Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-04
SEEK JEWELRY
OF SACK MURDER
WIDOW VICTIM


LOS ANGELES, jan 3, (R)--A safe
deposit vault rented by Mrs. Amelia
Appleby, wealthy victim of "sack
murder will be opened tomorrow by
deputy sheriffs in the hope that it
may yield some light on the Staying.
The chief object of the search, the
sheriff's officers said, would be to
attempt to locate jewelry which the
the wealthy woman was known to
have possessed and which has been
missing since her death, and also
to ascertain the state of her proper
ty Mrs. Appleby was left fortune
by her husband, wealthy Chicago
inventor.
Deputy sheriffS previously express
ed belief that jewelry found in the
apartment of DR.. Charles M. Nc
Milan the slain woman's business
manager, who is held on suspicion of
her murder, might be a part of the
missing valuables.
On the recommendation if his at
torney, DR.. Mcmillan did not teS-
| tify at the inquest held earlier to-
| day over the woman's death. At that
| inquest DR.. Frank Webb, assistant
county autopsy surgeon, testified that
Mrs. Appleby's death was due to ex-
poSure and that there was no skull
fracture nor conclusion due to the
beating which she had received which
would cause her death.
Two men who found the sack-wrap-
ped body in a lonely ravine near
San Fernando, after being called
there by the barking of their dog,
also testified as did the deputy
sheriff who arrested DR.. Mcmillan
The coroner's jury returned an
open verdict reporting the death due
to congestion of the lungs, due to
persons unknown to the jury and
with homicidal intent"
The district attorneys office today
received telegram from Mr.. and
Mrs. H. A. Stiles of Little Rock,
| in Yellowstone Park last summer
they met man who said he was
DR.. Mcmillan of Los Angeles. They
said that on one occasion this DR..
Mcmillan was seen choking the >wo-
man who accompanied him and
whom he said was his wife.
The sheriffs office dispatched pho
| tographs of Dr. Mcmillan and Mrs.
Appleby to Mr.. and Mrs Stiles by
airmail.
| LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 P-Adnis-
sion was made tonight by DR.. Charles
M. Mcmillan to deputy sheriffs that
the $4,000 worth of jewelry found IN
his apartment a few days ago was
owned by Mrs Amelia Appleby, wealthy
widow for whose murder he is held
without fair.
Captain William Bright of the
sheriff's office said the accused man
made the admission after grill1ng
which he had offered to undergo With
| the voluntary announcement that ne
chad something important to tell Cap
tain Bright" The officer, declining to
add more to the results of the ques-
tioning, stated:
"We questioned DR.. Mcmillan on a
most important phase of the case.
can say nothing further until we go
/ into the matter deeper, probably some
time tomorrow"
The questioning was attended not
only by Bright and several other
deputies, but the defendants attorney
and a handwriting expert. Mcmillan
said to newspapermep as he was led
back to his cell:
eff God strikes me dead in the next
80 seconds I did not kill Amelia APP
pleby."
J The body of the woman who was
| the widow of a Chicago millionaire
inventor, was found week ago Mon
day beside road outside the city. Her
hands and feet were tied and the body
was tied up in canvas sack.
Evidence is scheduled to be submitted
! tomorrow to the grand jury for the
consideration of murder indictment