The San Francisco call., 1908-12-09
WOman's Name Is Drawn Into
Mystery, but Withheld by
the Police
Letter Found by The Call in
( COrOner's Office Intensifies
Case Against Suspect
Brother of Dead Electrician Ac-
Cuses Prisoner of EmbezzIe-
ment After Tragedy

w WITNESSES who heard and
A saw John Walter Wilson
threaten the life OF Henry J.
Boas, his employer, have been
found, the police declare. and complete
the case against the man now held in
detinue by the police on suspicion Of
having sent strychnine. disguised as
Indigestion powders. to Boas. Coinci-
dentaIly there is drawn into the mys-
terry the name Of a woman which the
police have not divulged.
James Kelly captain. Of detectives.
said yesterday that Walter Wilson viii
not be charged with murder until after
the coroner's inquest. but that com
plant viii be fled then. The inquest
may be held on next Tuesday.
Theodore Kytka. the handwriting ex-
pert. and Captain Kelly are both con-
hdent and sure that Wilson wrote the
poison letter to Boas.
Letter Found by The Call
That confidence was reassured yes
terdsy through the discovery by The
Call in the files Of the coroner's Office
Ct letter written to the coroner by
Wilson on February Of this year
The letter asked if his wife, Mrs. Mary
Wilson, had applied to the city for
public burial Of an infant child
The letter Is resurrected at this time
10 indicate by its chirography that
Wilson sent the poison to Boas and also
70 show the extent of the neglect to
which the, murder suspect subjected his
wife
The new witnesses found by the po-
lice viii tell on the witness stand. it
is asserted. that in their presence VIII
son threatened TO take the life Of Boas.
The two men were. at the time. having
one Of their frequent quarrels over
wilson's dereliction in collecting money
for Boas. Boas had pressed some Gus
toners for money he believed to be
due. They replied by. exhibiting re-
ceipts for the sums signed by Wilson.
Violent Quarrel and Threat
a violent row ensued between the
two men, and Wilson is said TO have
uttered the words which may send
him to the gaIlows With the gain
OF that testimony Captain Kelly ex-
pressed his positive belief that Wilson
was the slayer Of Boas.
Monday Captain Kelly confined him
self to the statement that he was sure
that Wilson had written the poison"
letter 10 Boas. Yesterday he ampli-
ned that statement significantly by de-
claring that he was positive that VIII
son was responsible for Boas' death.
John Boas, brother Of the deceased
electrician. stated last evening that he
:sh IL his embezzlements. Last Wednes-
day night Boas took the fatal poison.
On the Friday following Wilson went
TO the Superior electrical company,
Lynch avenue, back Of the mint and
collected SO on an account He did
not report the collection TO the Boas
family and turn over the money. On
Saturday wilson's collections were in
terrupted by his arrest on suspicion Of
having murdered Boas.
Wilson Loses Confidence
So far. Wilson has been a stolid pris-
oner. But by slight degrees his conf
dence is ebbing. The first important
break in his first story came yester-
day. He admitted writing the letter
10 the war department signed AL
bert walter Wilson" which was used
by Theodore Kytka as the exemplar to
connect him with the killing Of Boas
That letter was originally produced in
The Call
Wilson viii be forced today TO iden-
tify the letter found on the files OF the
coroners office and which is considered
by Kytka to be the most damning piece
Of evidence against the man. The let
ter follows:
san Francisco, Feb. 4, 'OS.
Dear Sir:
VIII you kindly inform me or tell
ne where I can secure the informa-
ton whether an infant child was
turned over TO the city officials for
burial by Mrs. Mary Wilson OF
Esnty-second or Twenty-third and
Pttuero avenue within the last
three weeks?
Travelling for this firm in the way
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