Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-12-04
ALL FOB A HERITAGE.
spec, Levi wilson RInds IiiSseii
Frustrated After Making IIls sen.
sailonal Statement.
Dsnoon moen and His TdsDdr Hnve No
Dispouiiytn Bringing Datsstp Prove
wilson M t1ipohper.
rllsonla aronf prnIEp.

PROVIDENCE, X T., Dec. 5--"Doc"
Levi wilson was seen ~ the Office Of his
counsel, George J. West, this morning
and appeared pale and hsggard a. though
he had passed a Aleepless night The sx'
element oi tho past few hours seems 70
have effected him greatly and be Was nsr.
yous and apparently worn ont. TIC sara
that now the secret was out be felt better
than be had since be WIS seventeen yehiH
Of age. en-" said hei "ths WILSON .
(maaniDg the people win whom no mao
lived during bis boybood) stand by me
shall win my case ana triumph over
Moen.n
no said hIs alleged mother lived In Eaet
Tbompaog, Conn, and his TWO elrtofsi
Mrs. Downs and Mrs. Young ia BltmlnH'
ham ana Apsonla, Conn, Wilson states
that the story M published IL true ana
that MOen's statement ~ false In nearly
every particular. "Moen," Wilson bayr,
"kbows that am bis son" He admitted
perjury. iie said ho would continue the
case Ia the courts 10 the conclusion when
he felt confident would 30 In his favor.
WIleon was adylsed by bis doctor 70 20
to his home, take some quietinR potion
aud devote the rest Of the day In sleep
The secret Oi thc case remains ~ much
mystery as ever. The dates aud all the
evidence collected 10 day contradict TINS
sensational story tGlegraphed from Prov.
denco that "DOen Wilson IN the son Of
Philip Moen Wilson, by his own state
ment and the statement Of friends, can
not be more than thlrty-one or tblfty-5w0
years old. Moon was Arst married In
1916, forty years ago, and hiB first vile
died before WILSON was born. These
dates alone contradict his story com
pletoly. Lifelong residents Of Worcester
nay II IN impossible that Moen could bear
any such relation 10 Wilson. Tho
hrat Mrs. Moen vas lndy
Of very lovely character. She
was firm and upright woman.
Neither she nor nor family wOud have
countonanc0d any such proceedings aanre
alleged. Mocn's father was New YORK
iron merchant, residing IN Brooklyn,
whence Philip j.. MOgn came 70 Wofcea-
tor, An old chum Of Wilson IN this
city eays there IN no truth IN tho story,
and that Wilson ia not Moen'a son
Mas Sampson, nn aged nurse, says she
went ~ live IN lChabOd Washburn'H fam
lily when Elza Waghburn, Moon,
1rst wife, was only twelve years old, she
has nursed In aud been ultimate with
both families from that time 10 thls. she
has nursCd botli of MOen'B wives ~ me
birth Of all biB children, and has known
him intimately aimee he was tHrniyfuno
years OF Hgo Ho was always kind, ilht
and uprig ~ man, aud q most faithful aud
loving huHband aud fathor Noon and
his counsel both dyny waoily aud ln de-
tail aud IN most positive and complete
manner Wilson'S story.
pATEs DoN'T conREaroNp.
WOhOnBrnH MAss, Dec. 1ho re.
cords Of the Town " oxford, Mass, show
that Doc Wilson was BON there on De-
cUmbGr |, 1903, eleven months after Mrs.
Moen died
fHrHHyInw wiIu TnE sisrEna.
PROVIDENCE, u L., Dec. . .---A reporter
Of the lJuurnnl interviewed MIRA, Geo. NJ.
Rice Of llrIdgobofougb, N. j., who has
always been considered tho sister OF Doc
Wilson. TO the query M TO whether
Wilson's story was true, Hho returned an
eyasiye answer She would not deny
that Wilson told an untruth when no said
she was not his sister, nor would she cou-
tradlCt him In thu slightest particular, but
gave most unsatisfactory and oyuslye re
piles. Nothing could pin her down to n
simple yes or no On any point
except one, nnd that was that Wilson
had given her great deal Of money
First and Last aud from what he said, she
deemed that he thoughtit best she should
not talk about hls AFFAIRS She romrm-
borod h0r fathera Illness, but could not
tell tho year IN which he died All efforts
TO extract more from hur were IN vain, All
she would admit was that her father wtb
nt one time n church member, that after
he was taSNn M he often spoke TO them all
OF the subject ot doing tight aud that
Levi Wilson supplied her Win money.
The journal reporter saw Mrs Young,
another sister Of Low Wllhun, a. Putnam,
Conn She STATED that Levi was the son
Ot JOSIAH Wilson, aud that har aunt WAS
prcpent at tho time Of hiA birth Iln waB
named after her Arst husband, whose
name was Levi Ncesrron, and her father
and mother knew nothing about Moon Tor
years uttnr that
RrruaED 80 lHsuH A WARRANT,
BosroN, MAaR Dee. Commissioner
liallutt al the United States court has ~.
fused to Issue warrant against Philip
l.. Moon Tor perjury on tho complaint OF
Levi Wilson,
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