old County Jail May Get New Life | Charlottesville Daily Progress." Charlottesville News, Sports, Business, Events and Jobs | Charlottesville Daily Progress. 5 July 2010. Web. 07 July 2010. <http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/old_county_jail_may_get_new_life/57932/>.
- ↑ Web. McCue Refused a Re-hearing, Staff Reports, Daily Progress Digitized Microfilm, Lindsay family, January 26, 1905, retrieved January 22, 2017 from University of Virginia Library. Print. January 26, 1905 page 1.
- ↑ Print: Charlottesville events 1892-1902, , Daily Progress, Lee Enterprises 29 Jan 2012, Page 3 (Special section celebrating newspaper's 120th anniversary in 2012).