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CHICAGO. May 8-On Monday Neil Mo
Kengue will be placed on trial for the murder
OF Mr. and Mrs. James L. Wilson OF winnctka.
a northern suburb. Tho case against him IL
purely circumstantial. Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
lived alone In a spacious dwelling near tho rail-
road station. twenty-five years ago Mr.. vii.
son was merchant In this city but. having re-
tired with 4 competency. he spcculated In real
estate In small way. attended to the collection
Of bis rents. and loaned money. It was his
custom to come to the city overy Wednesday
morning 10 deposit the money he had received
during the previous week. but II wns generally
known that tho old couple were In tho habit Of
keeping lnrge amounts OF currency about tho
promises This was particularly true Of Mrs.
Wilson. who had means OF hsr own. and who
often expressed her lack Of faith in banks.
On Wednesday morning. Feb. 8. a young
woman. who mado a practice OF staying with
the old lady when Mr.. Wilson was absent In
town. wont to the house a. usual. and. falling
to receive an answer to her ring. she pried
open rear window and crept In. In the dining
ySHm %fnn,h she stumbled oyer the dead body q Mr.
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pp stslrs to her room, followed BY the Women Women:
Mrs, Wilson lsy dead In hor bed bed: with her skull
the SD. Of the bed where the murderer had
aid tie Job must have been covered over DIV With blood
from hcnd to foot.
hsnaIl On ths floor wss pair Of t9pFs with tho
the long blade stained with blood. This wea.
pen was carried during the war By, The mnr.
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~ 1868. hnsty search OF the house showed
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raed and the bed on ' Which Mrs. Wilson slept slept
was turned and twisted as II that. too. had been
Nobody could advance theory as to the muir;
dor dor except McKeague. the butshe, who stated
called at his shop and ordered q stenk for
breakfast saying as he went out that he OK
Inc to be parsicuiSr about sending I good meat.
Deteetiyes noticed that the dining room. In
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stopped at that station on Tuesday evening
was questioned and all declared positively that
rsTd sG hsSe
but that instead Of coming by rail he had driven
bloody work had returned in the same manner.
The night on which the murder was committed
tracks made % By eutter or e' oarraSs esrIy in The
evening would not have remained over night.
In examining the room IN which Mr.. Wilson's
vest buttons. with portions Of the vest Itself
attached to them as II they had been torn Off
SST nnus tho wa. soS d.
yuiged concerning them. In n few days. whom
It was found impossible TO get tho slightest
relatives Of the murdered people had stated
that 1t was their custom to set the table, for
the detectSss @ turned their S "e attenton M"s to Nc
keague. On being questioned with greater
particuiarity concerning hs former story It
various ways. Forten days detectives in yari-
Gus disSuises were with him almost continu.
as IN applicant Tor board and slept with him. '
clothing. Among other hings a vest, with two
attached to the buttons in the hands Of the
officers. was found. Further Investigation re-
SsR ans
els proved to have been stained with human
blood Later 4 Xas dissoysrsd thSt Mekenfue
easo % paying debts With bili. Of largo donomina- or Ina
had met young woman with whom he had
her a revolver which she had taken away from
him in sport last summer. and. finally that he
could give no satisfactory account OF himself
for the early part OF the night OF the murder.
With this Information before them. tho grand
jurors brought In m indictment. Mcksugue
who had made no effort to escape. was arrested
and he has since been in Jail In this city. He
offers xpanations for all the damaging facts
that have been arrayed against him. He has
not rs yet. however. been able to find any one
who saw him before 10 o'clock on the night OF
the murder and the physicians who made the
autoEsy aver that the old people were killed be-
fore that hour.
II is estimated that the murderer secured
about "a. 500 In money and a watch or two. He
overlooked 5000 In bonds in ono drawer and
$3.50 In cash In another. The money taken
was probably found secreted in tho old lady 6
bed. II McKeagus ls the guilty man. he has
succeeded In hiding his plunder effectually.
A young man who had been employed in the
city. but whose parents live In Winnetka. was
taken III with typhoid fever. In delirnm on
the night Of the murder he arose. 1t Ia declared,
| in bed. with horror depicted on every feature.
| and. pointing In the direction OF the Wilson
homestead. shrieked:
They are numbering them! sec themp
His attendants made some resssuring re-
| marks. when he again buried his face In his
hands as IL to shut out u sight too horrible 10
| behold and reiterated his doc araton that MUIR
der was be Ing done at that minute over there u
| He died at midnight. but nothing was thought
| Of his expressions until the next day when the
| discovery OF the murder was made.