The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-06
Frederick Giles, Foreman for
Philadelpt ia Publication Sus-
pect for Physicians Killing.
WOMAN RE FLUTES PRISONER
GOMEZ ;RNING DEAD WIFE
Latter Had Told Her Wilson
Treated Her -Gies to Undergo
Express Ct erk's Scrutiny.
Especial to IN Q Evening Star.l

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PHILADELPHIA IA, July Elm the
arrest of Frederick Giles. a foreman of
the mechanical department of the La
dies Home Journal, the police believe
they will soon solve the mysterious
poisonfng to death of DR.. William H.
Wilson.
Giles will be confronted during the
day by Fred Buchanan. the express Of
nce clerk who received the bottle of
poisoned ale to be delivered to DR.. Will
son. and by the clerk in the type
foundry which sold to the poisoner the
special type used for printing the
fraudulent brewery letter head, which
plays an important part in the murder
mystery.
Gies's wife, concerning whom there
was much my stery, died at the home of
Edward Haas, one of his employees on
the Ladies' Home Journal. at Also
North Reese street. although Giles
never lived acre, and continued his
home at 422 Nc Clellan street. The day
before the death. of the wife their new
born baby died.
said Wilson Was Her Doctor.
Mrs. Giles told Mrs. that she
had been treated by DR.. Wilson. The
police say this. s~ubstantiates their
theory that the motive for The crime
was revenge of a husband whose wife
had been the victim of DR.. Wilson'S
malpractice.
A point the police are trying to clear
today Is the different dates given as the
time of Mrs. Gies's death. Mrs. Haas
and the others in that house declared
that 1t occurred on June 6 and that the
baby died the day before. Mrs. Haas
states that the same day of the baby's
death 1t was sent to the rooms or
a undertaken. in North Mascher
street, and that the next day the body
of the mother was also sent there. The
woman undertaken also says that this
was on June 5 and 6, and that the fol-
lowing day she delivered the two bodies
to another undertaken. This under
taker insists that the date was June 20.
and that the funeral was held June 70.
When the wife dice Giles gave her
name to the undertaken as Elizabeth
Wilson Alexander. but the following
day changed 1t to Elizabeth Wilson
Alexander Giles. The first had been
her maiden name. She was a graduate
OF a normal school, and while teach
ing public school she met Gies, who
gave her employment as a c~opyholder
in the Ladies' Home Journal. After
several months there she resigned to
resume school teaching.
At the home of the parents of the
young woman 1t was first said that
they did not krsow she was married
until after her death was announced
Then 1t was said, that they knew in
March that she had been married in
January. But they declared that they
did not know of the existence of a
baby until after Its death.
Police Say Giles C~ontradicted Himself.
When Giles was taken to police head
quarters he was very excited is
said to have made several conflicting
statements. In a general way he an
swers the description given of the man
who left the bottle of poisoned ale at
the express office, n the man who
had purchased two special type faces
which were used in the forged brewery
letter, which announced to DR.. Wilson
that a bottle of specially brewed ale"
had been sent to him to sample.
Giles denied all knowledge of DIR.
Wilson, declaring that his wife had
never been treated by him. Blu Mrs.
Haas was very certain that Mrs. Giles
had told her that DR.. Wilson was her
physician. Giles said that his wife
died from liver and stomach trouble.
The police began a search of the med
ical records today and expected to
learn the rue cause of the death of
the woman.
Buchanan, the express company clerk
who received the bottle of poisoned ale
for delivery, will arrive in Philadelphia
today from Cape May and Giles will
be lined up before him in a row of
other men. In this row will be placed
a dozen other prisoners. held for va
rious ~offenses, and a half dozen de-
tectives. If Buchanan picks out Gies
as the man who gave him the package
It will be considered as strong evidence
against the prisoner. If he picks out
another man In the row, or fails to
pick out any of them, 1t will, of course,
be a point in favor of Gies's innocence.
The same method will be pursued with
the type foundry clerk.