Biography
Horace was a Trenton Six defendant. Acquitted on retrial 1951.
The April 25, 1951 National Guardian reports police testimony that officers arrested Ralph Cooper and Horace Wilson without warrants or complaints. The article does not give an exact arrest day. It identifies Ralph J. Smalley as the judge at the 1951 retrial, distinct from the original 1948 proceeding. Contemporary report, page 4.
William A. Reuben’s April 4, 1951 National Guardian retrial report attributes an individual arrest chronology to the police witnesses: Wilson was arrested at dawn on February 7, 1948 in Robbinsville, alongside Ralph Cooper. The report expressly says Wilson never signed a confession. This chronology differs from the previously recorded common February 10 date; the conflicting reports are preserved here without changing the case date or calculating a new custody total. The account reports disputed police testimony about the statements, not an independent finding that the confessions were voluntary or true. Contemporary retrial report, printed page 8.
