Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-12-24

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That Miss Virginia Wardlaw made
! an unsuccessful attempt TO fleece"
him and others In Nashville. Tenn,
/ five years ego. and that her sister,
Mrs. Caroline b. Martin, mother OF.
Ocey Snead, the victim in the East.
Orange, \. j.. bath tub mystery, was
once indicted in New York for tam
psrlng with the mails, escaped On a
plea OF insanity and spent scmetime
in an asylum in Tennessee. WAS the.
statement made yesterday by Rev.
Lloyd 7. WILSON. D. D., pastor OF the,
Newport News Baptist church.
Dr. Wilson made the acquaintance
Of the Wardia% sisters while he WAS
pastor of the EigeGeld Baptist
church. Nashville, and while they
were conducting Soule College. =
Methodist institution as Mulfreesboro,
Tenn. In the summer OF 1904. Bosco-
bel College. Baptist Institution IN
Nashville, was without principal and
the trustees rented the school 10 Miss
Virginia Wardlaw, who was the pTeai-
dent # Soule College. However. the
trustees did not wish that the col
lege should be run in her nsme and
they asked Dr.. Wilson to act as presi-
dent, assuring him beforehand that
mis- duties would be purely nominal as
Miss Wardlaw would be the real head
of the school.
Her Health Broke Down.
Sometime before the school opened
for the session. Miss Wardlaw called.
upon Dr. Wilson and said that it was
necessary that she take a long rest
as her health had broken down. She
produced a Doctors certificate TO that
effect and requested Dr.. Wilson 10 be
present at the opening CT Boscobel
College 10 look after things at the
start until she coaid return. At nrst
| DR. W hson demurrod, but Miss Ward
, law assured him that the teachers
had been engaged and ali ether neces-
sary arrangements had aeen made for
ops ming the school, end that ne would
have no trouble in getting 1t started
on the sessions work. +
Miss Wafdiaw then took her de-
parture from Nashville and DR.. VIII
son has not since seen her. How
ever. at first he thought she would
return and he went ahead in good
faith and opened up the school Soon
after the session started he suspected
something as Miss Wardlaw had en-
ployed more teachers than were neces-
saTy and had PROMISED them very lib
eral salaries.
Real Brain Power of Trio.
When Miss Wardlaw failed T. re-
turn az the time she had promised,
Or. Wilson had a conference with
Mrs. Snead. but refused to have any
dealings With Mss. Martin becarse.
he says, she had been indicted n
New York for tamperins with the
mails and had escaped or a plea OF
insanity. She was then in saHa-
toripm near Nashville and. while Dr.
Wilson did not see her. she sent him
several letters. the subject matter Of
which indicated strongly to him that
she was woman CT very strcng n
teilect. and was the real brain power
of the syndicate Of the sisters.
soon OTTER the school opened Dr.
Wilson received a large number Of
bills for advertising. canvaSsing and
the Ike which bad been contracted ~
q S. Wsrdlaw, The entire amount be-
ing about $l.70c Miss Warclaw mad
advertised the schcol n DR.. Wilson 5 /
name. but bad contracted the bills
On her own account. III. Wiiscn paid
ahcut $50 on til bills and .esUsed 20
pay more.
Sisters Bring Suit
His refusal brought on : contest BE-
tween him aud the sisters. They en-
. TloyCd counsel to push she suit
. against Dr. Wilson. but after muca
negotiations D. wsLf-n succeeded IN
7 &. ;tins them 70 cancci the de1t. lie
I then placed the school u the hands
81 a co-rpe;cnf woman and Il Is sfil
in operation.
IT. Wilson believes that aIss
WaIclaw and Airs. Sneas are unbal-
sGced mentally. but he thi1ks thee
wa a method IN ihe,r madness when
BE- deli With them and nov. His oF-n-
ion Il thai IN al thcsr deallags siih
TIE Bcsc-bci College they were en-
Gcsvcr.ng 70 get some groCad 1p0n
which to sue the trustees o. the col
ge. one q whom vas . ysry rich
man.
csiicc on by ~rs- sncso's Ser.
In thc course 81 bis dealing. with
Tie w-mel D. Wilson was cailcd
p, upou b. a MAJ Who reproscntcd nm
. SELF a. Ms Snead's scn. but D. Goes.
urt know Wheeler o. rof this mln y
IL. an =. IL Eu-....L 81 a.