Amador ledger., 1906-06-15
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MRS. LEDOUX ON TRIAL.
For the Murder of McYicar.

A jury was secured in the case of
Mrs Emma Ledoux, on trial in Stock
ton for the murder of A. N. McVicar,
early Friday morning. There was
much less difficulty in securing the
jury than has been anticipated. On
Saturday the taking of testimony
was commenced. The Sacramento
Bee of Monday says:
1t has been developed in the LIE
DouX murder case that each side will
have different kind of poison to
advocate as the cause of A. N. Nc
Wears death. The prosecution will
contend that he died from the ad-
ministration of morphine at the hands
of his exwife, and the defense that
his death was caused by a dose OF
cyanide of potassium administered
by himself with suicidal intent.
The prosecution will attempt to
show that morphine caused Mrs LIE
Doux's former husbands death by
means OF the chemical analysis of his
stomach. The fact that he was taken
i'll some time previous in San Fran
cisco, and that morphine was the
cause of his illness. will also be
introduced to bring out this conten-
tion.
The trunk in which the man s
cramped body was found was brought
into the courtroom late Saturday
afternoon. The defendant cast her
eyes toward the table, and did not
once look upon the piece of evidence
and its bloody interior. Baggageman
Thompson, of the Southern Pacific
uttice, was called to the stand. He
identified the trunk. Assistant bag
gagemaster N. Vizelich testified that
he put the trunk on the jamestown
train, but later, noticing that it had
no check on it, took it off. Had the
trunk been checked it is doubtful
whether any trace would have been
found of it,
Mr. Fairall made strenuous objec-
tions against admitting the bloody
clothing of the deceased, but Judge
Nutter overruled them. The loose
clothing was found in the trunk,
and had evidently been placed around
the body so as to keep it from rolling
against the sides. Piece by piece
Chief Baker identified the garments,
most of which we're red with bloud.
1he defendant was observed to wipe
her eyes upon numerous ocoa sions as
the clothing was being exhibited.
Women still continued to crowd in
the courtroom, many of them with
children. The hight of morbid curl
osity on the part of the female wit
nesses was reached Saturday after
noon, when a short recess was taken.
A dozen or more OF them jumped
from their seats and rushed over tc
the other side of the room to see the
inside of the trnnk. Sheriff SibIey
was seated near by, and quickly
closed the lid before the curious
woman could peep at its interior.
The expert testimony commenced
by the swearing IN as witness of DR..
S. E. Latta, an experienced and
eminent physician and surgeon, who
has devoted twenty one years in the
practice of his profession. He was
one of the physicians who conducted
the autopsy upon the remains of Nc
Vicar Immediately upon their being
taken from the trunk and before the
thoIax and abdominal cavity had
radiated their natural heat
Concisely did the doctor relate the
condition of the body of McVicar as
he first saw it upon the slab at tt
mortuary. The eyes were dull and
sunken, the complexion of the face
darker than other portions of the
body, while near the ears and around
the neck was perceptible blush
color to the skin, the rest of the body
maintaining an ashy white color,
ordinarily accompanying death.
The testimony showed the body was
searched for fractures, dislocations
and bruises, none being found. a
clot of blood fell from the nose as
the body was being turned on the
slab previous to an examination OF
the back, but there was no indication
of hemorrhages. The organs we're all
in normal healthy condition. There
was a general presence in the body OF
what was termed venus-c congestion,
meaning accumulations in parts OF
the body of dark colored blood. No
unusual odor was discovered in
smelling the mouth or other organs
of the deceased.
The thorax and abdominal cavity
was opened by the autopsy physician
and every organ of the body, 1ncIud