He played all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as a catcher.

After retiring from baseball, Wilson became involved in petty crime, eventually being charged in 1909 with forging postal money orders.

[1] On May 9, 1924, Wilson's bloodied body was found in a St Paul, Minnesota ice-cream parlour by police after an anonymous phone call.

[1][2] Police believed that Wilson had been murdered over a dispute regarding the distribution of illegal moneys from a crime.

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