The San Francisco call., 1908-12-10
FATAL NET IS
DRAWN CLOSER
ABOUT WILSON
Girl Refutes Suspects Story of
Having Tasted Drug in
Letter
Additional Proof of Embezzle=
ment Is Secured by the
Detectives

swear that they had served him IN any
capacity during the time Immediately
preceding the Boas tragedy.
Theodore Kytka, the handwriting ex-
pert. finished his enlargements yes
terday Of the specimens OF Wilson's
handwriting furnished him by The Call.
IS well as the poison letter" He de-
clsred that the exemplars prove con-
clusively that Wilson wrote the poison
letter which was signed Charles NJ.
Hawer, NJ D., San Jose" The enlarge
ments verify completely the first exam
inations OF the original standards.
Kytka found duplicating points both on
scraps of paper found in Wilson's room
and the poison letter, which are i'm
portant pieces Of the mosaic Of evidence
being laid by the police.
John Boas, brother of the dead cleo
trician, who has been winding up the
affairs Of the Pennant electric company.
his brothers concern. said yesterday
that not only did Wilson enbezzle col
lecdons made for the company. but he
declared his belief that Wilson de-
stroyed credit cards in the card index
system used by Boas to keep his ac-
counts Names Of some of the largest
creditors Of the Pennant concern are
missing from the index and Boas as
serted that he found Wilson destroying
cards on last Friday morning. John
Boas entered the Office. room 511. VIII
Hams building. suddenly that morning
and caught Wilson at this work of de-
struction Daily new evidence is dis
covered of Wilson's alleged peculations.
Debts Are Denied
In his interview Wilson said that
Boas committed suicide and that he did
so because he was in debt and unable
10 meet his obligations. John Boas
fatty contradicted this statement of
course. the business had debts said
the brother, but all businesses have,
but if this fellow Wilson had not robbed
my brother the way he has done all
those debts would have been promptly
met"
Had Boas lived another day fulI ex-
posure Of his alleged criminal opera
tions would have followed, for on
Thursday, December 3, Beas, was to
have formed partnership with Arthur
Simpson, another electrician, and in
the accounting that would have been
made Of the business Of the Pennant
electric company the full extent of Will
sons alleged shortages would have been
barred. On December ? Boas died.
Wilson was taken to the identified
tion bureau OF the police department
yesterday morning. where his photo
graph was taken for the "rogues' gal
lery." Detective Reagan also took his
finger prints under the new system re-
Gently inaugurated.
Wilson has a weak mouth and his
features generally give indication of
man 81 low moral character. He made
a statement and during most Of the
time he was blubbering and whimper-
ing like whipped child 1t was evil
dent that most of the time he was pre-
vsricating.
Said Boas Was Proud
He denied that he had anything to
do with sending the letter to Boas
containing the fatal powders and de-
clared that Boas was his best friend
He said he believed that Boas wrote
and posted the letter himself He gave
as his reason that Boas frequently
wrote letters signing different names
10 them and often got Wilson to write
letters and Boas would sign them in
some other name.
"Boas was always taking money out
Of the business" said Wilson, TO buy
presents for girls, like the SIS which
he paid for the diamond earrings and
chocolate set for Miss KeIliher of San
Jose That was why he could not meet
his financial obligations. He owed
between $3.50 and $500. his principal
creditors being the Bay State lamp
company OF Danvers. Mass. the Thomas
Day company, Standard electrical COM
pany and Joseph Stevens e. Co. Of this
city. How could l embezzle any money
when there was none to embezzle?
I enlisted in the First PENNSYLVANIA
volunteer regiment during the Spanish
American war but only got as far as
Tampa. ] returned to Philadelphia and
enlisted in the Twelfth United States
infantry and was three years in the
Philippines. ] never had a brother a
soldier. was paying attention to
I was married. I told her 1t was my
brother, who was A soldier, who was
married and TO convince her ] wrote
letter to the war department and
wrote the reply and showed her them
with a supposed photograph Of my
brother.
Parents in East
MY father is William Clarence VIII
son. retired iron manufacturer. living
with my mother and brother. Clarence
c. Wilson. at 1926 North Twenty-third
street, Philadelphia. My brother is in
terested in the wholesale grocery firm
OF Thomas Roberts and COMPANY of
Philadelphia. and If he knew of my
trouble he would soon come TO nv as
sistance.
The quinine pills? I bought them
about three months ago from either the
Gates Atwood drug company or the
Penn drug company. but could not ex-
actly say which. / used to deal with
both.
The papers have told a lot of lies
about me and girls. ] never wronged
2 girl in my life. I old not know any
thing about Boas' girls and he knew
nothing about mine. ! had known Boas