The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-22
GEORGE WILSON ARRESTED.
SUSPECTED or HELPING TO POI
son HIS MOTHER.
Body Exhnmed for the Purpose OF Securing
. Chemical Anaiysls-John founs.
Father Of Mrs. Manson. suspected OF
the Crime, Now says She IL Innocent.

a chemical Analysls-JOhn YOUNG.
Father Of Mrs. Manson. suspected OF
the Crime. Now Says she 10 Innocent.
WnIIMANTIC, Conn Dec 2i.-The body
OF Mrs. Julia A. Young Of Ashford. who,
it is suspected. died Of poison administered
by Mrs. Lillian Manson. was exhumed
this morning from the cemetery In Ash
ford, where il was buried last Wednesday,
and was taken TO the home OF Irving Ken
dali. where the second autopsy was per-
formed. The brain and other parts were
removed
Coroner A. @. Bill and Sheriff P. B. Sibly
we're present and DR. r. Robinson OF Daniel
son, assisted by Medical Examiner DR.. {, NJ,
knight, performed the autopsy DR.. Rob-
inson remarked, after looking at the brain,
that there were some peculiar spots on it,
The exhibits will lie taken to State Chemist
Wolf Of Hartford Tomorrow by Coroner
Bill. The Coroner will also carry to the
chemist several bottles which are marked
poison and a box labelled morphine tab
lets in which there are few grains ofwhite
powder, also a white powder found in a
paper which resembles arsenic.
All Of these were found in the Wilson
house to-day After the body had been
returned TO the grave the Coroner and
Sheriff drove 10 the Wilson house. which
stands in a remote part Of Ashford. They
found the place closed and the Sheriff was
sent to the home of John Young, father OF
Mrs Manson. to see il George Wilson, son
of the dead woman and Mrs. Manson 3
lover. was there. He was found at work
in Youngs barn and was taken to the Wilson
home where the Coroner examined him IN
private.
After the examination Justice Of the Peace
William Platt was called in and Wilson was
committed TO jail and at 4 O'Clock this alter
noon the sheriff left with the prisoner. There
is no charge against him. but he Is beng
held pending the investigation. as II Is sus-
pected that he was an accomplice in the
suspected poisoning of his mother. AS he
LETT with the Sheriff he said:
Il am perfectly willing, to go to jail until
The matter il cleared up.
A search of the house revealed nothing OF
great importance, a letter was found signed
George and evidently meant for Mrs. Mum
son in which he expressed his love for her.
John Young. the father Of the suspected
woman, has evidently changed his feelings
regarding his daughter At the inquest
his testimony was against her. To-day
after George Wilson's arrest he wept and
said he knew his daughter was innocent
and that she told him where the box con-
tanning the rat poison was IN the house.
He said at the Coroncrs inquest mat MS
daughter had taken the rat poison from his
house a short time before Mrs. Wilson's
death He gave the box of poison to the
S lerif to-day taking it from shelf in his
house. all the time protesting his daughters
innocence.
ora. the youngest son. who H. Is years
oil did not seem to be at all wJrricd over
his mothers death and the arrest OF his
brother and assisted the Coroner in search
ing the house snd answered all questions
fully, but could not throw much light on
the case
Harvey Copeland, an old resident OF
Ashford, said to-day that in October he
paid Mrs. Wilson 500 for a wood lot he
purchased from her.
James Manson. the husband Of the sus-
pected woman. who came here yesterday
for his siN-year-od daughter and who
took her to Bridgeport with him last night.
said in Ashford that he did not believe
his wife was guilty and that he would stand
by her. Her father says that she lef. her
husband instead Of his leaving her.
The Coroner will continue to investigate
the case. hut nothing more will be done
until tho State chemist reports on the
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