The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-05-11
LILA HOYLE MGRDER.
ARREST OF THE GIRLS UNCLE ANL
THOMAS M'QUAID.

Lila Hoyle's Sister Said to Have Mad
a aConfession-Evidence Discovered I'm
pIicating Several Persons In the Web
ster, Mass, Tragedy.
New York, May IA dispatch from
Boston Saturday evening stated that Dixon
r. Cowie had been arrested in connection
with the murder of his niece, Miss Lila
Hoyle, at Webster, on Sept. l. The dead
body was found twenty days later under a
corn crib. The girl had evidently been
strangled Miss Hoyle lived with her sister
Alice, both occupying apartments in the
house with their uncle.
Among the acquaintance of the young
women was Thomas B. McQuade. He was
paying some attention to Miss Lila, and
shortly after her disappearance he left the
state. He was suspected of the crime, and
detectives traced him here, where he had
begun a course Of medical study at a col
lege in Fiftyninth street and Eleventh
avenue. Two Massachusetts officers carIe
to New York couple of weeks ago to ar
rest him as Miss Hoyle's murderer. They
were unable to find McQuade because the
college term had expired His name on
the books did not give his address. The
detectives Saturday night found McQuade
at 451 West Fifty y-seveHth street, where he
had been boarding since the close of the
college. The young man was taken to police
headquarters and locked up and the Massa-
cnusetts authorities notified.
The New York police say McQuade is the
man who killed the GIRL He had been on
too friendly terms with both sisters, and
when Lila was made acquainted with this
fact there was great row.
McQuade invited the girl to take ride
and choked her to death in the carriage
He then carried the body to the place
where it WIS found. Cowie is suspected OF
being an accessory.
WEBSTER, Mass, May 7.-Beyond rea
sonable doubt the mystery of the Lila
Hoyle murder case is solved. A confession
has been obtained by the authorities which
is said to he backed by such strong evil
dence that the principals in the crime have
little chances of escape. 1t is stated thar
one of the accessories after the fact has be-
come government witness, and that Alice
Hoyle, the murdered girls sister, has told
much that she knows of the latter's last
hours of life.
1t is said to have been established that
chloroform was given Lila in Dixon
Cowle s own house ny either COwle or Tom
Mc4uaid, who is held as the principal;
that as soon as the victim was in state of
unconsciousness she was removed in team
to the corn crib where the remains were
found on Sept. 90 1t is further said that
Whtcher, the libery stable keeper, who
left town Immediately after the girls dis
appearance, has been found, and has added
much strength to the prosecution.
1t is believed that on the night of Lilla's
disappearance there was meeting in the
little tenement oyer the restaurant, arrraged
by the principals in the crime. The details
of that meeting cannot be given, but it is
known that three were present beside the
victim, and the names Of Dixon Cowie
Tom McQuade and Alice Hoyle are men
toned in this connection. Later develop
ments may show the presence of the stable
keeper himself, whose exact relations with
the case are not yet revealed.