The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-29
BELIEVE WOMAN
HAD ACCOMP LICE
Probably Escaped and Left Mrs.
LedOuX to Face Murder
Charge.
PERSON SHE ACCUSES
SAID TO BE A MYTH
Woman UnmOyed and Cool
While Discussing the
Crime.

STOCKTON, Cal, March 2S While the
public is discussing the murder OF Albert
n. McVicar in the California lodging
house In this city last Saturday morning,
Mrs. Ledoux, the woman who is In jail
here charged with his murder is ap-
parently unconccrned and Indifferent As 10
consequences
Belief in Accomplice.
The belief is growing that a man who
Mrs. Ledoux in the murder OF McVicar.
as Is claimed by her. That man was
with her In tryins To get the body of
McNicaj checked baggage at the
Southern Pnchc station is certain, Tor
several witnesses saw him. That man
bought two tickets for Jackson, Amador
Martells, the end OF the electric railroad
connection with the steam railroad from
Gait TO lone, Is also certain, but the
bdggagemnn here would not check to the
station wanted and he replied to the
mans complaint that he should have
brought his baggage earlier.
Deserted the Woman.
1t is believed that the man jumped the
outgoing northbound l o'clock train. leav-
ing the woman to get out OF the difficulty
best she could. The officers say no
man was implicated. but 1t Ia significant
that a new grand jury is to be impanelled
to indict the woman when she is In jail
confessed accomplcc of a mythical per
son That move ~ not understood un-
less tho authorities want a bench war
rant for an unknown man. The woman
tns remained quiet in Jail and has not
asked for an attorney.
II was decided this morning 10 call
the grand Jury together and the woman
VIII unquestionably be indicted for muir
der. This means thai there will be no
preliminary examination
Analysing Stomach
Tho date of the Inquest upon McVicar
whose body mas been viewed by hundreds
Of people at tho morgue. has not been
set. as Coroner SouthworIh is in San
Francisco having thc stomach tissues an
alyzed.
The theory of the District Attorney
that the man was first druggcd by her
and then beaten is borne out by the find
Ing In the woman's effects last night of
a small bottle OF laudanum. about one
third full Her statement to the effect
that the mythical Miller had given Nc
Vicar carbolic acid Is doubted The au-
topsy surgeons are certain that no car
bolic acid was administered
Cannot See Prisoner.
District Attorney Norton has refused
to permit any newspaper man to talk
with the woman In the jail. In discuss
Ing his stand in this regard, he said to
day TO the Associated Press representa-
tvc:
Il feel It my duty to protect the woman
In every way possible. There is yet TO be
u trial and interviews would serve TO
complicate matters She has not as yet
secured an attorney. II she does and he
ie willing TO have her talk / have moth
Ing whatever to say. She is N study from
Il criminal standpoint. | never saw
accused person more cool or unconCcrned.
Touching the crime, | viii say that sho
admitted having married u man named
William Williams and going to Arizona,
either to Globe or Bisbee While there
he died OF some disease peculiar TO min
ers. she says. She says his life WAS
insured for $4,000 and she got the money.
She then met MCNicar and married him.
for her In various ways At least, he got
rid OF II. She lived with McFGar only n
few months, when she got divorce and
married I1edouX, who is her present huS-
band She denies that she ever married
a man named Barrett or Barry
Healy Proves Alibi.
Deputy Sheriff Black arrived here this
afternoon with Joseph Healy, who was
ordered brought here from San Francisco
that the local officers might question him
a complete allbl it is not expected that
anything will develop from his presence,
Bore Good Reputation.
Deputy Sheriff McCulloch, who has been
at jamestown on the case, says the dead
man was highly spoken of there. 1t
was learned that several days ago before
Mrs Ledoux came to Stockton with Nc
Vicar. she burned up about eighty letters
himself and j. 3. Schonhoff, n close
friend
The grand jury OF this county reported
and was discharged few days ago and
before Mrs. LedouX can be indicted It Will
be necessary to get new body together