Arizona republican., 1918-08-09
[, H. WILSON, WHO
 DAZzLED GLENDALE
 MUST STAND TRIAL

At the close of the examination yes- terday of Ernest H. Wilson, charged with defrauding MT. and Mrs. J. L. Cant, of Glendale. ct various sums of money, Justice Wheeler held the de fendant for trial in the sum of s5.oo0 Wilson was arrested at Flagstaff some weeks ago on felony warrant from this county, his bail having been fixed by Justice De Souza at S2600. A i,,s- tice of the peace at Flagstaff mex plicably reduced the bail to $500 and Wilson found sureties in that amount He immediately left the country. but was located at Kingman some time after and was taken into custody. No testimony was offered in behalf of the defendant yesterday.
 From the evidence brought out yes terday, Wilson went 10 Glendale and stopped at the hotel there. kept by Mir and Mrs. Cant Later, his wife joined him. He represented himself to be 8 man of great wealth, the owner of mortgages on property in Portland. Ore, to the amount of s4s3. 900: he had sS0,000 invested in timber lands of the Northwest, and he asked the advice of his Glendale friends regarding the ad- visibility of selling it to syndicate that wanted it, to be paid for at the rate of $1,o00 month; he also had s900o0 in bank that had suspended but he expected to receive at least ninety cents on the dollar.
 He also was major in the army and expected soon to be called into active service, In fact, the government all ready had sought his aid by asking his opinion regarding the location of a cantonment in the vicinity of Peoria. It would not be located there, he told his Glendale friends. He was soon go- ing to Flagstaff where he felt quite sure the location Would be made
 Soon after settling in the hotel at Glendale, according to the evidence, he mentioned quite casually that he was the owner of a valuable mine in the Turkey Creek country. It was only a bagatelle of his varied interests. but he thought it was worth foolfng with. He offered Mrs. Cant 10000 shares of stock. She did not want to buy it. Wilson did not expect her to pay for them; it was to be paid for out oi the dividends of the property. He made out some sort of an assignment to her, though it did not specify the value of 1 the stock.
 One night Wilson excitedIy reported to MT. Cant that his room had been burglarized, and hurried search was made. but in vain, for the burglar. It was nothing. however, to get excited about. Nothing had been taken but some drafts aggregating S1200 and SSC in real cash. Payments of the drafts could be stopped, but the $S0 was all 1 Ia. l.e t.s. 1,s 5 | it was little awkward for a man SC used to money as was Mir. Wilson to be without it. Perhaps Mir. .Gant could ac- commodate him with small loan. say of s100. until he could get into com munication with one of his variou. sources of supply. MT. Cant gladly | did so. for Wilson had been accepted at face value.
 In order to get s100 it was necessary for Mir. Cant to come to the bank. Will son accompanied him. That is where he made mistake. for meeting Presi- dent McClung. in company with Mir Cant, he related the story of the bur glary and said in a careless. off hant way that the amount of the lost draft. was SIP 900. The germ of suspicion wa thereby implanted in Mir. Cant. ant everybody knows how bacilli multiply
 In a very little while a whole raf of thingst of which MT. and Mrs. Gan had not thought. came to mind; smal sums of money they had advance' Wilson from time to time; the long unpaid board and lodging bills of him self and wife: laundry bills, telephon' bills and great variety of bills. Al accounting was soon suggested by Mir and Mrs Cant and 1t was then tha
 Wilson suggested that the somethin. like s1.s00 they claimed he owed them should apply on the s2.000 worth 0 mining stock Another witness. by tn
 way. stated that Wilson had offered l.
 sell similar block of stock for S1ot
 Another witness. Mrs. Isabel Iaegei was called to give corroborative testi
 mony regarding the pretensions 0
 Wilson. She had no talk with hin
 but she had overheard conversatio , between her husband and Wilson. Tn
 former was speaking regretfully of tn necessity of man of such varied an
 extensive property interests as Majo
 Wilson entering the service of tn
 country. The major himself thought
 was something of sacrifice. but sacri
 fees are owing the country. But h
 said that his wife was very goo