The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1885-03-03
WRETCHED WILSON.
He is Arrested for Forging
His Wife's Name to His
Mothers Order.
A Strange and Sad Story of a
Short Experience in
Matrimony
Which Conclusively Proves That
a Man and His Wife are not
Always One.

a Man and His Wife are not
Always One.
The names OF George Wilson and his
wife, Mrs. Ella Wilson, have had quite
frequent mention in the city journals OF
late owing to the fact that Mrs. Wilson had
become a protege OF the city by being sd
mitted to the home of the friendless, and
much has been said concerning them out
side the papers by the tongue Of gossip, but
il was a somewhat unexpected turn of af-
fairs which yesterday placed the husband,
George Wilson, behind the bars of the
county Jail, charged with felony which
will require his appearance before Fed
eral magistrate. The matter first became
public property last Friday, but at the ur-
gent request of The authorities the BAZoO,
which aims never TO thwart justice, re-
Trained from any mention concerning IL in
order to allow the officers To secure the ar
rest of Wilson, which was effected yester-
day morning On 4 warrant issued by the
United Ststes commissioner charging
George Wilson with having forged the
name of his wife, Ella Wilson, to a money
order sent to her address for the sum of
$50, against the peace and dignity
Uf the law and the postal stat
utes of the United States. The facts
of the csSe and the history of
Ths couple, as near as could be learned
by the BAzoO reporter are as follows;
GEORGE WILSON,
" no was seen at the prison, stated he was a
native of Westfeld, New Jersey, where his
mother, Mrs. L. NJ. Whitsker, now resides.
Some two years ago he came to Missouri
ana began working as a farm hand under
various employers in this county and in
Saline county. During his visits to Soda
liza he met his wife there, Miss Ella Place,
who was acting In the capacity of servant
girl. To her he was married the 231 day
OF last May, and since their marriage they
have supported themselves by farm work
for others. About a month ago they were
employed by Curtis Fields, IT., on his
farm, and there Mrs. Wilson becoming an
invalid and Wilson being unable to pro-
vide her with medical treatment, she was
brought to Sedslia and gained admission
to the Home Of the Friepdless, as has been
heretofore stated. Her parents, Nelson and
Elizabeth Place, reside near Warsaw, Ben
tol comfy, and are III mseiyes IN very
Strengthened circumstances, and Wilson
claims to knoT nothing of them.
THE CRIME
for which Wilson is under arrest occurred
prior to Mrs. Wilson'S transfer to the
Home, and concerning ii he tells the follow
ing story, which brings into the matter
another former inmate of the Home, Mrs.
Mary Carter, a sister of Mrs.
Wilson, and who is now living near
Dresden.
WILSON'S STATEMENT.
About the last of January my wife was
quite i'll, and wrote to my mother con-
corning her, informing her | had no
money to employ a physician. One day,
about the 3rd OF February, / came home,
and nv wife, laughing, said: George,
Whist will you give me for what L haye
got ?" / said, 81 will give you So" Sne
said all right, and taking letter from her
pocket addressed to Mr.. George Wilson,
said here is letter from your mother
which Mary got out of the post Office II
is addressed to George Wilson, and some
other George Wilson has got il out and
opened it." took the letter and found ii
had been opened and returned marked
"opened by mistake" 1t contained amoney
order for $50, which my mother said was
All sic COuil Scuh DAs IL III
my pocket and when | came TO town went
to the postofice to get the money. When
the postmaster looked at il he said This
order is to Mrs. George Wilson, she will
have to countersign Ii before ii can b.
paid" told him il was my wife and she
lived In the country. de said he could
not help that. So | vent down the street
and as | did not want to return all The
way home went into a store and took
pen and signed her name, then / went back
to the postoffce and got the money.
never knew the order was IN my wife's
name until l came 10 town and the post
MASTER told me so.
"Well, did you take the money home
and give it to your wife ?" asked the re-
porter.
"No, sir, l bought some things for her,
spent some OF the money and save her
SOME"
"Did you not give your sisier-in.law,
Mary Carter, > Of it to buy overshoes?"
''No, sir, / did not"
swell, that is the story that has been
told me by others"
at amt true. / gave Mrs. Carter 3 buI
l got the money out of my wages due from
Mr.. Fields"
swell, did you not buy a nickel watch
with part of it?"
"Oh look here, / don't want all that
stuff 10 the paper about me. Pm done tsls
ing" said Mr.. Wilson.
The reporter assured him he did not de-
sire to put anything in the paper concern
ing him which was not true and that was
why he had asked the questions concerning
outside reports, but Mr.. Wilson declined to
converse any further and was hidden good.
by. Previous to visiting Wilson q call had
been made
AT THE HOUSE.
The matron stated she could allow no one
to see Mrs. Wilson unless the doctor was
first seen as she was quite i'll and had not
as vet been informed of her husbands ar
rest. About that time Doctor Heston put
in an appearance and stated that Mrs.
Wilson was some better and il was deemed