The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-07-06
AN ARAESt|N THE !.
WILSON CASE
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PHILADELPHIA POLICE HOLD 4
PRINTER SUSPECTED Or
THE MURDER.
Ne ASSERTS HIS INNOCENCE.
Police Claim that clroumstsntial Eyi.
dence Points to Him as the Per-
son Who Sent Poisoned
Ale TO . Doctor.

Philadelphia, july 6. = Frederick
Gies, foreman Of a department In the
press rooms OF the Curtis Publishing
Co. of this city. was taken into Gus
tody last night by the police as sus-
pect In connection with the murder
of DR.. William II. Wilson, who died
on June 26 after drinking bottle
Of poisoned ale which had been sent
to him through local express Office.
A direct charge has not been pre-
ferred against Gies, who denies any
knowledge of the murder, but in their
investigation of the crime the police
authorities found circumstances in
the life Of Gies and his family that
tailed so closely with the marked
points in the history OF the Wilson
murder that they felt bound TO act.
In seeking for the murderer they
looked for a man who desired to
avenge the death OF his wife who died
while under the treatment OF DR.. VIII
son. They learned that Gies' wife
died recently and according to Ed.
ward Haas. fellow employe Of Gies,
at whose home Mrs Gies died at No.
4150 Reese street, she had been at
tended by DR.. Wilson. Just what the
cause OF death was is not certain
because OF complications which pre-.
sented themselves. In fact, there arc
several stories regarding this matter
and II the information secured by the
police Is correct every means was
used to throw the authorities off the
track in an effort to hide the true
cause and time Of death.
On the day that DR.. Wilson re-
ceived from the murderer decoy
letter In which II was stated that a
bottle Of sample ale was being sent
to him, ostensibly from the brewery
of Peter Schemm & Son, notice OF
the death OF Mrs. Gies, whose full
name was Mrs. Elizabeth Wilson AL.
exander Gies, appeared In the Phila-
delphia newspapers. She was buried
from the home of her brother-in-law,
William c, Patterson, In West Phjla-
delphia on that date. The death no.
lice stated that she had died on June
10 and Thomas Graham, the under
taker who inferred the body. declared
that death occurred on that day and
that the cause as he understood it
was Brights disease.
II this was the case II would elimi.
nate Giles as n possible suspect. be-
cause the murderer is known to have
purchased two initial letters at the
Keystone type foundry on June 10,
which he called for a couple of days
later and which were subsequently
used TO stamp the seals on the bottle
of poisoned ale. But the police al.
lege that Haas told them that Mrs.
Gies died at his home on June 6 and
that Mrs. Haas corroborated him in
this statement
Furthermore, Mrs. Sarah Elliott an
undertaken at No 2527 North Masch-
er street, had been called in to take
charge of the body of Mrs. Giles,
which she did, subsequently turning
II over to Graham. Mrs. Elliott, re.
garding the date Of death, told the
police that II was early In June. She
would not declare positively that 1t
long before June 10, In addition to
this It is alleged she told the police
that on June she was called upon
to bury an infant child OF Mrs. Gies.
Back OF this story OF the incidents
which could inspire crime such as
the Wilson murder. In which the ply
sician, according to letters received
by the coroner, was killed because of
his Illegal practice. is tangled story
of a secret marriage.
Mrs. Giles, II WAS learned, had been
employed as proof reader with the
Curtis Publishing Co, and subsequent.
ly became teacher in the public |
schools. She was much younger than
Gies, who is about SO years old. and
according to his relatives who live in |
the lower section OF the city, they
knew nothing of his marriage until
just before or just after Mrs. Giles
death.
Gies In appearance answers the de- |
scription received by the police OF |
the man who sent the package of poi
soned ale to DR.. Wilson. Also the |
mar who purchased the initial letter
"S" at the keystone type foundry. |
He is printer and the police officials
say was engaged In small way In |
the printing business IN Bristol, |
whence the first letter bearing on and
explaining the. murder of DR.. Wilson
was mailed to Coroner Jermon.
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