Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-03-20
AWFUL CONFESSION
OF GIRL Wa0 MURDERED HER SISTER
THROUGH JEALOUSY.
Both Ceutersd Their Affections On one Man, Which
Lead to the Cums-The Murderer Gives the
Horrible Details Of the Murder That Has
Puzzled the Massachusetts Detectives.

WEBSTER. Mass, March l9.-Thc
famous Lila Hoyle murder mystery
bids fair To be explained through the de
Struction of strange combination
which has heretofore been TOO strong
for detective skill and strategy To over
come.
Alice Hoyle is, by her own confession,
the murderer of her sister. Once be-
fore. more than three years ago, she ad-
mtted the awful crime to the police and
then denied il, and, in spite of great
pressure and the most rigid inyeStiga-
ton the police could not faSten the
crime upon her.
Lila and Alice Hoye were orphans.
/ Lila was waiter i'm the restaurant OF
Mrs. Tyler. aud Alice worked in Il mill.
At the time OF the tragedy the latter
was nearly Il years old, but so matured
that she appeared three years older,
while Lila was nearing p. They lived
in the attic Of the house in which Mrs.
Tyler had her lunch, room and candy
store. On the night of September /,
lSs7, Lila disappeared Alice report
ed. the day following, that her sister
was lost. The river was dragged and
the woods were searched, but nothing
was heard OF the young woman. Three
weeks from the date of her disappear
ance the body of the girl was found un-
der an old corn crib roof, on deserted
/ farm about three miles from the center
OF the village, by two men who had
| been fishing, and who were attracted to
/ the place by the terrible OdOr.
Both girls had been favorites with the
Young men and both loved Thomas Me
| Quaid. The latter showed preference
for Lila, and Alice was Jealous. In
/ August the two girls went 10 the shore
/ for time. when Lila told Alice that
she thought McQuaid would become
/ her husband The following Thursday
| Lila disappeared. Alice for two weeks
denied all knowledge of the crime. One
day she burst out crying, threw her
arms ABOUT her aunt'S neck eXclaiming,
"Aunt Hannah, l killed Lila. What
shall l do? What shall l do?' Then
she made q full confession Of her crime
90 her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Andrew Hoyle. For more than
three years Mrs. Hoyle has
! kept the secret. A year ago her huS-
band el0ped with Alice, leaving her PEN
nileSS and alone. Having abandoned
lal hope of assistance from her husband,
Mrs. Hoyle at last told the story OF the
murder This was the story the girl
told:
Il loved Tommy McQuaid. He knew
wanted him 10 marry me. He was no
more responsible for Lilla'S condition
| than others. He said that if il was not
for that Le would marry me. He said
that If Lila was only out OF the way
everything would be all right, but that
nothing could be done rs things were
going then
Mrs. Hoyle then told the story Of the
confession I'm her own language, is fol-
lows: "Aiice said that after much per
I>uasiOu McQuaid consented 10 help her
10 get rid of Lila, and IL was arranged
that he and Dixon Cowie should dispose
of the body alterward. The time fixed
for the commission OF the crime was
Thursday uight la theVvcning at sup
Der time Alice had an opportunity TO
drop into Liila'S cup OF tea drug. She
never told where she secured this. She
thought that the drug would put Lila
Ito sleep. and that the rest of the work
would be easy. but il did not turn ont
las sine expected. When Lila went up
lto the attic, after finishing her duties of
1.-THE dav. She complained Of being sick,
land remarked that Alice would have tO
lido something for her, she felt so badly.
Alice said that she would. Then. As she
said. she drugged her with chlorotorm'
and she did 10 with the Intention OF
causing Lilla's death
Her description OF the work was
most vivid. She said that she went To
The bed. secured a sheet and tore of one
corner. This tallieS with the piece of Il
sheet that was found by the officers ia
the corn crib roof with the body OF the
murdered Young woman. Alice took the
bottle of chloroform from the place
where She had hidden il, and poured
some of the stuff on piece of torn
sheet. Before Lila could move she
threw her hands over her face and held
the piece of sheet over her sisters nose
and mouth. There ii was kept until
Lnla's rigid form told Alice that hei
o. sister was iuSenSible. She supposed,
however, that Lila was dead. As Alice
g reached this part Of her story she arose
and put her hands over my mouth and
nose. saving: This is the way l did IT,.
. .For a time Alice was alone with the
unconscious form OF her sister. Then
ICowie came Ga. lie was surprised when
- he found what had been done. lie did
NOT anticipate that such work would be
, done. although he understood il was in
tended ami was ready for IL. Then
+. McQuaid came in. Lila was carefully
, taken 10 one of CoSie'S rooms and laid
on the sofa. The girls uncle took from
his pocket number of pieces OF tarred
rope and remarked: Wen Tie her up.
This was done, and Alice helped IN
the work, tying the feet OF the
. Ilifeless figure. In telling this story
, Alice described how she caught she
81 hem of L.illa'S dress in the rope, ano
, said that piece of the hem was knot
, ted. -Shs said that she did not notice II
] until her work was done. or she woult
! have taken the dress out from the knot
The knot was noticed when the body wa
. found. one Of the men tied her arms
, aud then the party waited. Alice Salo
, / il might have been an hour it might
have been three, but she thought
liz was about 1890 o'clock tha
the two men carried Lila dOwi
D stairs and put her in the carriage.
/ "When the party started of there
were five. instead Of four IN the car
D. riage. Who the extra man was Alic'
D. Idid not know or would not tell. Sh'
5 never said much about him except tina
4, Ihe vas i'm the carriage and drove, an'
5 that the other three sat IN the seat
/, IIilla'S body being between COwie anC
, NcOuaid i'm the rear. The stranger
p She thought. was intoxicated. Alic'
: said that when they had just passed th'
1 North Village Lila seemed 10 arouS'
from her unconscious condition an'
suddeuly screamed. Alice was s.
startled that she screamed, too
b One of the men SwOro and told he
I 20 shut mp. Then she heard move
70 ment and Lila kept still. She said tina
. she had no idea who thus caused Lila
T. death. ON the way home Mcguaid RI
a iterated his remark, and once in whil
: C0wie helped him out, saying that !
. Alice told OF the thing she would b.
Y hanged: that she was the one who ktlle'
/ Lila and that she would be the one L
r. hang. Ii did not take them long to tel
what they knew about the case; tha
Lila told Alice that she was going on
and that Cowie afterward saw her j
; the ward. Ii was after midnight goo
N deal when the party drove up the bac
q streets OF Webster. Alice went HON
q with her uncle while McQuaid and tn
D. driver went their way.
), The above story was related to Mr.
d Hovle before Dixon Cowie or McQuai