Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-11-21
DR.. WILSON AS A JOSEPH.
A Trap Set for Him In an lII-famed
New York Flat.

His Evidence Against Jared Fiags, Jr.-a,,
4 Called TO Pray for Woman Whom He
Found In n VERY Decoileto state.
New York World November i4th.
When Jared Flagg Jr., was indicted
a few weeks ago for leasing flats in
West Eighteenth street for immoral
purposes the district-attorney sub
pmnaed the Rev. j. A. b. Wilson, tho
former pastor of the Eighteenth Street
Methodist Episcopal Church, as a wit
ness against him.
A week ago DIR. Wilson informed the
district-attorney that unless Flagg was
tried Immediately he could not appear
against him, as he intended leaving for
California TO reside there permanently.
District Fellows thereupon
obtained an order from Judge Allison
of general sessions to examine DIR. Will.
son Professionally. The examination
was held last Saturday in Recorder
COTS chambers in the Criminal Court
Building, behind closed doors. Only
Flagg, his counsel, Charles i. Brooks,
DIR. Wilson and Assistant District-At-
torney John A, Lewis were present be.
sides the recorder. A transcript OF the
evidence given by DIR. Wilson was filed
with the clerk of general sessions on
Friday.
DR.. Wilson said that he and Flagg
met through the latter complaining to
him of structures contained in a sermon
which ho had preached. From this
resulted several conferences between
them The doctor sent two respectable
agents to Flagg. proposing that they
should be put in charge of the flats,
but they were not employed. He sent
respectable persons there to try to hire
a fat, but though he had been assured
that they could have one, they were
told when they got there that there was
none vacant Fagg, the doctor said,
thnn proposed the latter should become
the treasurer of syndicate to take
charge OF some flats in the same
locality, then occupied by colored peo-
pie. whom they would replace with
white tenants. He proposed to divide
q net profit Of 50, 900 with the doctor.
The clergyman refused to have any
thing to do with the scheme, and
charged Flagg with having set trap
for him.
Tho doctor testified that he had been
summoned to attend woman said to
be dying in one OF Flaggs flats. He
said:,
found her in an apparently comatose
state. She was lying upon the bed
almost nude. There were two other
women in the room, but they did not
cover her up until had been there for
some time. ! asked the name of the
woman; ii was given; the woman who
gave. it said she was her sister and that
she had sent for the sick woman's hus-
band, who was in Brooklyn. | inquired
his name, and she gave me another
name than that she had given for the
sick woman. | asked who was the
third woman, and she said she was her
cousin. knelt by the bedside and of
fered a short prayer and then went
out. l found the ianitress of the
building standing in the hall and said
to her sternly: who are those women
in there?" She said there were only
two tolu her there were three.
who are they?" l asked. She gave
me another set of names, different from
those they had given.
The next morning in passing called
there again, and was met at the door
Of the apartments by tho woman who
had been represented as the cousin of
the sick woman.
She was very scantily clad and was ex-
tremely ELUSIVE. | said to her: "You
had better go and make your toilet. "
The woman had seen apparently
dying the day before walked into tho
room with wrapper on. l turned and
left the place, the woman calling to me
to come back. went to the station
house and reported the case to the
captain.
Mr. Flagg said afterwards that he
had rented the flat, which was right
opposite the one occupied by himself,
to three bachelors and that he knew
nothing Of the three women.
DIR. Wilson left for California on
Monday last.