The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-03
More of the PiOus Frauds
UnsavOry Story.
RENT RUMBLEs IN IRELAND.
OleOmarEariDe Law Violated
Abating = Nuisance.
The Mosn-wIson Secret.

WoRcEsTEs, Mass. Decsmber 2.-The
records of the town OF Oxford, Mass.
show that Levi Wilson was born there
on December LIST, 1853, eleven months
after Mrs. Moen dieI.
Providence, r. L. December IA
reporter Of the 10 r7laI this evening in
terviewed Mrs. George NJ. Rice, of
Bridge, who has ALWAYS been considered
a sister Of DOC" Wilson. To a query
IL Wilson's story was true. she returned
an evasive answer. She would not
deny that Wilson told an antruth when
he said she was not his sister, nor would
she contradict him in the slightest par
ticular. but gave the most unsatisfac-
tory and evaSive replies. Nothing
could pin her down to simple yes or no
on any point, excepting one, and
that was that Wilson had given
her a great deal of money first
and last, and from what he
said she deemed he thought il best
she should not talk about his affairs.
She remembered her fathers illness,
but could not tell the year in which he
died. All efforts TO extract more from
her were unavailable. All she would
d N4dA AdLuEI Vas 81 OuE
time church member and that after
he was taken i'll he often spoke to them
on the subject of doing right and that
Lew Wilson supplied her with money.
The Journal reporter saw Mrs. Young,
another sister of Levi Wilson, at Put
man, Conn.,, this afternoon. She stated
that Levi was son OF Jonas Wilson,
and that her aunt was present at the
time of his birth. He was named after
her first husband, whose name was
Levi FeSSenden and her father and
mother knew nothing about MOen for
years after that.
George S. Hobbs, of Bridge, at one
time counsel for Levi Wilson, has been
placed in q rather unpleasant position
by the latter's statement. Wilson as
serted that Hobbs had papers in his
safe which would send Moen behind the
bars rs a convict. and that he was
custodian OF communications from
Moen to Wilson, in which the former
addressed the latter as Dear Son.
Mr.. Hobbs was asked tonight what de-
tendance could be placed on Wilson s
story concerning the letters and papers
in his safe. He said: emphStically
deny the whole thing from beginning to
end. II is false, and on q par with
/ other palpable lies told by Levi Wilson.
| The only documents / have held or
now hold with his name upon them
consist of deeds OF property, and in
which transactions 1 acted as attorney.
Wilson is an inveterate liar"
What credence do you place in VIII
sons latest disclosure"
lit is like all the rest OF his stories.
Why, do YOU know that only q year
and half ago / said to him: Wilson,
what do you suppose they are saying
about Won? They say you are Moen's
son. "
Wilson became very angry, raised
his fist and said: by God, III have
you know there is better blood in my
veins than that Of Phil. Moen,s;" and
now he claims that Moen is his father.
Levi Wilson told me that the scar on
his face was caused by his falling into 8
IRE while suffering from q TT, when
quite young man.
Mr.. Hobbs here gave the al
legged secret OF Wilson's success
full blackmaiiing scheme. Nothing
that Moen had said or done of q
criminal nature was known 10 Wilson.
Mr.. Hobbs was led to believe that
Wilson claimed to have detected
Moen's son in the commission of a
fragrant offense, the details OF which
cannot be published, but the son,
when he learned of Wilson'S assertion.
had denied that he was guilty and
Moen's own declarations, made under
oath, would indicate that he had
ascertained that Wilson had lied.