Show I I ADITS HER GUILT LATER RETRACTS Girl Charged With Robberies at Smith College a Puzzle to Police Officers EXPLAINS THE CONFESSION Trinkets Money Pound Found In lii II Her Hr Room Father As Asserts Innocence t te New Neuv e York May Ia 9 Shall 1 I confess con con- fess ess myself myself- a thief who has hag made mado man many friends that I 1 might have victims vie vic urns tims tm Shall I proclaim myself an innocent inno Info c cent nt girl and ant prove that I have be been n enmeshed in a a. skein of circumstances as ua cruel and blighting as was ivas aM ever Cl spun Mun by ly fate Miss If 1 M. M Wilson I Is weighing weigh weIgh- ing lag In the balance Lalance thc these two ques ques- ton louis Whichever el way her he decision turns turn there are arc tho those e acquainted he best t with wih this girl Irl of 21 who will not ad admit ati- ati al- al hilt mit that th the facts In her remarkable case caso admit of oC solution of Ir the lie situation in which she he is If placed has I led Investigators along a path beset by contradictions Th They IU have been brought to a halt hal at l last st In a a. psychological labyrinth GuIle Gillie Wilson lson confessed herself the thO HI m mysterious girl who plied lc h her r thieving among the pretty students o of itt Smith college with wih almost t incredible cunning Then hen she he retracted this the 11 con confession oui- oui 01 fH loll and ani explained plausibly anti lal I logically how circumstances hind had compelled corn com her to make nal It It Secluded Lift Lie in lii New Neut Ym York Miss 1 s Wilson lson has departed from front Northampton 1 Mass a under c cash cashi h hail bail to to appear a before the June grand jur Jury Living In seclusion probably in itt New w York although her hor most niost intimate friends do not know knott her hiding place she she he Is i pondering over the cl decision which i is her life problem Briefly the facts In her case are arc the these e There appeared at t Smith college at atthe atthe atthe the beginning of last falls fall's semester a charming antI and apparently ingenuous girl jirl Her Her face fuco was Cle fresh h colored at attractive nt- nt tret and ant forever dimpling In en engaging en- en Her Wel form forni was gowned In excellent excel lent taste laste Tho The Smith college girls judged that she he came Caine from a ta fatally family t I of refinement lt and of ot comfortable cir ek- She Introduced uce herself a alI as asMIs lI MIs Gilmore M. M 1 Ifon to the registrar regis regis- nur mr of or th the lie cole college e and ant applied for matriculation The rho registrar Immediately Imme Imme- I learned learne that Miss Is' Is Wilson il n rot not rot p prepared her herself elC sufficiently for for entering college Grieved O Ovet oC Failure C er l' l Miss Wilson lson was wa grieved over her failure but Ul announced that she h would remain neat near nea the college e and amI tutor She SIte engaged mote modest t apartmEnt apartments at al 10 West street street In th lh lit fatuity family of or Livermore r C a. a tn tn tKo JI church at Northampton B By her hel engaging en engaging en- en n- n manners mannel'S and girlish charm sho dr drow drou wn n. n circle of oC coll college Q friends about her hel The They Theu have since verified count that she hl gave ga of oC hf herself that herself that fIC-that that her hel father Frank Wilson lson Is a n prominent nent la lawyer I In Sanford York county Me J. J where re th the family residence Is Js one of the prett prettiest st In the time Village late that her mother had lied died leaving Ic her hel property I from froni which she enjoyed a small smal Income in income In- In come con that hat was ns au augmented rented by an al allowance oh- oh lowance front from her hem father She Sue left Jec I home two t o years yom's ago because of ot the unpleasantness UI- UI un- un pleasantness In her hem old home hOtt since her father married a again aln She went to live In I with her hem uncle DI Dr Charles Wilson of 92 2 Albans street let Dorchester l' l Thence S she came cam to Smith college Shortly Shorty after acl college opened th the students complained of losses and acid jw jewelry h The wei an dormitories er o robbed sta steadily l and ami the lie college authorities author author- Iles put forth their best efforts to detect de tie- oct the thief The rho fh hunt lasted for fOl three months and amid detectives confessed themselves beaten Loot in il Apartments 1 Meantime Gillie Wilsons Wilson's Wison's circle of friends was urns enlarging jn She gave ga e theatre theatre thea then tre ire partes and sleigh rides rides Sho pr- pr sided over o little suppers supper in her room with wih captivating grace grac Her entertainments entertain ments mels were wen never le Cl extravagant She lefther loft left lofther lol her hel home one Oil night lust last to at attend at- at ft- ft tend a lane dane ane at Amherst st college Two of ot her girl Irl friends H called at her hel apartment apartment apart apart- ment fluent during her hem hO absence and saw w thieve ui articles tides which had been stolen Atoll n from their rooms rooms They we were nonplus nonplus- ed cd Ch Chief ff of Police G Gilbert I was notified and utah before Miss Ii Wilsons Wilson's return he lie had secured t a I chain of Incriminating e ci e PUr Purses es and amid jewelry which had hitch been stolen trout from college girls w ro round found in iii lieu her apartment A detective arrested her Item on her return homo home and amid conducted conductEd her he heto to Chief Gilberts Gilbert's You are arc under arrest charged with wih grand rand larceny he lw Informed herI her herI I 1 dont don't know what h cen larceny means Miss ls Wilson VIlson Ion replied l She WOI wore th the link 81 silk evening gown and opera cloak in iii which she hail had hal attended the tw lance tiance lieu Her eyes s looked fearlessly I but bitt ut not boll boldly in the ey eyes s of or chief You are arc charged with wih being a I thief he lie said I hI am not lint a thief she slum rejoined wih much tl dignity nl In Have v you ou ever seen this a asked rt as he lie drew an empty Ity Pur purse t front from rom his d desk sk or this or 01 this amid ami all h lie ic- ic exhibited three other purses es an aim al amethyst necklace a gold other othel articles which hud had been heen stolen Each ach tUne time Miss t Wilson Wison nodded without with out omit ou change of expression and stated staled stac correctly the amount the lie sea pin had contained and the hue time the they were sto- sto Jen en She was taken talol to jail mu fn and amid re- re in cell before lieu her two days IttIs a 0 cel father ather arrived and furnished hall bail Slit She said suld after pleading guit guilty in court th that t the sue he had hind made made- the plea Idea on her fathers father's hi he 11 counseling that It If would bethe ho be hohe hotl he the tl bl best t manner o of preventing pub pub- Jub- Jub I I city I SI Snubbed I h by A After her release she returned to her hm apartments and announced that lint he slit 11 would remain at Smith college anti and trove that lint she Was vas the lie victim of or un an out plot But her former Cornier friend her hei Tradesmen men In North North- t who had hat granted tl her credit pressed d her tot for payment Disheartened she summoned a a cot co and departed for 01 New Neus' York Miss lIMs Wilson Wilson- lson Is II not hot poor 1001 1001 The TIme modest with wih which she regaled hl her r 1 friends could have o ha been IH provided the time received from her al- al w h mono money t 31 and from Ironi her hot private income nt he Time total monc money losses loses of f f the thu College ollege ole girls girl iris was le less les than 25 lone None ono of or th the tolen Jewelry had hind been pawned l My 1 daughter Is innocent Is-innocent and and- she sho Wi vill prove e it I says Wilson Vilson i on I |