The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-04
WILSON'S list OF VICT7MS
Said 20 Have rieee.d Many Mea, as Wen
as Rutued Many GtrIS

as R.isea May erie
Sylvester Wilson. the manager Of female
baseball clubs who was arrested In August.
accused OF abduc,ing Elizabeth Sunderland. a
16-year-old girl. from her homo In Bingham
ton. and who. Superintsndent Jenkins says. has
ruined the lives OF moro young girls than any
other man in America. has . record In Kansas
City. Tho Kansas City star says he has been
arrested moro than 100 times on charges Of
forgery. libei abduction. and what not. He
struck Kansas City in 1887 after q season with
his female ball players. He had only two then.
apitcher and o catcher. although he advertised
two full nincs He brought with him to the
city young woman called Pearl Emerson.
who had lived In Phiadelphia. He called her
his niece. They were penniless, and he pawned
an umbrella
He won the confidence OF John Freely. .
young man with little money. and induced
him to invest the money In . restaurant Will
son said he know all about the business and
he became partner in the concern. Ii ran for
amonth. Frssly's money gave out and Wilson
looked around for q partner to start . news
papes. He found man named Page. who had
ss9a rar,pership was formed wilson con.
e-ta biished. 1t was . patent inside sheet that
cost nelt to nothing to get out. Wilson lived
In clover three months and then Pages capital
Then Wilson looked for another partner
Gi2sss ksT ssI:sa ht go 1 Ind
plant o. tn. I'D ire.s Hing. The Nar says.
soi The hes; Of Wilson il ,hst venture. and il
son found the share, Of the proceeds be 60, was
= Then lei S wilson PICKED Il up Charles ksuiran.
King bad dtootei cut. henfran became e
,sp; pn n II. HGnsh lot IF TYR rad n.
went on TOR year aud q halt. when kauirAn
deparssd. leaving the Typo IN Wilson's posses
7. u. Gilbert was the mex. man to pull. ,Ho
PIT Stoo int the pares. Teen he fond be
kh: a,m ws"S saSS Hus5 %2i's R::n an
came, lie got Wilson TO start rsper ca! cd
y %! !sa sS:n :ays.,!:.a for e.r,n;r: A
biz. borroE.d $500 from his father and ,urned
man vii With fhs siF M the in' M G.as'
conn 70 Kana. csy vsh .on bad
%S 0frs 81.
was . wealthy, Western newspaper man and
that he would sdog. tbs girl and give give
IL. nnS he " sos this eI Trip ~as Bro"a
Of Washington. Brown had been a ,p,ooi.
I9aoeE On inc t",!Trssio',o. "t"u. WILSON,
the West. he hal the paper. he said but he
needed a brRiuy Eastern man to handle the
news AMI sditoria! dspartrn ent; Brown turned
over $50 o. his SAVINGS Wilson went back
70 Kansas City with it. telling his victim to tol-
sos .oid b :, to t;ks in y the tis clues and 70
the Penny Post. about the new editor
in-chisf from Wash!ncton. Brown WAS
fstlersd and soon gave up the rest
Of his savinss; Then ne borrowed money from
HE sister Whoa be hal handed over his last
more ed tor ais. They didn't pay in penny
parent coat so much to set them ~. Frown
began to susrsct that he I'D been dured then
but Wilson assured him that ne hadn't. and
Brown bell. we'd IL.
=, Al! this tim. Wilson had been taking care Of
the girl They TsS in ns
several boarding, houses, becAus. OF the sus-
picion that oil was not right; The child ts-
came stage struck finally. Wilson said he
would Be her manager. and she Was actually
him and cont her hom mo.
The jrnny Post went on a while after the
money WAS gore. Then 1t oied and the Word
was started in liza place n get fresh lot Of
eF%sd.9s II. s.s AID % %snn 70. c,cu
lar ana sent II to every ticket sea per in the
county. He wanted them to advance him
$4,000. He would z to Philadelphia with IL.
he SAID. and make test in the courts there Of
the Ant-,ckss ScAping law. The scalpers
into the female bas.ba business again. leav-
ing Brown stranded In Kansas City. The next
heard OF him bis arrest for the abduction
OF the Sunderland child