The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-01-16
MYSTERIOUS WOMAN
WEEDS FORMER CITIZEN
Frrd Whitney, well known in Grangeville, WEEDS Oro-
fino, Woman with Exciting and Romantic
Career.

tragedies in store. Four children
were born to the Downings, and
the young merchant and his wife
moved in joys best social circles
and were respected by all.
The first shadow came when DR..
Loren B. Doxey appeared and
took up the practice of his pro-
fession. DR.. Doxey and Downing
were friends, and the new physi-
clan was made welcome in the
Downing home.
Downing, like many another
husband before him was the last to
observe that anything was amiss.
1t was not until the villagers had
gossiped freely about the relation
o DR.. Doxey and Mrs. Downing
that the husbands eyes were open
ed.
Gets q Divorce.
Then he sought relief in the
courts. Dora Downing left home
one night and Joy knew her no
more. She did not contest Down
ing's divorce suit, and one child
that was yet alive then was
awarded the mother. 1t only a
year old, died few months later.
Downing drove memory of the
woman from him and immersed
himself in business affairs.
Dora Downing disappeared. She
came to ST. Louis, and was known
variously as Dora LeGear and
Dora Dodge. She did not merton
the name of DR.. Doxey, but it de-
veloped afterwards that she was
corresponding with him all the
time, and they were contemplate
ing matrimony.
1t was in April, 1906, that Will
liam j. Erder, post-office clerk,
became acquainted and infatuated
name was LeGear. She said her
with the woman. She told him her
parents wanted her to marry a
DR.. Dodge, in Iowa.
She left the city, but cores
ponded with Erder. In August,
1906, she went to Burlington, Ia.
where she and DR.. Doxey were
legally wed. She continued the
correspondence with Erder, never
mentioning her marriage.
She made visits to st. Louis
and met Erder and kept alive hf
infatuation. She told him and En-
der's relatives, to whom he intro
duced her as his affianced wife
that she was Mrs. Dodge. Sht
said she had married the physici
, an, but he had died within si1
months.
Married at Clayton.
She and Erder on April 26
1909, went to Clayton, where they
were married, she giving the nam
of Dora e. Dodge. They went tt
l housekeeping in South st. Louis
1t was not long until Erder wa
seized with an illness. He trans
| ferred all of his life insurance tt
j, his wife. He died July 10, follow
8 ing his marriage in April, and sh
collected his insurance of $1,000
r Then she returned to DR.. Doxe,
E in a Nebraska town and becam
D known again as Mrs. Doxey.
S Miss Kate Erder, sister of tn
: postal clerk, was not satisfied wit
r her brothers death. She suspect
ed he had not died natura
S death. She invoked the aid Q
b the authorities. The body was e.
l. humed. Arsenic was found i
/. the viscera.
+ Mrs. Erder" was traced t
e Nebraska, where she and d.
S Doxey were living as man an
+ wife. They were indicted by tn
e grand jury here and were brougl
e to st. Louis. The trial of Mr.
Doxey in the criminal courts hel
i on first degree murder charg
S was one of the most sensations
" cases presented in the crimin'
d history of the city.
e She was acquitted. The circn
IS attorney, realizing the futility {
n trying DR.. Doxey on the charg
o entered a nolle prosequi in h
e ease. The woman was indicte
in St. Louis county, was arreste'
released on bond and she an
" Doxey disappeared.
- Wbo,, tho hiCap1v caSp was "a