Andrew J Mathis, Tucson rancher and farmer, was found one year after his death in January 1927 buried in a shallow grave by encrusted in lime and with a gag in his teeth. He was found by a camper from Oklahoma, J.F. Nash, while Nash was driving a tent stake. Police charged his former housekeeper, Eva Dugan, with the murder although the evidence was circumstantial.
Mr. Mathis fired her two months after she began work for him. He was wealthy, reclusive, demanding, cheap, and they apparently butted heads. An acquaintance of Mr. Mathis said he'd been present when Mathis had told her to leave the ranch and never return.
A few days later, Mathis' neighbors reported him missing and became suspicioius when Eva offered to sell them some of Mathis' livestock. She claimed that Mathis had departed for California, and had turned all of his property over to her. Shortly after this, Eva also turned up missing. A search of the ranch by local law enforcement did not find a body, but they did find the burned remnants of his ear trumpet in the small stove in the front room, carelessly discarded clothing, and a bloodstained cover of his roadster.
In March 1927, Eva was arrested in White Plains New York and denied any responsibility for the death. She alleged Mr. Mathis had been killed by a drifter named Jack. Some investigators thought there was a possible connection between Jack and a young murderer named Edward Hickman (the Fox) who was in Phoenix a few days before Mr. Mathis disappeared and who was in Kansas City during the same time Eva said she dropped Jack off in that city on her way to New York.
Mrs. Dugan was the daughter of William M. McDaniel of Missouri; she married at age 16 and was abandoned by her first husband after they had two children. She later married four other husbands all whom disappeared. Mrs. Dugan was charged with first degree murder and convicted. She was the first Arizona woman to be hanged and was executed on 21 February 1930 in Florence.
above info courtesy of Cori Hoag
Mr. Mathis fired her two months after she began work for him. He was wealthy, reclusive, demanding, cheap, and they apparently butted heads. An acquaintance of Mr. Mathis said he'd been present when Mathis had told her to leave the ranch and never return.
A few days later, Mathis' neighbors reported him missing and became suspicioius when Eva offered to sell them some of Mathis' livestock. She claimed that Mathis had departed for California, and had turned all of his property over to her. Shortly after this, Eva also turned up missing. A search of the ranch by local law enforcement did not find a body, but they did find the burned remnants of his ear trumpet in the small stove in the front room, carelessly discarded clothing, and a bloodstained cover of his roadster.
In March 1927, Eva was arrested in White Plains New York and denied any responsibility for the death. She alleged Mr. Mathis had been killed by a drifter named Jack. Some investigators thought there was a possible connection between Jack and a young murderer named Edward Hickman (the Fox) who was in Phoenix a few days before Mr. Mathis disappeared and who was in Kansas City during the same time Eva said she dropped Jack off in that city on her way to New York.
Mrs. Dugan was the daughter of William M. McDaniel of Missouri; she married at age 16 and was abandoned by her first husband after they had two children. She later married four other husbands all whom disappeared. Mrs. Dugan was charged with first degree murder and convicted. She was the first Arizona woman to be hanged and was executed on 21 February 1930 in Florence.
above info courtesy of Cori Hoag
Andrew J Mathis, Tucson rancher and farmer, was found one year after his death in January 1927 buried in a shallow grave by encrusted in lime and with a gag in his teeth. He was found by a camper from Oklahoma, J.F. Nash, while Nash was driving a tent stake. Police charged his former housekeeper, Eva Dugan, with the murder although the evidence was circumstantial.
Mr. Mathis fired her two months after she began work for him. He was wealthy, reclusive, demanding, cheap, and they apparently butted heads. An acquaintance of Mr. Mathis said he'd been present when Mathis had told her to leave the ranch and never return.
A few days later, Mathis' neighbors reported him missing and became suspicioius when Eva offered to sell them some of Mathis' livestock. She claimed that Mathis had departed for California, and had turned all of his property over to her. Shortly after this, Eva also turned up missing. A search of the ranch by local law enforcement did not find a body, but they did find the burned remnants of his ear trumpet in the small stove in the front room, carelessly discarded clothing, and a bloodstained cover of his roadster.
In March 1927, Eva was arrested in White Plains New York and denied any responsibility for the death. She alleged Mr. Mathis had been killed by a drifter named Jack. Some investigators thought there was a possible connection between Jack and a young murderer named Edward Hickman (the Fox) who was in Phoenix a few days before Mr. Mathis disappeared and who was in Kansas City during the same time Eva said she dropped Jack off in that city on her way to New York.
Mrs. Dugan was the daughter of William M. McDaniel of Missouri; she married at age 16 and was abandoned by her first husband after they had two children. She later married four other husbands all whom disappeared. Mrs. Dugan was charged with first degree murder and convicted. She was the first Arizona woman to be hanged and was executed on 21 February 1930 in Florence.
above info courtesy of Cori Hoag
Mr. Mathis fired her two months after she began work for him. He was wealthy, reclusive, demanding, cheap, and they apparently butted heads. An acquaintance of Mr. Mathis said he'd been present when Mathis had told her to leave the ranch and never return.
A few days later, Mathis' neighbors reported him missing and became suspicioius when Eva offered to sell them some of Mathis' livestock. She claimed that Mathis had departed for California, and had turned all of his property over to her. Shortly after this, Eva also turned up missing. A search of the ranch by local law enforcement did not find a body, but they did find the burned remnants of his ear trumpet in the small stove in the front room, carelessly discarded clothing, and a bloodstained cover of his roadster.
In March 1927, Eva was arrested in White Plains New York and denied any responsibility for the death. She alleged Mr. Mathis had been killed by a drifter named Jack. Some investigators thought there was a possible connection between Jack and a young murderer named Edward Hickman (the Fox) who was in Phoenix a few days before Mr. Mathis disappeared and who was in Kansas City during the same time Eva said she dropped Jack off in that city on her way to New York.
Mrs. Dugan was the daughter of William M. McDaniel of Missouri; she married at age 16 and was abandoned by her first husband after they had two children. She later married four other husbands all whom disappeared. Mrs. Dugan was charged with first degree murder and convicted. She was the first Arizona woman to be hanged and was executed on 21 February 1930 in Florence.
above info courtesy of Cori Hoag
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