The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-08-17

and would take a little later train. She
sent n telegram TO Il man named Hcaley
IN san Francisco. telling him to meet
her at the station. When this was ac-
"ofnp!ished she went -; ;ac railroad
station to catch her train.
Her trunk had not yet arrived she
discovered. Naturally this caused Mrs.
McNlcar some anxiety; what woman
would not have been anxious under
similar conditions. Just as she was
about to go back to the hotel to see
what had become of her belongings,
the express mans wagon rounded the
corner, bearing the trunk. 1t was
thrown out of the wagon and placed on
Il truck.
When the train steamed into the sta
ton Mrs. McNicar boarded 1t without
giving her trunk another thought. But
the baggage man on the train saw that
a certain large trunk was unchecked,
and he threw 1T back onto the truck as
/; the train pulled out, leaving Mrs. Nc
Wears trunk in Stockton. Later the
baggage master in Stockton discovered
the abandoned trunk. He, too. saw that
II bore no check, so he trundled 1t back
to the baggage room. 1t was very
heavy; undoubtedly overweight, the
baggage man thought. so he put 1t on
the scales and found that 1t weighed 225
pounds There he left the trunk until
that night, when some mail came in
and had to be weighed.
Meets Healey in San Francisco.
The baggagemaster turned the
trunk over and as he did so noticed
that "a heavy body inside moved from
one place to another. This aroused his
curiosity. He turned the trunk sew
eral times and each ime the heavy
body bumped from n side to the 9TH
or. 1t happened that the baggage room
was very warm because of a roaring
fire in the stove. The baggagemaster
noticed THAI a peculiar dor came from
the trunk. He was convinced that a
dead body was contained in the mys-
FERROUS trunk. He summoned the po-
lice to his assistance and together they
broke open the trunk. 1t contained the
dead body of Albert Mexican. the face
horribly distorted.
1t was brought out in the testimony
later that Mrs. McVicar went on to San
Francisco, where she met Healey, a
young maj to whom she had been en-
gagged three years before, but who had
discovered that she Vas already mar
ried. When this embarrassing situa-
ton became known he promptly broke
the engagement. Saturday Mrs. Nc
Vicar spent in San Francisco with
Healey. They went out to the P~residio,
where they had lunch. Then they took
a ride in a touring ear. Later Healey
put her on a train en- route for Stock
ton, whittier she was going apparently
to look up her lost trunk.
Mrs. McVicar got off the train at An
tioch, intending to stay over night. She
went to the Arlington hotel. There she
was arrested later by Tow Marshal
I Shine for the murder of her husband.
This is the story of events which
happened about the time Albert Nc
Vicar met his death which was brought
out in the evidence at the trial. AS
the ugly tale was gradually unfolded.
the fair young prisoner sat for the most
part unn1oved. h a a nerve of
iron. Once her aged mother, who was
with lAer constantly in the court room,
tainted. The daughter was the first to
see the signs of collapse and to assist
her mother. 1t seemed impossible to
break through her calm, though the
chain of evidence against her was ter
ribly strong.
Mrs. McVicar is undoubtedly of pie
beian birth, of the people common, but
she is nevertheless a thing apart, a
dainty little woman, refined in appear
ance, always we'll dressed and wearing
her clothes with the air of a woman
of the world; her manner are unim-
p~eachable and her command of lam
guage much greater than is that OF
several danes who a broken their
way With Il pick of gold into the ranks
of society. A born coquette she is and
has played the game of hearts as
heartlessly as any fair lady of the court
of Louis Quartorze. Two men she mar
ried and was engaged to a third. All
these affairs had part at the same
time, yet by skillfully handling the
reins Mrs. McNicar managed to keep
her affairs to herself until the recent
denouement. Not only did she pull the
wool over the eyes of her lovers bu,
she has also been able to retain thei1
love