The sun., 1912-07-19
COL. WIRELESS WILSON
AGAIN ABOUT TOWN?
Some Places Where lie Isn't Are
Atlanta Prison, Ludlow
and the TOmbs.
SEEN STROLLING ALONE
His Wife at Spring Valley Is
Surprised at Inquiry as
to Where He Is.

president OF the United Wireless Tele-
graph Company. who n year ago last
May was sentenced to three years in
the Federal prison at Atlanta after he
and his associates had been convicted
Of using the malls to defrand. isn't In
the Atlanta prison and he isn't In the
Tombs nor Is he In the Ludlow street
Jail.
In fact the only persons who say
they have run across Wireless Wilson
lately. or since he was brought here
from Atlanta In the spring under
Federal custody TO testify in bank
ruptcy proceedings. are various folk
To the convict while he was having
his shoes shined In lower Broadway. or
visiting office buildings. or out around
the summer home his wife has rented
for the season at Spring Valley. n. Y.
simultaneously with Wilson's arrival
in New York in the custody OF Keeper
{. Z. Shea Of the Atlanta prison early
In the spring Mrs. Wilson, the good
looking stenographer Wilson married
on August 8. 1910. the same day he
was arraigned on charges Of conspiracy
and attempt to defraud. rented from
Edward johnson of Spring Valley a
house for the summer in Ridge avenue
Spring Valley Wilson when he first
arrived In town was taken to the
Tombs. The warden of the Tombs said
yesterday that Wireless Wilson left
there. presumably to give testimony.
on July l and that the Tombs hasn't
seen him since. The warden added that
ne does not know Wilson's Federal
Keeper. Shea, nor where he Is keeping
Wilson. Ludlow street said the same
one day last week man In business
in Wall street was startled to see stroll.
ing along In the financial district a fat
checked person wearing glasses.
That's Col. Wilson, cried the Wall
street man to friend. and they both
looked and wondered as the fat checked
man entered a skyscraper.
Another man whose business In in
the saine region said yesterday that Ia at
Monday or Tuesday he had seen Col.
Wilson at 4: Broadway. where Wilson
once operated. He was accompan MED
by man who didn't impress onlookers
az keeper. Wilson seemed at liberty
to wander about as he pleased
He went to the basement to get a
shine. conversing affably and volubly
! In the meantime. and then decided 20
run up to an upper floor ito see a man
named Allison" A week ago last Sat.
urday. the same informant says. Wilson
also was In the building and talked with
the man who told THE SuN reporter
about It yesterday.
III you 20 out to Spring Valley all
YOU have to do is to ask a hackman nt
the Erie station to "drive out to Col. C.
4. Wilson's house and he does 40
promptly Driver william Osias OF
Spring Valley yesterday didn't hesitate
minute In starting for the Wilson
house. It's a frame cottage set back
on sloping lawn. There isn't even a
fence around II.
Mrs. Wilson. who IL living there with
her baby and her brother. Jacob Lewis,
and Mrs Lewis was playing beautifully
on the piano w THE SuN reporter
called.
"Col Wilson," repeated his wife with
start. "Why-why he isn't here.
don't know where he In. really He
never comes here. you know. don't
know where he Is in New York"
The reporter had Just been informed
by Spring Valley resident that one
day last week Col Wilson had sent
word out to his wife that he was
coming out to see her on an evening
train that day. The next morning
Mrs. Wilson started toward the Erie
station accompanied by man, the
spring Valley resident says, and Mrs,
wilson and her companion came into
New York on the 7:s2 A. NJ. train.
Let me see where Col. Wilson could
pe' murmured Mrs. Wilson in deep
tnouRht tn the reporter yesterday.
Maybe" she cried suddenly as an in.
sp,rauon came to her. maybe he's in
jail. Have you tried the Tombs?"
Nol wilson may be strolling about al
VIII for all United States Marshal Hen.
Kei knows Lawyer Arthur NJ. King
OF ~ Wall street, counsel for Wilson,
said that all he knows about the matter
ls that Wilson Is In the custody OF
Keeper shea. hut that he doesn't know
the present whereabouts Of either. At the
ofnces of Commissioners Gilchrist and
Alexander nothing was known yester.
DAY OF Wilson further than that he had
been on hand last Tuesday at a hear.
ing.
Neighbors around 436 East l41st
street the house from which Mrs Will
sons family moved to their present
home, at 9l2 Kelly street. The Bronx.
say that Mrs. Wilson's young sister
recently has been calling upon old
friends In l4ist street and that In re.
ply to an inquiry she said:
"Oh, everything Is lovely now. NV
sister and Col, Wilson and the baby
are all living together again. They're
In the country"
From Atlanta came word last nisht
from Warden ". H. Meyer OF the Fed
eral prison there that Wilson was in
New York, but the warden didn't give
his address here. The warden said that so
far M the records Of the Atlanta prison
show Wilson never has been paroled.
one man who says he talked with
Wilson during the past few DAYS while
the wireless man was walking around
the financial district with no apparent
restraint says also that recently he has
seen william W. Tompkins. the selling
agent of the wireless outfit who was
sentenced at the same time Wilson was,
and that r. y. Butler. who got a two
years sentence when Wilson and Tomp.
l<ins were sentenced. also has been
around town recentlys