The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-27
LUST FOR GOLD
LEADS TO MURDER
Police Solve Mystery Of Hor-
rible Death of Albert N.
McYicar.
WIFE HELPED PLACE
BODY in THE TRUNK
Woman Tells Details of Crime,
Probably Committed to Sc
cure Insurance,

SAN FRANCISCO, March 26.-Thc mvs-
tory connected with the finding OF the
dead body Of Albert X McVlcar In a
trunk at the Southern Pacific depot at
stockton on Saturday night has practical
ly boon solved. though a few details of
the crime are lacking The identification
OF tho body yesterday. coupled with the
icct that a woman who passed as Nc
Wears wtfc, but whose real namc Is Mrs
Emma LIE Doux. had left Stockton short.
ly after the tragedy was followed today
by the arrest OF the woman at Antioch In
contra Costa county. She admitted that
she knew OF the murder, and In a state
nent made before Justice OF the Peace
Apoott declared that the actual perpetra~
knew as Joseph Miller Mrs. lie Doux
made the following statement:
Killed for His Money.
We had all been drinking and McVIcar
and were drunk. McVicar had lots OF
money and Joe Miller gave him carboic
acid. Then | don't know just what hap
pened. Miller and | put the body In The
,rGnk ana sent 1t TO the depot. l wanted
son, but Miller would not let me He
made me go to San Francisco with him
saturday night and Sunday. Last night
We left San Francisco with tickets Tor,
Stockton. AT Richmond Miller left me and
went back 10 San Francisco and | got
of here at Antioch.
Exhibits the Poison.
81 did not kill McVicar. He died after
IA quarrel with Miller / went into the
room and saw McVicar frothing at the
mouth. He may have been given cnrbolic
acid by Miller when l was out OF the
room"
Here the woman produced bottle Of
cerbohc acid from which some had been
taken and also q knife which she said
belonged to Miller.
Helped Hide the Body.
Miller got all the money" she con-
tInued, and ] do not know how much
there was; but he got II. After McVicar
was dead ! went ont md bought tho
trunk. Yes, that's true Then we went
to the Southern Pacific station after he
put the body In the trunk. | helped him
do that"
Tho local police learned that Mrs
lie Doux was visited in this city on Sat
urday night by Joseph Hcaly, a plumber.
enc he admitted TO them that he did so
In response to telegram from Mrs. lie
DouN whom he had known for several
years. He said
Il remained at the lodging-house quite
late Saturday night. and went back again
Sunday. | was sitting I'm the ladies' par
lor reading when l happened 10 notice the
story of the Stockton murder ] told her
II was terrible thing. She was very cool
and said. Yes, II was.
Woman Told Lie,
Then I did not know it was McVIcar
who had been killed, so l asked her what
had become of McNic@T. She said he had
died at Sonora and that McNicar's
brother had shipped the body to Denver
Colo. She also told me McFicar had a
5000 insurance policy that had been made
out to her as beneficiary, but he had later
Lad II transferred TO his mother She said
that McVicars brother had told her, how
ever that he would get her $1,000 out
Of it."
Motive for Crime.
HealY visited police headquarters vol
unfairly. The police believe his story and
find q motive for the Stockton crime in
the references TO the insurance policy
McNicar's lie and the money he was
known to possess They are now hunting
for tho woma1's alleged male accomplioe,
who is not believed TO be far away.
Has q Bad Record.
Mrs lie Doux Is well known in the Red
light district OF San Francisco. Her maid
en- nnme was Emma Head Several years
ago she married a man named Barrett.
but they soon separated and she became
the wife of William Williams They went
to Arizona. where Williams died. It is
81 i'd under peculiar circumstances. She is
alleged to have collected a heavy nsur-
anco policy on his life She returned TO
California and married lie DouX, q
Frenchman residing at Jackson Amador
county. At the Stockton hotel, where the
crime occurred, the murdered man regis
tered for ,he TWO as "A y McNicar and
wife" In this city she registered as Mrs.
Z. Williams.