St. Paul daily globe., 1886-12-03
DID WILSON LIE!
Statements TO the Effect That HIS
story That EAe is the son of NJ Oen is

story That Eae is the son of NJ Gen is
Untrue.
PROVIDENCE, r. I, Dec. 2.-'DOc"
Levi Wilson was seen at the Office of his
counsel, George j. West. this morning. He
appeared pale and haggard, as though he
had passed sleeplesS night The excite
ment of the past few hours seems to have
affected him greatly, and he was nervous
and apparently worn out. He said that
Eow the secret was out he felt better than
he had since he was II years of age. IF,
said he, 1.-THE Wilson's (meaning the people
with whom he had lived during his b0yh0Od
days. stand by me now. l shall win my
case and triumph over Moen." He said his
alleged mother lived in East Thompson,
Conn, and his two sisters. Mrs. Downs and
Mrs. Young. in Birmingham and AnsOnia,
Conn. Wilson stated that the story, as
published is true and that Moen'S state
ment is false in nearly every particular.
"Moen." Wilson said. knows that am his
son. He is an admitted perjurer." He
said he would continue his case in
the courts to the last conclusion which he
felt confident would be in his favor. Wilson
was advised by his physicians to go to his
home, take some Quieting potion and devote
the rest of the day to sleep. The secret of
the case remains as much of mystery as
ever. The dates and all the evidence col
lected to-day
CONTRADICT THE SENSATIONAL STORY
telegraphed frOm Providence last night that
Doc is the son OF Phillip l.. M0en.
Wilson. by his own statement and the state
ment of his friends cannot be more than
81 or 81 years Old. Moen was first married
in 1916. forty years ago. and his first wife
died before Wilson was born. These dates
alone contradict his story completely.
Lifelong residents of Worcester say it is
impossible that MOen could be any such re-
lation 10 Wilson. The first Mrs. MOen was
a lady of very lovely character. She was a
firm and upright woman, and neither
she nor her family would have
countenanced any such proceedings as
are alleged. MOen's father was New
York iron merchant residing in Brooklyn
when Philip l.. MOen came to Worcester.
An old chum of Wilson's IN this city says
there is no truth i'll the story. and that Will
son is no more Moen's son than he is. Miss
Azenath Sampson. an aged nurse. says she
went to live in Ichabod WaShburn's family
when Eliza WaShburn. MOen'S first wife.
was only II years old. She has nursed in
and been Intimate with both families from
that time to this. Wilson has cut his own
fingerS'' in telling this story for such an
event as he alleges could not have taken
place without her knowledge. She has
nursed both of Mr., MOen'S wives at tine
birth of all his children, and had known
him intimately since he was u years OF
age. He was always kind, just and up
right man, and most faithful and loving
husband and father Moen and his
counsel. w. w. Rice, both deny wholly
and in detail and in the most positive and
complete manner Wilson's story.
THE RECORDS
of the town of Oxford show that Levi Will
son was born there on Dec. II, 1857,
eleven months after Mrs. MUen died. Mrs.
George w. Rice, who has always been con-
s.dered sister of Doc" Wilson, in reply
to query if Wilson's story was true. re-
turned all evaSive answer. She would not
deny that Wilson told an untruth when he
said she was not his sister. nor would she
contradict him in the slightest particular.
but gave most unsatisfactory and evaSive
| replies. Nothing could pin her down to a
simple yes or no on any point excepting
one, and that was that Wilson had given
hel a great deal of money, first and last
and from what he said she deemed he
! thought it best she should not talk about his
| affairs. She remembered her fathers i'll
hess but could not tell the year in which
| he died. All efforts to extract more from
her were in vain. All she would admit
was that her father was at one time a
| church member; that after he was taken i'll
| he often spoke to them all Oh the subject OF
doing right, and that Levi Wilson
SUPPLIED HER WITH MONEY
A reporter saw Mrs. Young, another sis
| ter OF Levi Wilson. at Putnam, Conn.,, this
| afternoon. She stated that he was the 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. and her father and mother knew
nothing about MOen for years after that.
George K. Hobbs, of Axbridge at one
| time counsel for Levi Wilson, has been
placed in very unpleasant pos ton by the
| latter's statement. Wilson stated that
Mo5bs had papers in his safe which would
send MOen behind the bars as convict and
that he was the custodian of cummunca-
tiOnS from MOen TO Wilson in which the
/ former addressed the latter as
DEAR SON."
Mr. Hobbs was asked tonight what de-
pendence could be placed on Wilson's story.
He said:
81 empharicalY deny the whole thing from
beginning to end. Ii is false and on u par
/ with other pulpable lies told by Levi Wilson.
| The only documents l have had or now hold
with his name upon them consists of deeds
| of property and in which transaction / acted
! as attorney. Wilson is an INV eterate liar"
what credence do you place in Wilson's
| latest disclosures?'
1T is like all the rest of his stories.
Why, do you know tnat ony a year
and a half ago l said to him,
| Wilson, what do you suppose they are say
| ing about you? Tney say you are Moen' s
SON. Wilson became very angry, raised his
| fist and said: by God. I'll have you know
there is better blood my veins than that of
! Phil MoenS." Now he claims he is Moen' 5
| son. Levi Wilson told me the scar on his face
was caused by his falling into fire while
| suffering from fit when quite young.
| Mr.. Hobbs here gave the alleged secret
| of Wilson's successful blackmailing scheme
! Nothing that MOen has said or done of a
criminal nature was known to Wilson. Mr..
! HOBBS was led to believe Wilson claimed to
! have detected MOen's son in the commission
of fragrant offence, details of which can
not be published. But the son when he
| learned of Wilson's assertion had denied
| tnat he was guilty and Moen's own declaIa-
| tions made under oath would indicate that
he had ascertaIned that Wilson had lied.
Boston. Mass, Dec. 2-Commissioner
| Hallet. of the United States court, has re-
| fused to issue warrant against Philip L..
Moen for perjury on complaint of Levi Viii
| son.