New-York tribune., 1918-06-14

in the Emersonian potentialities, and
he wrote Mr.. Hanson numerous letters
to this effect, letters which were in
troduced and read yesterday.
At length the Philadelphia man re-
sponded with categorical summary of
his reasons for refusing to entertain
Emerson copy. These, he said, were
based in the main upon a derogatory
report that had been sent out by the
American Newspaper Publishers Asso-
citation. from which he quoted at length.
Most Of the objections cited in this
have been many times testified to in
the course of the present trial Toward
the end though was passage contain
ing charges more far-reachinp than any
which have been thus far sworn to on
the stand against the defendant Will
son,
Wilson's Record Reviewed
After speaking Of Wilson's indict-
ment in California, already admitted
by him, in connection with the Cali
fornia Consolidated Oil Company swim
die" this document continued:
"In 1914 he was connected with the
Aetna Investment g. Trust Company,
Glass Advertising Company and the
Shushanna Mine e. Trust Company, Of
Vancouver, B. c., which went out Of
business in debt to many newspapers.
He was next heard of in Seattle, Wash,
as the prime mover in the Ebert Motor
Car Company, organized to produce and
sell runabout car for s295. This COM
pany operated for a short time, gave a
number of worthless checks and went
out of business.
:" In the early part of 1916 Wilson,
under the guise of c. R. Berry & Co..
Inc, 1923 Broadway, New York City,
started stock selling scheme - the
Richard Automobile Manufacturing
Company. Notwithstanding that no
one could locate the office of the COM
pany, nor the factory which it claimed
to have in Cleveland, Ohio, Wilson ad-
vertised the stock wildly, and sold a
great quantity of it. He then quietly
closed up {. r. Berry e. Co.. and so far
as we could learn no cars have been
built, and the stockholders probably
will be soon asking what became of
their money"
The direct testimony. against Wilson
which was given yesterday came from
Postoffice Inspector Nathan Noie,
who interviewed him in March, 1917.
The defence did not object to the entry
of this testimony. Instead, it offered
on its own account, stenographic ac-
count of the interview.
on this occasion Wilson admitted,
the witness said, that the notion of
rivaling Ford in his own field had
originated with him.
"No one else ever dared to do or
did it," he declared "And am sorry
to say" he added at this time, chat
Emerson is not doing it to-day. That
is not my fault or trouble"
He assumed, however, full respon-
sibility for the whole plan"
AS to the stock selling arrange
ments so often testified to already,
Wilson talked freely enough, Inspect
or Noile said. He also told how he
had lent money to Robert P Matches
and established him in Boston, and
admitted that his former Chicago agent
was "now in jail" it was testified
He spoke at length, too, of a row,
Noile said. growing out of publication
by the Emerson people of an unau
thorized letter. that he had had with
the Chatham and Phoenix Bank. as
result OF which many banks subsc
quently refused to have anything to
do with the Emerson account
Certain interests We're undoubted-
ly brought to bear to hurt u.s." was
Wilson's comment. eve made big
mistake. l made q big mistake" he
added.
The court has ruled that Wilson,
who is the first man named in the
indictment under which the present
proceedings are being held, must open
for the defence when they begin their
arguments Monday.