The San Francisco call., 1904-08-31
CHEMIST WILL
MAKE ANALYSIS
Stomach of Mrs. McVicker
Is to Be Sent to Chicago
for Examination by Expert
WOMAN'S WILL OPENED
StepsOn and Other Persons
Interested Refuse to Dis
cuss Documents Contents
snse.al p!spa.eh to NE cslL


CHICAGO, Aug. 3O.-An analysis Of
the contents Of Mrs. J. Il. AfcVicker's
stomach is 10 be made ID Chicago. a
telegram 10 have the stomach brought
10 this city was sent 10 Pasadena by
Horace AIcNicl1er. the steDsOn, to-day.
AIcN5cker's telegram was in answer TO
e message received from Mrs. Cara
3. Game, neice o. Mrs. McVicker, ear
Ler in the dav. Following is the tele-
gram:
LOS ANGELES, Aug. %.
"To Horace AIcVicker, Chicago
Wyatt convinced something wrong.
Must provide means Tor chemist 10
take stomach to Haynes, Chicago. An
swer CoRdee yes. Answer Immediately.
CLARA B. GAME"
In accordance with her request Nc
Wicker sent $3.50 by telegraph to Pasa-
dena to-day. The stomach on its ar
rival here VIII be submitted TO a prom
inent chemist. Mrs. Games message
would indicate that the rumor that she
has joined the forces Of DR.. Zeigler is
untrue.
Mrs. McVicker's viii was opened and
read to-day. Neither Horace AlcVicker
nor any OF the other persons present
AZ the reading Of the viii would dis
cuss its contents. A mutual agreement
has been made to keep the provisions
Of the viii secret.
The heirs-at-law Of the dead woman
appear 10 be anxious 10 move as rap
idly as possible, so as 10 Illustrate any
scheme on the part Of any outsider to
fraudulently obtain the dead woman's
money. Within a few minutes after
Colonel J. H Young had been ap-
pointed administrator Of Mrs. McVick-
er's estate another order had been
granted by the Probate Court order
ing the trust companies TO open the
vaults in which her valuables were
kept. Upon an examination by the ad-
minisrrator il was found, according to
Attorney C0ndee, that s69, 900 was miss
ing.
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 3O.-Dr. Zeigler
Is quoted as saying to-day that he Will
start East with the body Of Mrs. Nc
Wicker as soon as a few preliminaries
are arranged. He expects to reach Chi
cago on Monday next He states that
he has made arrangements for police
protection there, and viii resist any ef-
fort on the part OF the Chicago rela-
lNes 10 gain possession Of the body. He
tnaracterizes the story from Chicago
of a shortage in the funds Of the estate
as being entirely untrue.
A conference Of the California rela-
tives Of the deceased was held in the
offile Of a local attorney here to-day,
and IL is stated that il was decided to
make a vigorOug contest for share Of
the 1IcTicker estate.
A telegram has been received by H.
c. Wyatt, the local theatrical manager,
from the Public Administrator Of Chi
cago asking him TO take charge Of the
body and personal effects Of Mrs. ]. II.
AIcNicker at Pasadena. Wyatt has
been acting as the representative Of
the stecson Of the deceased, Howard
AIcEicl1er. since the death Of Mrs. Nc
Wicker. and ordered the holding Of the
autopsy over the body. which took
place a couple Of days ago. Wyatt
wired the Public Administrator at Chi
aaco asking 10 be relieved Of further
.2-ponsiburty in the case.
The body Of Mrs. McViclHer, together
with all of her effects at the hotel
where she resided, are being held by
her physician. DR.. ]. c. H Z. Zeigler,
who has indicated that he viii not sur
render them on the order Of the step
son