Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-10
Events Leading Up to Tragedy.

Events Leading Up to Tragedy.
The witness then recounted the events
leading up to the death Of her husband
| Tuesday, June 3D. she said. "a package
came to the house addressed to DR.. Viii.
son and took it and signed my name te
the express receipt / laid the package
on the table and did not think of it again
until we were ready to go away for few
days Then / mentioned 1t to my hus.
band. We opened the package and Sc,
the bottle away. We came home the fol.
| lowing Friday. June %.
ION our return DR.. Wilson mentioned
the ale. and said he had letter to the
effect that q sample Of ale would be sent
to him from a brewery. He said he would
try it and II he liked 1t he would order
some. 1 got the bottle from the ice box
and handed 1t to him at the table. He
poured out some In glass. took some OF
1t out and said:
my. that's horrible stun. Just taste
1t. but don't swallow any of IT,
"A moment later he put up his hand and
said:
my God. I am poisoned. Keep that
Before rising from the table Mrs. Will
son said DR.. Wilson endeavored to take
some milk. Rising to his feet. he stag
gerel across the room to the kitchen door
Mrs Wilson then told Of calling a ply
sicians and of DR.. Wilson's removal to a
hospital.
After denying that DR.. Wilson was a
heavy drinker the witness was excused.
Brewer Regulates Letter.
Peter a.. Schemm. brewer said he saw
the letter which was sent to DR.. Wilson
with the poisoned ale, and declared 1t was
not sent from his brewery. When asked
by the acting coroner how he knew this
Mr. Schemm said: Because 1t Is not on
our letterhead and we do not use type
writer's"
He said his establishment does not make
ale. DR.. Max Stern, who attended DR..
said Mrs. Wilson had made no mention OF
her husband drinking ale. He said the
Wilson child said something about her
papa drinking ale and that he spat 1t out
because it was bad. AT that time said
DIR. Stern, I'VE thought DR.. Wilson was
suffering from diabetic trouble and uremic
commissions. DR.. Stern said he had judged
that not more than an ounce of ale had
been taken from the bottle.
DR.. Philip Trou. who also had been
called to the house, testified that Mrs.
Wilson said nothing about the ale until
after the child. Vera, mentioned it, Mrs
Wilson was highly hysterical. declared
the witness. and seemed very solicitous
aOOuI a missing DIAMOND SIuO.
Expressman Tells Of Package.
Frederick Buchanan. the express agent
who received the poisoned package for
delivery to Wilson, said he remembered
that man had brought package to the
ONCE of the Philadelphia local express
company on the morning Of June q, ad-
dressed Wilson, $40 Northern 9th street,
The witness said the man was about
thirty-five to forty years OF age; smooth
face, dark clothing and black derby hat
twice from his ONCE. On the o'clock
delivery the driver could not get an an
sWer to the door bell. 1t WAS sent out
again at 2 o'clock and delivered. The
driver returned the receipt signed Mrs
Wilson"
The witness said the package contained
label which bore the name Of Peter
6chemm.
After Coroner's Detective Paul had
testified concerning the investigation Of
the case. in which nothing new was
brought out. the coroner's three physi-
clans. Drs Meeker. Robinson and wads-
worth. testified.
Found Poison in Stomach.
They said they found cyanide OF potas-
SUM In the stomach Of DR.. Wilson. They
found six-tenths Of a grain of the deadly
pOlSOil Ia Tic pOIt iOu VI Tic DOOy turned
over to them.
This was no indication, they said OF how
much Of the poison Wilson had taken, as
1t would absorb. The physicians said
they found from seven grains to an ounce
Of cyanide Of potassium in the pint bottle
that contained the ale.
DR.. Ruddy of ST. Joseph Hospital, to
which institution Wilson was taken. tes-
titled that shortly after Wilson's admis-
sion a man came to the hospital and in.
auired If Wilson was dead. Dr. Rudy
said the hospital authorities referred the
case to the coroner as suspicious This
closed the testimony and the jury re-
turned verdict to the effect that Wilson
came to his death from cyanide of potas-
| stun poison at the hands OF persons un-
known.
The name Of the man whose name was
signed to the receipts given to DR.. WI.
son for $50 was not given out by the cor.
oner's ONCE. but 1t developed after the
| inquest that the police had already To-
Gated the man and found that he had no
connection with the murder of the physi-
clan. The police. therefore, also declined
to give out the name.