Morning journal and courier., 1882-09-09

The Boston GLObe publishes the following ::
 When Doe" Wilson of Uxb ridge was ar
 rested in Providence a few weeks ago for
 breach of promise the newspapers rehearsed
 the whole story of his life, and speculation
 ran riot as to the secret of his wealth. News
 paper men were busy following ''clews,"
 and the public generally manifested an in-
 terest in the solution of the mystery. Great
 as were the efforts made, nobody succeeded
 in discovering anything beyond the mere
 fact that Doc" Wilson received from Hon.
 P. l.. Moen of this city large sums of money
 at different times, amounting, according to
 some statements, in the aggregate to some
 $30O,O0O. What the consideration for this
 money was proved the mystery in the
 affair." as neither sDoc" Wilson nor Mr.
 Moen would tell, the latter stoutly maintain.
 ed that his dealings with Wilson being of 8
 legitimate business character it was none of
 the business of the public or the newspapers
 to pry into the matter. In this condition of
 affairs the mystery became more complicated
 and the anxiety to solve it more intense Re-
 porters, bankers, brokers and business men
 put their wits at work, but all were baff1ed
 and theories were adduced only to be explo-
 led upon investigation. The statement that
 the Uxbridge man was receiving royalty
 from barbed wire fence, or any other wire.
 either directly or indirectly, from the Wash
 burn and Moen Manufacturing company was
 officially contradicted by Charles F. Wash
 burn, Esq, the vice president and secretary
 If the corporation, in an interview with the Globe correspondent. This disposed of the royalty theory, and then the busy tongues of curious and inquisitive persons wagged 1oose- iy. Various stories of islander, blackmail etc., were told and circulated with lightning rapidity. Although all or nearly all these stories were so absurd as to carry with them on their face their own refutation yet it must be admitted that several sound think ing men took stock in some of them, and in clined strongly to the belief that the Ux- bridge rustic had some hold upon our distin- guished and highly respectable fellow citizen, Mr. Moen. Naturally enough some of these wild rumors reached the ear of Mir. Moen, trough his friends, and this fact, coupled with the agitation of the subject in the news papers, was, it is to be presumed, a source of annoyance to the president of the largest manufacturing corporation in the city. Nevertheless MT. Moen paid no attention to the newspaper talk, the stories or the rumors and stood upon his past record as proof against all islander and calumny Within a day or two however, MT. Moen had the sub- ject broached to him by 8 personal friend with slight hint that it would, perhaps, be just as well for all parties if the thing was cleared up and the curiosity of the public even though it no way concerned them-sat- isied. At this. proposition the president of the wire mill at first seemed somewhat indig-
 nant. maintaining, as before stated, that 1t was nobedy's business to pry into his per-
 sonal affairs, and that he had an untarnished record of thirty five years' residence in
 Worcester. After mutual interchange of
 opinions in relation to the matter, however
 Mr. Moen concluded to disclose the secret to
 his confiding friend, from whom the GEo6e
 correspondent has gleaned this version of the
 mysterious affair "Doc'' Wilson had a cer-
 tain invention, in the success of which MT.
 Moen had great confidence, and for an inter-
 est in it he agreed to pay a certain sum.
 r1o+. hoe 1>aar sr, f,,1I opl
 Wilson has no further claim upon Philip l..
 Moen, his heirs or assigns. The amount
 paid, however, has been exaggerated in the
 newspaper reports. According to MT. Moen
 other parties have contributed to Wilson's
 wealth to the extent of about $1OO,O0O on
 the strength of the invention alluded to-
 What that invention is has been given to
 your correspondent conditionally upon keep ing out of print, as it is not deemed advis- able to make it public, and in fact it is none
 of the publics business, In this connection
 however, it should be stated that it has noth- ing to do with wire in any shape whatever.
 It is of a different material, and if it is ever
 made to work successfully the revenue from it will, no doubt be very great. Even If it never amounts to anything, or should it be @ foregone conclusion that it is dead failure now, the risk was one of MT. Moen's own choosing, and the investment one that he could well afford to make. This is the ex- planation to the much talked of Wilson l Moen mystery, as detailed by my informant, 1 who is prominent and well-known business 1 man of Worcester and personal friend of l MT. Moen. This statement should be suffi- ! cient to satisfy the curiosity of the public | and set at rest all the wild rumors and ab- l surd stories that have been in circulation. l Whether Mir. Moen's investment was good I and judicious one is something that the pub l lie should have no concern with, so long as it ! was straightforward and legitimate. Every hn Mr Hn1tfg fn ha an honorable man, and he is to day one of the wealthiest citizens of Worcester, and any money that he paid "Doc'' Wilson is but a drop out of the bucket of his wealth.