The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-09
GOOD CASE
FOR GIES.
Evidence Against PhiladeI.
phia Suspect Weak.
HELD FOR WTFE'S DEATH.

Nlan Alleged 60 Have Sent Poison 70
Or. Wilson Arraisnsd on Charge Of
Being Accessory to Cause Of Young
Woman's Taking oH-As 10 Be-
lisVsd to Be Able to Prove Alibi In
Regard to Other Charge.
Philadelphia, July Z. - Though the
police pretend to believe that Freder-
lex Gies, Jr., arrested as a suspect In
the case, knows something about the
murder of DIR. william H. Wilson OF
this city, who died on June 20 after
drinking bottle Of ale containing
cyanide OF potassium, developments
tend to show that the authorities have
blundered In the matter aud that Giles
hnds himself In his embarrassing DO
sition as the N lult of his efforts to
protect the name Of his young wife.
Giles was arraignsd today for q
hearing on the charge Of being an &C
cessory In the death of his wife.
The records at the bureau Of health
show that Mrs. Giles died ON June 10
and that her infant babe died the day
previous. To connect Gies with the
sending OF poisonous ele to DR.. Will
sumo that Gies knew four days be-
fore that time that his wife was going
to die, for on June Is the man who
sent the poisoned ale to DIR. Wilson
purchased from william Oimstead at
the Keystone Type foundry a letter
"S" from a font OF type known aR
"Stuyvesant' and which letter was
used as seal stamp by the murderer
who prepared the bottle Of ale sent to
the physician. That Gies did not pur-
chase this letter IS" seems certain.
for Olmstead failed to identify him at
police headquarters as the customer
who ordered the type.
Could Not Have Gent Letter.
More than this. Gies was at his
place Of employment on Sat iay
morning. June ~. or the day aft Dr.
Wilson died.
1t was on this day that latter was
mailed to Coroner Jermon from Bris-
tol. Pa. in which the supposed muir
derer told why he had sent the poison
This letter was mailed during tho aft
ernoon. and In their efforts to trace
the movements Of the writer Of the
letter the police ascertained that the
supposed murderer reached Bristol,
Pa, at l2:47 p. m. The train left
Torresdale at 1895, Superintendent
John B. Williams Of the Curtis Pub
fishing company. where Gies was en-
ployed as foreman of the overlay de-
partmsnt. says that Giss left the Of
fice between IL 80 and 1l:15 q. m. on
that day, and It would have been I'M
possible for him to have reached Tor
resdale, which Is q suburban point
more than an hours ride from the
center OF the city, In time TO purchase
a ticket and catch the train for New
York. Mr. Williams also says that hs
does not think Giles capable Of con-
ceiving such q clever plan 20 kill any
one and that he could not have car
ried It into effect without assistance.
Fred Buckman, the express clerk
who received from the supposed muir.
derer the package which contained
the poisoned ale sent to DIR. Wilson.
received q letter In which he 10 ad-
vised to 60 slow In attempting to idsu-
tify any one as the person who sent
the bottle of ale. 1.-The outcome Of
the Wilson case seems likely TO do
pend very largely upon your testi-
mony," says the writer, land I hope
you will go very slow indeed In idsn-
tifying anybody In the matter.
at would be awful to send any 1na
to the gsllows for putting such q man
as Wilson out Of business"
Buokman confronted Gies at the
city hail, but refused to positively
identity the prisoner as the man who
left the package Of ale at the express
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