Template:On this day/February 10
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- 1905 – In the last execution to take place in the old city jail, former Charlottesville mayor J. Samuel McCue, was hanged at 7:34 o'clock this morning for the murder of his wife Fannie in September 1904. The lengthy trial and appeal impacted many in the city of almost 6,500. The murder has remained a topic in Charlottesville’s popular culture.