New-York tribune., 1908-07-03
TRACE POISONED ALE
Defiuered by Strange Man at Phil
odetphia Express Office.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune.

fhnadephia, July 2-The bottle said to have con-
'aiieo poisoned ale sent to Dr. William II viii
o"' IL was learned to-day, was delivered TO his
home at No. S1s North 9Th street by an express-
man of the Philadelphia Local EXPRESS cornnan,
VINO received it apparently from stranger at the
0ompanys office, No. JIG North 18th street
is Information was given this afternoon by
george stern, agent Of the company at that ad-
uIesS' VINO declared the package had been received
over the counter at the office by Fred Rucku,,n
an empioye, now in Atlantic City
stern says Buckman told him before he left
~ iPiia Tor the seashore that a had
the counter" ~ 49,
stern says Buckman exhibited to him the recent
lhe express messenger took at the Wilson house
As ne remembers it, the receipt bore the words
Wilson. SIG n 7th" and was sienad at tho hot
tom. Mrs. WILSON,
Stern moreover thinks he remep,bsrs t,uoL,,or
having told him that the slip brought in by the
s'iaheer bore the name of local brewery al
tnoush he was not positive on this point
Inc detectives have obtained from Buckman a
sood description of the stranger who was a man
'hirty-hve to forty years old and well dressed
Mrs Wilson went to the District Attorneys Of
fee in City Hall to-day with her counsel F 7
Namely, and had conference with Assistant
District Attorney Joseph H. Tauane Others pres
eht were Detectives Paul and Long, of the Cor
oners office, who have been working on the case
and acting Coroner Arthur Sellers Mrs Wilson
was closely questioned by Mr.. Taulane and at his
request she related all the circumstances of the
delivery of the box containing the bottle of sup
posedly poisoned ale She also told of placing the
ale on table and of the doctor drinking it. Mrs
Wilson said she did not know who sent the ale
and had no suspicious theories to advance.
After the conference Mrs. Wilson returned to
her home. She was accompanied by the detectives
who desired 20 make another examination of the
house, In the hope of finding better clew.
Detective Paul stated after the visit of Mrs
Wilson to the City Hall that Mrs. Wilson not
under arrest and that she not suspected. but.
on the contrary, the clews point to somebody out
side the house
Mr Namely said he was called into the
yesterday when Mrs Wilson desired TO file letters
of administration for her husbands estate, the
physician having left Will 1t is understood the
estate consists of realty and personal property to
the amount of about 81. 800.
Mr. Namely further said that Mrs Wilson
asked yesterday to appear at the City Hall to-day.
and that she went there under the impression that
an inquest TO be held in the of her hus-
band. She greatly surprised when she was
escorted to the District Attorneys office
In their further investigation of the antecedents
of Wilson Detective Paul received information to-
day which leads him TO believe that Wilson's real
name was Frehoff. and that he went on the stage
for time and adopted the name of William H
Wilson. He married about twenty years ago
and was the father of four children. About ten or
twelve years ago he separated from his first wife,
who died about two years ago. Shortly after the
separation he married the present widow, by whom
he had one child. 1t is learned that Wilson was
steward at time at the Iilacs club in Fair
mount Park.
Letters Of administration were filed on DR.. VII
sons estate yesterday. The murdered man left no
will and Il Is stated that his personal property Is
valued at $500 and his realty at 5000 but it is
said that he was worth considerably more than
this since he owned the house in which he lived,
as well as a bungalow at Cornwells had an au-
tomobile, gasoene launch and his house was
handsomely furnished. He was known lavish
spender and liberal contributor to many
in his neighborhood-
Undoubtedly the authorities have now tangible
clew o work on. II is asserted that the descrip
tion OF the who left the poisoned bottle of
ale the express office to be delivered 1T the
Wilson home tallies with that OF the man
peeed In the from the first, and it is for him
that the authorities hunting. That he has not
been aPprehended is due chiefly TO the fact that
al the time the detectives knew where he was they
had only suspicious upon which TO act