A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > California > Sacramento http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=587 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=35975 Submitted by: California Contributors Article Title: The Evening Bee Article Date: June 25 1906 Article Description: Mrs. LeDoux Found Guilty of Murder; Adolph Weber Denied Former Privileges; and other Northern California News Items Article Text: The Evening Bee Sacramento, Cal. Monday, June 25, 1906 Page 6 GROANED AND BURIED HER FACE IN HANDKERCHIEF FOR A SECOND Mrs. Le Doux's Composure Gave Way on Hearing Verdict of Murder STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June 25 - After being out six hours and twenty-five minutes Saturday night, the jury in the case of Mrs. Emma LE DOUX, charged with the murder of her former husband Albert N. McVICAR, returned with this verdict: "We, the jury in the above entitled case, find the defendant, Mrs. Emma LE DOUX, guilty of murder in the first degree." This means that unless the Supreme Court orders a new trial, or the Governor interferes, Mrs. LE DOUX will hang - the first woman in the State of California to pay the death penalty. The document containing the verdict was presented to Judge NUTTER, who, after perusing it, handed it to Clerk COMSTOCK with instructions to read it. The Clerk read slowly and distinctly, and as he pronounced the words, "guilty of murder in the first degree," the defendant, whose eyes were fixed upon the table in front of her, straightened up and emitted a short groan, then placed her handkerchief to her face for a moment. Mrs. Charles CROCKER, wife of Attorney CROCKER, was seated beside her, and placing her arms around her, kissed her many times, telling the woman that the fight or her life had just begun. Attorneys FAIRALL and CROCKER did not show any signs of disappointment. Judge NUTTER set the date for passing judgement for July 9th at 10 o'clock in the morning. Attorneys FAIRALL and CROCKER announced that they would move for a new trial and if their motion was denied would appeal the case to the Supreme Court. The fact that the jury brought in a verdict of hanging, they believe, will help them get a reversal of the case. Mrs. LE DOUX is the bigamist wife of Eugene LE DOUX, an ignorant Frenchman who resides in Jackson. She was married to Albert N. McVICAR, a miner of good reputation, and after living apart for some time made up with him. The two resided in the California House at the corner of California and Main Streets in this city, and were registered as husband and wife. McVICAR evidently never dreamed that the woman had married another man. His death was planned some time in advance, as she telephoned Ed. HEALEY, a San Francisco plumber with whom she had associated, and who had been engaged to merry her, three days before McVICAR was killed that "Poor Al is dying of miner's consumption." On the evening of March 24th, McVICAR's body was found in a large trunk that had been sent to the Southern Pacific depot by the murderess. The officers set to work on the case and located the woman in Antioch on the following Monday, where she told a story implicating a mythical Joe MILLER. According to the evidence obtained by the prosecution in its increasing efforts to unwind the mystery, Mrs. LE DOUX knew the time was about due when McVICAR would learn of her marriage to LE DOUX, and in order to overcome the storm and trouble that was in store for her she decided to poison him and ship his body to Jackson in a trunk. HANGED HIMSELF IN PRISON CELL Jew Jeung Hing, Who Killed Chico Chinaman, Cheats The Law, By Putting An End To His Own Life OROVILLE (Butte Co.), June 25 - Jew Jeung HING, a Chinese whose trial was to have commenced to-day on a charge of murdering a fellow-countryman known in Chico as "Fat Charlie," some weeks ago, will not answer to the charge on earth, as his body was found hanging in his cell in the County Jail early yesterday morning by Jailor BOTTZER. The prisoner had hanged himself to a bar of his cell by a strip of cloth torn from his undershirt. He had planned for the deed carefully so as not to arouse any one. Blankets had been hung over the bars so no noise would result when his body fell against them. Blankets had been placed on the floor, also. He then stood upon a bucket, fastened the strip of cloth to one of the cell bars and kicked the bucket from beneath him, leaving his feet about four inches from the floor. Prisoners were sleeping all around him, but say they heard no noise. When found he had evidently been dead an hour or more. A Coroner's jury returned a verdict of death resulting from voluntary strangulation. The officers say the man had been very despondent for some time. None of his former friends had visited him, and that fact prayed upon his mind. The murder of which he was accused was a particularly cold-blooded one. He had been discharged from a position as cook, and "Fat Charlie" took the place. Jew Jeung HING waited for him around a corner and thrust a long knife into him. The wounded man ran to his house, pulled the knife out and bled to death. The murdered man was well known in Oroville, having cooked at the Union Hotel at one time. LAND OWNERS OPPOSE LEVY Take Initial Step To Thwart Plan of Sacramento Drainage Commission To Raise Money For Expenses WOODLAND (Yolo Co.), June 25 - As told in The Bee would be done, a number of swamp land owners of Yolo and Sutter Counties met in this city Saturday afternoon and took steps to contest the assessment of $50,000 levied by the Sacramento Drainage Commission. G.W. CHAPMAN presided and D.A. McGRIFF acted as Secretary. There were about 100,000 acres represented at the meeting and all the land owners were unanimously in favor of fighting the assessment. The Attorney-General will be asked for permission to bring a suit to test the validity of the Act creating the Commission. A.C. HUSTON, of this city, will act as attorney for the land owners. Subscription lists will be presented to those who oppose the levy to bear their proportion of the expense attached to bringing the suit. E. POFFENBERGER, H.M. MILLER and S.C. DEANER were added to the Executive Committee who will have charge of the matter. This will be a fight to the finish. These land owners have always been opposed to the law as it now stands. And they are firmly of the opinion that it can be knocked out in the Courts. Will Investigate Relative's Death YUBA CITY (Sutter Co.), June 25. The remains of the late W.A. BARRACLOUGH arrived on the 5:15 train from Sacramento yesterday afternoon, and were consigned to