The evening world., 1902-12-27
Enough Of the Poison to
Kill Six Men Taken from
Stomach of Mrs. Wilson
Who Died MysteriousIy.
HER HOUSEKEEPER IN JAIL.
So, Too, Is Son Of Old RecIuse,
and Feeling In WiIlimantic,
Conn.,, Is Strong Against
Youth Who Loved Servant.
tspeeIsl to The Evening WORLDLY

Special to The Evening world)
WILLTMANTIC. Conn. Dec. 27.-Fol-
lowing the discovery of poison suficient
to kill half a dozen persons in the
stomach OF Mrs. Julia Wilson. formal
complaint will be drawn up by the
States Attorney against Mrs. Leila
Manson and George Wilson, who are in
jail awaiting the outcome OF the investi.
cation OF Mrs. Wilson's death. They
VIII be arraigned before a Justice of the
Peace TO be committed for the Grand
Jury.
Poison Was Fed to Her.
Mrs. Wilson died two weeks ago under
suspicious circumstances. Coroner Bit
began au investigation and ordered
Mrs. Manson. the old lady's house
keeper, and the son. George Wilson. to
jail before he had gone very far into
The inquest. Mrs. Wilson'S body was
cNhumed and her organs turned over
10 State Chemist DR.. a. ]. Wolff. OF
Hartford. He has not completed his
analysis, but the cause of Mrs. Wilson'S
death is no longer a mystery. 1t only
remains to establish whether she was
tortured to death by a slow admlnistra-
ton OF the poison, or given a dose
which caused immediate death.
According to States Attorney Hunter,
the %poisoner of Mrs. Wilson worked
with heudish elaboration. Her stom-
och was liberated and her lips corroded
by the acid. showing that toward the
end the poison was administered in
large doses. He thinks that It will be
how that the poison was fed to the
old woman for nearly a month before
her death.
Left Stains on Her Mouth.
Mrs. Wilson was murdered by means
of arsenic. administered to her by some
persons In whom she must have reposed
coincidence said the States Attorney.
Sufficient arsenic has been discovered
by the chemist making the analysis TO
Kill an entire family. l received my
l irst report from DR.. Wolff yesterday
afternoon. and to-day he sen a supple
pentary report to me. His final repor;
1Eill not be ready for another fortnight.
When he has finished his work he
. will be able to tell whether Mrs. Wilson
i, was tortured through several weeks or
2 given a dose Of poison that caused i'm
mediate death.
"Dr. Wolff informs me that he found
the stomach in a terrible condition. 1t
was badly liberated, and 1 believe that
he concludes that whoever the muir
derer is, he or she worked with fiendish
elaboration and cruelty.
4 1T is probable that arsenic a been
fed to the old woman for more tina a
month previous to her death. The
marks OF the poison were left on the
dead woman's lips. That indicates that
toward the last the irritant poison must
have been administered in strong doses.
1t may be definitely announced. too,
that carbolic acid was not used. Arsenic
alone. in all probability. was given to
Mrs. WILSON,"
Feeling Against the Son.
The feeling in Ashford against George
Wilson Is growing very bitter. There is
little likelihood of his remaining in the
neiEhborhood of his old home II he
should escape prosecution. Some of
his ~nelghbors believe that he was so in
fatuated with Mrs. Manson that he was
blinded to the crime which was being
committed under his eyes, but others,
and the State officials are among these,
are moro sceptical.
The officers have learned that George
Wilson was with Mrs. Manson when
she purchased an ounce Of arsenic and
was with her when she attempted to
make a second purchase. 1t is also
known that 1t was he h refused to
permit a physician to be called In to
attend his mother.
Coroner Bill visited Mrs. Hanson in
jail OH Christmas Day. She refused to
make any statements regarding herself
or her relations with the Wilson's. The
statements that she was kept in soil
tary confinement are denied. She has
bee, told that the State will assign her
counsel, and the services of a chemical
expert will also be placed at the dis
poEal of the attorney named to look
after her interests.