The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-29

From the New York World.
For more than ten years the Moen-
Wilson mystery. as 1t was known, oc-
cUpied the attention of Massachusetts,
ard in time became we'll known the
verdi over.
In the latter part of the los the lit
tie town of Uxbridge. in Worcester
county. Massachusetts. became the
abiding place of veritable Monte
Cristo. He built a fine hotel and fur
nished it lavishly. not because the town
needed such a hostelry or would ever
need one. but because it suited his fan
cy 10 build one
He wanted to live at a better hotel
than the town could afford. and the
only way it could be brought about was
by building hotel himself
A RUSTIC MONTE CEISTO.
When this Monte Cristo wanted any
thing. no matter what. he bought it. If
his friends wanted anything-and he
had a large assortment of them in those
days-they had but to name it, and it
vas theirs.
The people of Uxbridge did not know
there was so much money in the world
as suddenly appeared 10 be at the COM
r1and Of the young man whom they
knew as Doc" Wilson. who had sud
denly come among them.
He had left the town but few years
before poor young man who had been
employed at a livery stable and had
gained the sObriquet of Doc" from his
ability to treat sick horses with more
than ordinary success. When he went
away to Worcester it was with difficult
ty that he obtained the fare
When he returned to UXbridge if
trains did not run to suit his convent
ence he could order a special and pay
for it on the spot with the same non
chalanca that he would purchase a
cigar and light it. Uxbridge people
thought he could buy the railroad.
The meaning of this sudden wealth
the good people OF Uxbridge could not
guess. though they made many at
tenDts, nor could they ascertain from
whence it came. They simply knew
that when his supply of cash seemed
20 run short he Immediately had more
and that it was the coin of the realm
and gained quick circulation.
And so THIS mysterious Monte Cristo
lived at his hotel in luxury. spending
money lavishly, when certain sleuths
came TO the little town of Uxbritige
from the great cities. His fame had
spread abroad. 1t had reached the ears
OF detectives who were engaged in trv-
had committed series of great rob
berries about the time that Wilson sud
denly became the possessor of great
wealth.
FIRST EFFORTS TO SOLVE
But Wilson had nothing to fear from,
that direction. He received the detec-
tives blithely, furnished them with
lavish entertainment and sent them on
their way knowing as little of the Sc
cret of his aff1uence as they did when
they came, but satisfied no doubt thai
he had no connection with the mem.
hers of the gang for which they were
looking, for he was greater than tn Y
worcester people heard of the do;ngs
OF the UXbridge Monte Cristo. Ther
strange tales began to be whispered
cmong the bankers. It appeared that
orc day Z poorly dressed individual
made his appearance before the lordly
clerk who presided at the Bay State
house IL Worcester. and meekly asked
the use OF the telephone for Z few min
uTc$-
The clerk looked down upon him
from that high Olympus where hote
clerks dwell ard was on the point oI
refusing and ordering the visitor out Of