The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-13
MOEN'S COSTLY SECRET.
He Paid Wilson s;25G00O, and Nobody Has Yet
Found Out Why lie Did So.
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Special to the Indianapolis Journal
Boston. Nov. 12-In the Wilson Moen case.
this morning, the cross-examination of the de-
fendant was resumed. At 1l:30 o'clock Mr..
Moen left the stand, having finished his testi-
mony without divulging the mysterious secret
for the keeping of which Wilson has already
received from Moen a quarter of a million of
money. &H
Congressman w. W. Rice was called and de-
scribed the interview at Moen's house He gave
Wilson 500, 900 in bills for the check Mr. Moen
had sent him. The witnesses first interview
with Wilson was in April, 1883, when Wilson
called at his house and demanded SIG, coo, which
he asserted had been promised him, Saying:
You cannot bully me; you had better pay me
the money, or will send Moen to prison" The
witness sent him from the house. He never
made Wilson any offer to settle for any amount
The cross examination ELECTED no now facts.
President Chas. A. Howell of the Quincy Fire
Insurance Company, and two other witnesses
identified Wilson's signature. The court then
took recess.
After the noon recess Miss Hattie Englee, of
Providence, testified that she lived with Wilson,
as his wife. from June, 1876, to November, 1880;
she knew that he always could sign his name
from the time she went to live with him. She
recognized his signature in various letters which
were handed her, and recognized one letter
which, she said, was written entirely in Wilson 8
handwriting.
Letters to Mr.. Rice from Mr. Wilson were
read. one dated Oct. 49, 1882 in which Wilson
asked to meet Mr. Rice at Youngs Hotel, in
Boston, on Oct 10. In another letter he said:
Il have thought the matter over, and Mr.. Dloen
A. $3.50 k.wA Asx,<vo
/ will do as threatened" Another said: 'Ad-
wise me at once whether Mr.. Moen is to settle
my claim at once or not If not, l shall enter
my suits against him."
Miss Englee recognized Wilson's signature to
an application for insurance. Other insurance
papers were put in on which the witness recog-
nized the signature of Levi Wilson. Miss En-
glee said she first saw Mr.. Moen at the first trial
Mr. Wilson never asked her to go to England, or
asked her to keep away from Mr.. Moen. She
went to England with him at his request. Mr.
Wilson never offered to pay her money
not to trouble Mr. Moen. When
Wilson signed his name in her
presence she never assisted him, nor never saw
Moen in her life or he to her. She had brought
suit against Wilsonin July, 1882, and the suit
was subsequently settled. Mr.. Wilson never told
her that Mr.. Moen wanted her to move out West
and that Mr.. Moen wanted to get the
Englees away from him. On cross-exam-
nation Miss Englee said she had
seen Wilson write his name several
times The last time she remembered having
seen him write a letter whi4e they were in
Europe in 1880 She had received letters from
him in his handwriting, in 1877, when he was in
Florida
Miss Englees sister wrote for Wilson from
1876 to 1870 She had seen him practice writing
his name in 1876, and frequently saw his sigma
ture at this time. She had never made any
copies of letters to Mr.. Moen for Mr.. Wilson, as
Mr.. Wilson said she had done
City Marshal brennan testified that Moen. in
thanking him for sending officers to the house
on the occasion of Wilson's visit and demand for
money assured him that the difficulty with
Wilson was of purely business nature
The case was adjourned until Tuesday when
it will be summed up.