The morning journal-courier., 1908-07-07
POLICE BLUNDERED
Developments in Poison Case Tend to Show Innocence
 of Printer.
DID NOT PURCHASE TYPE
And Was at Work in Philadelphia When Supposed Murderer Was
 in Bristol, Pa.

Philadelphia. July 6-Though the police pretend to believe that Frederick Gles, jr., arrested as a suspect in the case, knows something about the mur- der of Dr. William H Wilson of this city, who died on June 26, after drink ing bottle of ale containing cyanide of potassium, developments to-day show that the authorities have blum dered in the matter and that Gles finds himself in his embarrassing posi- tion as the result of hls efforts to pro- tect the name of his young wife.
 The records at the bureau of health show that Mrs. Gies died on June l9 and that her infant babe died the day previous To clearly connect Gies with the sending of poisonous ale to pr. [ Wilson the authorities will have to as- sume that Gies knew four days before that time that his wife was going to die, for on June l5 the man who sent the poisoned ale sent to Dr. Wilson to- chased from William Cmstead at the Keystone Type Foundry letter "S" rom a font of type known as "Stuy- Vesant" and which letter was used as a seat stamp by the murderer who pre- pared the bottle of ale sent to the phy- sic'an. That Gies did not purchase this letter "S' seems certain, for Olmstead failed to identify him at police head quarters as the customer who ordered the type.
 More than this Gies was at his place or employment on Saturday morning, June 27, or the day after Dr. Wilson died It was on this day that a letter was mailed to Coroner Jermon from Bristol, Pa. in which the supposed murderer told why he had sent the poison. This letter was mailed during the afternoon an1 in their efforts to trace the movements of the writer of the letter the police asoertained that the supposed murderer reached Bristol at 12:47 D. m The train left Torres dale at l2S5. supt John B. Williams of the Curtis Publishing company, where Gies was employed as foreman of the overlay department, says that Gies left the office between 10.S0 a. m. and ll.4o q. m. on that day and 1t would have been impossible for him to have reached Torresdale which is more than an hours ride from the center of the city in time to purchase ticket land catch the train for New York. The Imix-up regarding the date on which Mrs Gies died seems to be explained by the unfamlliarity of Mrs. Haas. in whose house she died with the Eng fish methods of writing dates Dr.. | William Heck, who attended Mrs. Gies dated the death certificate "6-19-O9." :" Mrs. Haas remembering the figures &C., cepted the figures as meaning sixth day 1908, instead of sixth month, 18th day and thus had the date June in mind. investigation at Wilmington, Del, &C., cording to the authorizes, showed that Gies married Elizabeth Wilson Alex ander In that city on May 26 under the name of Wm. Henry Stenton.
 Fred Buckman, the express clerk ! who received from the supposed mur- l derer the package which contained the poisoned ale set to pr. Wilso to- l day received a letter in which he is
 
 advised to go slow in attempting to I identify any one as the person who sent the bottle of ale. "The outcome of the Wilson case seems likely to de- pend very largely upon your testimo- ny" says the writer, and l hope you
 will go very slow, indeed, in identify
 ing anybody in the matter. It would l be awful to send any one to the gal lows for putting such man as Will son out of business"
 Buckman confronted Gies at the
 city hall tonight but refused to posi-
 lively identify the prisoner as the man
 who left the package of ale at the ex-
 press office.
 Gies will be arraigned tomorrow
 for a hearing as an accessory in the
 death of his wife.