The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-10
MoEN WILL MOAN.

Blackmalling, Opens the Closet and
Shows tho Skeleton-He Claims TO be
Moons First but InoOnveniently-Earlv-
Born Son.
Providence, X. l., Dec. 2-Unable TO
bear the strain upon his mind any longer,
'Doc" Wilson, broken down in health and
weeping like q child, told the great secret
which has existed between him and P. L.
MOen, of Worcester, for 30 many years.
He told the story in the presence of four
reputable citizens, who furnished it to the
press.
81 am looked upon as blackmailer, "
he said, land those who believe have
been bleeding that old man hold me in as
much contempt as a yellow dog. But I
will not stand it any longer. am moro
sinned against than SHINING, and now the
truth shall be known. My name is not
Wilson, nor am the son of James Wilson.
My father is the man who is accusing me
of blackmail, and my name is Levi Moen,
the lawful son of p. L. Moen, Of WOrces.
teri
Mr.. Wilson then went on to tell the story
of his birth and the wrong done him by
his father. His story is that he is the son
of MOen's first wife, and that he was born
q few months after the marriage. Moen
being deacon and professedly a high
toned christian, did not wish to face the
scandal of such an early birth for his flrst
porn, so bargain was made with one
Jonas Wilson, of Danielsonville, Conn, a
stage driver, by which the babe was
transferred to the latter's care,
and was brought up as Wilson. The
boy lived and toiled in the humble sphere
to which he says Moen consigned him,
and it was not until he was young man
grown that he learned the secret Of his
birth. For that secret he was indebted
to the religious remOrse Of his supposed
father, Jonas Wilson, who, being on his
death-bed, and not caring to pass the pOr-
tails with the burden on his soul, drew the
led toward him and told him W no he was.
After Wilson died the young fellow set
of for Worcester to meet his father face
to face. Their first meeting, Wilson says,
was exactly as has been described. He
did meet Moen on that particular morning
and after observing the signs of wealth
and luxury that abounded, he demanded
of Moen some reparatiOn for the wrong
done to one who should be the heir to all.
Moen at first refused to acknowledge the
lad, and would have driven him forth, but
the boy faced his millionaire parent
defiantly and upbraiding him for the wrong
done his mother and himself he said:
"I will force you to acknowledge me,
and world shall know you for what you
are.' Then the banker became alarmed
and gave me $lOO."
By appointment he met Moen the next
day and consented to shield his unnatural
father from shame. The father had in the
meantime married again, after the death
of ''Doc's'' mother. and married into a
family which would have scOrned MOen,
had they known of the scandal. Then, &C
corning to Mr.. Wilson's story, the
Wilson's, who knew the secret of
his parentage, seeing "DOc" had
money, and knowing it came from Moen,
began to urge claims upon him. Their de-
mands increased, and to satisfy them he
had to apply to Moen for money, and in
that way much of the sum received from
the banker was spent. Mr.. Wilson says
that these demands upon him grew so ex-
orbitant that he was almost impoverished
by them. The Engly suits were settled,
he said, at Moen's suggestion, and with
Moen's money, because the latter feared
his relationship to Wilson would come
out some way in the trial.
Wilson has letters, which. he says, are
written by Moen, acknowledging the re-
and calling him 'Dear Son."
These letters Wilson produced yesterday.
He says he is the injured one, as instead
of being reared as a gentleman, and
brought up amid the luxuries which
his fathers wealth could pur-
chase, he was cast adrift, reared
as peasant boy. without education and
without any of the refinements Of life
which would have been his, had his cruel
Mr. ho
can no longer endure the calumnies with |
which he is sassailed, and that his con-
fession of the secret is true in every re-
spect. Moen interposes weak denial
The Monthly Statement of the Public Debt. |
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-The reduction in |
the public debt during November amount |
ed to s3.OO5,2i9 The total debt, less cash |
in the Treasury, is now 81, 35l ,342, $50. The
net cash balance in the Treasury is |
$40, O93, $50. against 81, 6S3, 1873 a month ago.
of three per cent bonds &C
counts for this reduction in net cash. On
November there were S36, S4S, 700 in three |
per cents. outstanding, while yesterdays
statement reports but 81, 2254 $50 outstand-
ing.
The gold coin and bullion fund in the |
treasury is s254, $50, S53, with liabilities of
gold certificates outstanding of 800, so, 6O3,
thus leaving gold fund balance Of sl63,-
93O, go. On November this gold balance
was SIS, 537, 119. There are now $lO5, 3d.
s17 in silver certificates outstanding, or
about five and a quarter millions more
than month ago. The treasury now
holds 1S4, oil 1888 standard silver dollars, an
increase Of nearly 1000, 600 during the past
month.
Government receipts during November
from sources are ST., $40, l02, or two millions
more than during November year ago.
Customs receipts were sl5, O,645, against
sl3. 056 65l during November, 1885, internal
revenue receipts were s9,6S9,25 nearly
half million more than in November 1885.
Expenditures during November were
s225, 81, 500 or two millions more than dur
ng November, 1885.
The total revenue for the first five
months of the current year is 49,, O6O, 1872,
" 81, OOO,O 600 more than the corresponding
i've months of 1885. Expenditures for
hese five months of 1886 were SIZE, 917, 1874,
,r about $11,00O.OO0 more than for the cor
five months in 1885. More than
{, 100000 of this increased expenditure
,ver the expenditures of the five months
n 1855 is due to payment of Alabama claim
awards.
Commissioner Miller, of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, while not yet having
my official data on the subject. estimates
he November oleomargarine tax receipts
It 100000, half of which probably comes
rom license tax. He thinks the tax on oleo
will net revenue of S2,0OO,O0O,
" perhaps more, during the coming fiscal
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Archbishop Walsh Converted.
LONDON, Dec Rev. DR.. Walsh, Arch
bishop of Dublin, in an interview with
reporter of the Pal Nall Gazette says that
It first he was startled as well as grieved