The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-07-03


PHILADELPHIA, July with much
of the mystery surrounding the poison
. ing Of DR.. W. H. Wilson cleared away,
the police today expect TO arrest the
man who sent the criminal operator on
women the bottle Of deadly ale which
killed him The slayer is said TO be
a millionaire high in society.
Frederick Buchanan, an express com
pany emplOye, and the man who made
the rubber stamp with which a red -
was put on the false letterhead OF a
brewing company, the use OF which
caused Wilson 10 drink the deaIy cyan
ide, agree III their description OF the
slayer.
This is the man whose name the police
know and upon whose track they are
now close. He IS the man suspected
from the first IN no single detail does
tie description furnished by Buchanan
differ from that Of the man whose name
was found in the physicians record
books beside that of a relative who died
after an operation performed by wilson
Gives Names of Women
Mrs Wilson. wife OF the poison vic
tim, who has undergone a severe ques-
10 have given that official a book full
Of the names Of society women Of Phil
adelphia and New York who submitted
70 the practices of the dead man This
book, it is said, will be destroyed at
the conclusion Of the present investiga-
ton.
The two women whose arrest was eX-
pected as accompIices Of the poisoner
49, IL
ent. They are being kept under surveil-
lance and viii be arrested just as soon
as the detectives think they have suf-
fcient evidence to warrant arresting the
principal suspect.
Finds Expressman-
Detective Paul made the important
discovery Of the express office from
which the poisoned ale was shipped 20
DR.. wilson's home. The pofsoner en-
tered the office Of the Philadelphia
Local Express Company, at lis North
Thirteenth street. early on Tuesday
morning a week ago He handed the
package containing the poisoned ale 70
Buckman and paid . cents for having
# delivered at DR.. Wilson's home The
books Of the express company show that
Mrs. Wilson receipted for the package.
Fully as important as the discovery
Of the expressman was the discovery
Of a stamp manufacturer from whom
the man purchased the rubber stamp
with which he marked both top corners
OF his decoy letter. The dealer gives a
description OF the purchaser which cor
responds both with the description given
b. the eXpressman and with the de-
scription of the suspected husband.
The stamp dealer was located with
much difficulty by tho police. but when
the detectives came TO the right place
the man readily identified the two rcd
letters IS on the decoy letter as hav-
ing been made with rubber stamp
Typewriter Not Ordinary Sort.
A peculiar feature OF the typewrlting
is that several letters are so very much
larger than the rest that the letter must
either have been written on two tyne
writer's or on n certain style OF German
typewriter which enables the operator
TO change his type from small to larger
without much trouble. The large let
tiers are larger than any letters in or
binary U5e on any make Of American
machine. and may prove still another
strong link for connecting the suspected
man with the murder OF DR.. Wilson.
The suspect IS described as a man
VINO IS signify uuDdlanceQ-a mOnOnla-
mac. He is supposed 20 have brooded
over his grievance against DR.. Wilson
for a long time. and 10 have planned
long in advance TO wreak venEeance
on the physician
The police evidently are worried by
the letters from Bristol and Boston.
The Bristol letter was dated June q
and the Boston letter June o. They
must have been written by the same
man, as the writer OF the Boston letter
says:
This is in further confirmation Of my
Bristol letter. which proves that the
writer had knowledge Of the letter mail
ed two days earlier TO the coroner from
BRISTOL
Letter From murderer.
1T is no use hunting for DR.. Wilson's
murderer" says the Boston letter. by
the time you find out my name I will
be out Of the country. You need not
try to locate the printer who printed
the letterheads 1 used in the letter.
printed them myself. I am a former
printer. I want you TO know though
that the murder was not committed for
robbery I had nothing to do with the
disappearance Of the diamond pin.
killed him only because he killed my
wife"
a comparison between these typevrit-
ten letters and the typeWritinG in the
decoy letter sent to Dr.. Wilson before
he received the poisoned ale, has raised
the suspicion in thu detectives minds
that all the letters were written by the