Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1912 — Married Old Man For Love [ARTICLE]

Married Old Man For Love

Young Bride of Head of United Wireless, 67 Years Old, Says She Did Not Wed for Money. New York.—lt was for love and not for money that pretty 18-year-old Stella Lewis married Christopher Columbus Wilaon, the 67-yeahr-old head of the United Wireless company, she informed United States Commissioner Alexander. Mrs. Wilson, who was married the day her husband was indicted for using the mails to defraud, was a witness In the bankruptcy proceedings to ascertain if Wilson had concealed any of the $1,500,000 he is supposed to have obtained from the sale of United Wireless stock. He is to be brought from Atlanta, where he Is now serving a three years’ sentence, to testify Dec. 22. Mrs. Wilson, who had been a stenographer for the United Wireless, enlightened the commissioner and Saul 8. Myers, attorney for the receiver. as to why she had married, but she did not furnish Information as to whether or not her husband had

any assets lying around that a receiver in bankruptcy could get hold of. According to her testimony It would have been more profitable for her if she bad remained with her note book, pencil and typewriter Instead of marrying a man who, at the time of the wedding, was supposed to be worth millions. The marriage came at the time the government was looking for Miss Lewis to use her as a witness against the Wireless heads at the trial. It is the belief of the creditors of the Wireless company that Wilson has concealed about $750,000. One question of Attorney Myers showed it was his opinion that Wilson, prior to his arrest in the summer of 1910, made a trip to Europe and deposited in banks over there about $450,000. ■ This was news to Mrs Wilson, she said. - * She last saw her busband at Atlanta about three weeks ago. She is now residing with her parents at 605 West 115th street, and said she was subsisting on their bounty, as all the money her husband had given her

since be was taken to prison. $550, had been expended. Mrs. Wilson said the only property her husband had at tile time she married him was a house at Long Beach. He was offered $30,000 fbr it, but ft was assigned to his attorneys in payment of their fees for defending him. She said she believed John B. Stanchfield received $40,000 for conducting Wilson’s defense.