St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-24
WILSON AND WIFE.
THE MANKATO EDITOR APPEARS
TO HAVE BEEN PREPAR-
~ ING FOR
ANOTHER WEDDING TRIP.
MANIxATo YOUNG LADY SAID TO
HAVE BEEN HIS CHOSEN
NO. 4.
WAS A MAN OF MANY ALIASES.
Damaging Facts Regarding His
Former Career Brought to
Light.

Special to the Globe
MANKATO, Mimi, May 23.-New
facts are daily coming to light regard
ing the life and escapades of w. c.
Wilson, late local editor of the Man
kato Morning News. 1t now appears
that his arrests in Minneapolis Mon
day ON the charge of bigamy has
nipped in the bud a matrimonial trag-
edy which would have been put on the
boards in Mankato soon. Although he
has been in town but three months, he
had become a great favorite in church
circles, and it's said had won the af-
fections of one of the fairest of the
young Methodist sisters. His part
ner, j. E. Hall, is in possession of
letter from the general passenger
agent of the Great Northern railroad
which shows that the now famous big
amist was contemplating another of.
those delightful honeymoon trips
which have brought him to grief. The
letter reads as follows:
Your favor of May is duly re-.
ceiVed, and we note your desire to
make an advertising contract with us
in exchange for transportation for
yourself and wife from st. Paul to
Spokane and return"
He now survives under the aliases.
of Wilson, Curtis, Adamson, Harper
Ball, Scott Some of his linen under.
wear bears the name of wv. o. Har-.
per, and broken hearted and cha
grined women who have been led to
the marriage altar are living proofs to
his deep-dyed villainy.
His young bride of two months
whom ne deserted at Anamosa, To-,
last fail is nearly dead from grief,
says paper from that city, received
by Mr.. Hall, and the day he took his
departure he borrowed $3.50 from
eight different individuals whose con-
fidence he had gained through his pre-
tensions to a religious life.
The News says; Another paper
(among his effects) states that In 1890
he was private secretary to United
States minister to Austria and trax-
eled extensively through the Holy
land, and when he returned took up
the role of a dumb missionary and
worked on the susceptibilities of
church people He was next known
alt Angola, Ind, as a reporter on the
Herald. He married a young lady
there under the name of Curtis: Af-
terwards he held similar position on
the Democrat at Huntington, Ind,
skipping out from there, leaving his
wife and baby and a score of debts.
AS B. F. Scout he next turned up ait
Lacon, I'LL, in July, 1891, working on
the Democrat, where he became an ar
dent worker in the M E. church and
moved in the highest society, and was
superintendent of the Sunday school,
He got financial support and started a
temperance paper called The Owl.
Aug. 1, 1891, he married Miss Mae
Smith, who is described as most esti-
mable lady and highly connected.
After getting her to sign over her
property to him he moved to Peoria.
AT critical time in his wife's life he
went after a physician and never re-
turned. His wife is still living with
her parents, beloved and respected by
all her old friends"
The late Mr.. Wilson has won the
favor Of the best people in Mankato
during his brief residence here, and
many of the ladies wonder 'fhow such
a good Christian gentleman as Mr..
Wilson seemed to be could have done
such dreadful Things" He has spok-
en- at nearly every public gathering
and banquet held since he has been
here, and proved himself an interest
ing tallxer, but never failed to speak
well of "Mr. Wilson," and, gave lee
lures on Palestine, Jericho and many
other cities in the Holy land