his last resting place in the Odd Fellows' plot in the Yuba City Cemetery. Burial services at the grave were conducted under the auspices of the I.O.O.F. of this place. The peculiar circumstances connected with the death of BARRACLOUGH, as told in The Bee, have not been satisfactorily explained to his relatives and friends, and they will make an investigation as to why they were not informed of his accident and death. The accidental fall on the street in Sacramento, causing concussion of the brain, happened on May 28th, and on June 9th BARRACLOUGH died, and was buried on the 15th. No one here was informed of the fact, and it was by accident that it was discovered on June 21st. GRADUATES HEAR PASTOR WILSON High School Class Listens To Words of Approval and Counsel While Attending Divine Service MARYSVILLE (Yuba Co.), June 25 - At the invitation of the pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Rev. W. Stuart WILSON, the class of ë06, Marysville High School, attended the services at the place of worship last night. It was made the occasion for the baccalaureate sermon by the minister, who selected for his theme, "The Call of Life." The musical numbers were of a high and appropriate order. Deserving of special mention was the organ prelude by Mrs. G.L. McINTOSH, the cornet solo by Prof. A.B. MARTIN, the violin work of Prof. William GERN, and the vocal solos by Mrs. Edward F. LUNSFORD, Mrs. Frank W. HANSON and Miss CONWAY, the latter of San Francisco. In his address to the graduating class, which numbers fourteen, Rev. Wilson said it was a peculiar pleasure at this time of year and at this time in their lives to have the ambitious young people present. He impressed upon the class the great need in which the world now stands for thinkers, for thought-compelling men and woman who dare to go out and do. He said there is a realm for woman with all her rich attributes greater than that which men aspire to. He laid stress on the beauty of recognizing the spiritual in life's work and having in mind the glory of the soul. He pointed out the many unfinished lives of great men who conquered all, but who in the end know not one moment of real refreshing peace because of their refusal to profit by the life of the Great Master. Opportunity, love, goodness, graciousness, respect for honest toil, aversion to the tendency in life to put all on the body, and recognition of the fact that there is no place in life's economy for the idler were some of the rounds pointed out by Rev. WILSON in his word painting of the ladder of success. The members of the graduating class who will receive their diplomas at Hopkin's Hall on next Friday evening are: Addie BLOCK, Edward BULL, Harry BURCH, Ethel DOYLE, Frances ENGEL, Clara HEDGER, Allen KIMBALL, Merrill LA POINT; George McINTOSH, Ludwig REHFUESE, Ralph SANBORN, Mary STAFFORD, Lesley WALKER and Theodore WOODWARD. Weber Is Denied Former Privileges AUBURN (Placer Co.), June 25 - Absolute hopelessness has changed the conduct of Adolph WEBER, and made him far more agreeable to those around him. Defensive plans have been dismissed from his mind, and he is now only looking into the near future which shall bring his end. With the decision of the Supreme Court ended all the small liberties and privileges which the prisoner has enjoyed. His meals have always been ordered by him from restaurants and hotels, but he is not now permitted to buy his own food, and must live upon prison fare, prepared under the watchful eye of Sheriff KEENA. Being of a dyspeptic tendency the prisoner will get food that is appropriate for him, but everything that goes into his cell is critically inspected. Since the prisoner has been transferred to another cell he has had nothing but the cot upon which he sleeps in the way of accommodations. Yesterday he wanted to do some writing. Under Sheriff MAY brought a light box in for him. "That's good," said WEBER, "that will do for a table and chair also," and he smiled rather sarcastically as the Under Sheriff came out. The sight of a young man worth $60,000 having to do his correspondence on a cheap grocery box must have touched his fancy, as he continued to smile at the box after the officer had gone. Heretofore the prisoner has had several bottles of medicine, which he uses, in his cell, but these have been taken away. Now when he wants to administer his remedies he is obliged to put a spoon through the bars and the death watch pours the medicine for him. There have been expressions at different times that the prisoner's health would not stand the confinement until his execution, but this idea never found credence with the officers. WEBER has dismissed Attorney Grove L. JOHNSON, presumably because of the lawyer's hint that the insanity plea should now be worked. FIND DEAD BABE IN PUBLIC ROAD Authorities Suspect Young and Unmarried Woman of Having Killed Child to Hide Her Shame STOCKTON (San Joaquin Co.), June 25 - Bertha CAPPS, a woman between 22 and 23 years of age, is under suspicion of having committed child murder. She lives in Oakdale, Stanislaus County, and will probably be arrested and held to explain the serious charges against her. The body of the babe was found on the public road of the town of Knights Ferry last Thursday morning. It evidently had been born alive, as the remains were warm when recovered and blood was flowing from the mouth. It seems that Miss CAPP made the trip from Knights Ferry to Oakdale Wednesday forenoon and was on the streets of the latter town Thursday afternoon. The District Attorney of Stanislaus County is of the opinion that the young woman braved the pain and appeared on the streets to avert suspicion. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by unknown cause, and recommended that the case be carefully investigated. The authorities are working the case. Despite official suspicions, Miss COPP's friends stoutly defend her. She always has stood well and people are loth to believe her guilty. Saved From Death CHICO (Butte Co.), June 25 - The heroism in a girl and a boy was brought out here Saturday afternoon when the former jumped into Little Chico Creek in a desperate but vain effort to save her sister from drowning and the latter followed to rescue both girls. The boy's name is WEBER and the sisters are daughters of Mrs. VAN HORN, who resides here on Ninth Street. The youngest of the girls waded into the creek and was soon beyond her depth. The older then tried to save her, but failed, and young WEBER, who chanced to be near by, jumped into the water and rescued both of them. 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