Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-03-19
HER SISTER KILLED HER.
The Mystery of Lila Hoyle's
Murder Solved.
now THE CRIME wAsooMMITTED.

Away In a Wagon and Died During the |
Journey = Jealousy Was the Motive
That Prompted the Crime.
WEBSTER, Mass. March ia.-The famous
LILA Hoyle murder mystery bids fair to be
explained through the destruction of a
strange combination which has heretofore
been too strong for detective skill and
strategy to overcome Alice Hoyle is by
her own confession, the murderer Of her
sister. Once before, more than three years
ago, she admitted the awful crime 70 the
police and then denied it, and in spite Of
great pressure and the most rigid investi-
cation, the police could not fasten the
crime upon her.
History Of the Crime.
Dixon r.. Cowie, uncle of the murdered
girl and Thomas McQuaid, her accepted
lover, were both arrested for completely in
the crime, but they were never tried
No evidence could be secured against
them. Alice Hoyle, a beautiful girl Of
eighteen, went to live with another uncle,
Andrew Hoyle. In less than two years
she eloped with him This furnished the
, key to the mystery. Lila and Alice Hoyle
were orphans. Lila was waiter in the
restaurant of Mrs Tyler Alice worked in
D a mill. At the time Of the tragedy the
latter was nearly seventeen years old, but
so matured she appeared three years older,
while Lila was nearing twenty-one. They
Z lived in the attic Of the house in which
: Mrs Taylor had her lunch room and candy
/ store
i Her Sister Was Lost.
n On the night Of Sept l. 1887, Lila Hoyle
. disappeared. Alice reported the day fol
lowing that her sister was lost
The river was dragged and the woods
were searched. Nothing was heard Of the
! young woman. The search was given up
q in about two weeks. Three weeks from
n the date Of her disappearance the body Of
v the girl was found under an old corn crib
e roof on a deserted farm about three miles
from the center Of the village by two men
{, who Ind been fishing, and who were at
tracted to the place by the terrible odor
Both girls had been favorites with the
young men and both loved Thomas Nc
i Quaid. The latter showed a preference
Z for Lila, and Alice WAS jealous.
= She Made n Confession.
In August Lila told Alice that sh
= thought McQuaid would become her hus
u band as she thought him responsible 10
II her unfortunate condition They returne
II from the beach on Tuesday, Aug 10, 1881
N and on the following Thursday Lila dis
M | appeared Alice for two weeks denied al
n knowledge Of the crime. One Afternoon
u She burst out crying threw her arm
II around her aunt's neck, and exclaimed:
~ "Aunt Hannah | killed Lila. Oh
q know they will hang me forit. What shal
n do what shall don'
i Then she made a full confession Of he
m crime to her uncle aud aunt, Mr. and Mrs
i; Andrew Hoyle For more than thre
years Mrs. Hoyle has kept that secret.
year ago her husband eloped with Alic,
leaving her penniless and alone Havin
+o abandoned all hope Of assistance from he
4 husband, Mrs Hoyle at last told the stor
~ Of the murder. This was the story the gil
id. told:
,er What Alice Said.
a Il loved Tommy McQuaid; he knew
ise wanted him TO marry me. He was no MOI
res responsible for Lilla's condition tina
&C. others. He said that II it wasn't for thi
fr. he would marry me He said that If Lii
es. was only got out of the way eyerythin
bis would be all right, but that nothing coul
Sc be done as things were then going"
ice Mrs Hoyle then told the story OF Il
me "Alice said that after much persuasio
In McQuaid consented 70 help her get rid {
Lila, and il was arranged that he an
Dixon Cowie should dispose OF the bod
afterward The time fixed for the con
go | mission Of the crime was Thursday nigh
lte In the evening at supper time Alice had q
he | opportunity TO drop into Iilla's cup of t.
m a drug. She never told where she secure
is this. She thought the drug would pt
he Lila TO sleep and that the rest Of her wor
lot would be easy. 1t didn't turn out as 81
a expected
re- How She Did II.
me Lila complained of being i'll and Alis
mt drugged her with chloroform, and she di
be it with the intention Of causing Lila
re- death. Her description Of the work wa
most vivid. She said that she went to Il
bed secured a sheet, and tore off one co
n ner. This tallies with the piece Of a she,
NJ that was found by the officers in the cor
u, crib roof with the body Of the murdere
u. young woman. Alice took the bottle
~ chloroform from the place where she ha
=. hidden it and poured some Of the stuff 0
"a A piece Of torn sheet.
~ Before Lila could move she threw he
ae hands over her face and held the piece
sheet over her sisters nose and moutl
There it was kept until Iilla's rigid forr
bOlu Alice Lnab her sister was lnHtuSlbA
mt She supposed, however, that Lila wa
,m dead
on Both Were Implicated.
rer Then Cowie came In. He was surprise
IN when he found what had been done. II
,as lidn't anticipate that such work would
yas lone, although he understood it was il
,he tended and was ready for it. Then Nj
les Quaid came in. Lila was carefully take
TO one OF Cowie's rooms and laid on Il
sofa The girls uncle took from his pock,
a number Of pieces Of tarred rope and r.
en- marked: Wen tie her up This was don
his i and Alice helped in the work, tying Il
vii feet of the helpless figure.
he Lila Awoke and Screamed.
rs, About 1890 o'clock the two men carrie
;he Lila down stairs and put her in the ca
lot | rage. When the party started off the
rv- were five instead of four in the carriag
in Who the extra man was Alice did M
know or would not tell She never sa
much about him, except that he was
the carriage and drove, aud that the 9th
es, three sat in the seat, Lilla's body being b
yhe tween Cowie and McQuati in the rear.
" Alice said that when they had ju
sle- passed the north village Lila seemed
IN. arouse from her unconscious conditi,
oy. and suddenly screamed. Alice was
!. startled that she screamed, too. One
5hesmen swore and told her TO shut u