Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-17
wADoY THOMPSON
His Arrest, COmmittaI, Release, and
Re-arrest.
A Case of Absorbing inter t, In
VOlviHg Big" Money.

On Wednesday morning the pub
lie were notified through the tele-
graohic columns Of the APPEAL
that Waddy Thompson, formerly OF
this city, had been arrested in st. Louis,
in comnanv with Perry Fuller. formerly
Collector Of the Port under Rawlins at
New Orleans) charged with being an ac-
complice Of his in certain revenue frauds
perpetrated in New Orleans. Both parties
waived an examination at the time, and
were ordered by the Commissioner before
whom they were carried to be sent 10
New Orleans.
Thompson and his friend, sharp as
briars. knowing that a Commissioner had
no right to remand a prisoner from one
State to another, kept their peace at st.
Louis, but telegraphed 20 Gen. w. Y. c..
he, going before Judge Harry Lee yester-
day, got out a writ of habeas corpus,
which was served on the parties having
him in charge at Jackson, on h Mobile
and Ohio railroad, yesterday.
The writ was Obsyed and Mr.. Thomp-
son produced before Judge Lee during
the afternoon. The law was clear
on the Casa Commissioner hav-
ing no right to send a prisoner
from one State to another-and Thomson
was discharged. The United States au-
thorities, however, were % asleep, and
they meanwhile had gotten cut, through
Commissioner Morrison, a warrant for
the detention of Mr.. Thompson on the
ground that he, along with 7. J. Kinsella
and d. Crbana, had conspired with Perry
Fuller to violate the 30th section of article
ID, of March, 1907, and Illegally remove
goods from the United States bonded
warehouse in New Orleans.
Mr.. Thompson was held for further eX-
animation this morning, being allowed
bail meanwhile.
From the st. Louis Democrat of Wednes-
day we copy the following in regard to
4 this case:
Gen. Waddy Thompson was a politician
of considerable note some years ago.. He
was Minister to Mexico, and wrote an in
teresting history of that country. be Is
not the Waddy Thompson whose name
heads this article. He may have been the
father of this Waddy, or his uncle, or
| elder brother, or cousin, or something OF
the sort. Be that as il may, the Waddy
Thompson of the caption came to St.
Louis a day or two 2 with Perry Fuller,
late collector Of customs at New Orleans.
Fuller had a lot of goods here which the
Sheriff had attached. and his object was
% get possession of them by repleyin.
Thus far he has not succeeded in getting
hold of the goods. On the contrary he
I has been taken hold Ofhimself, and so has
his friend Waddy, These two men have
been enjoying themselves IN New York
and at the watering places Of the East,
and although il was known all over the
Union that somebody had been engaged in
gigantic frauds on the Government at
New Orleans, but there was no Govern
ment officer bold enough to tackle these
Two men. They had full swing Of the
hotels, and passed from place TO place
spending their money Ike nabObs, and
Iuxuriating on the fat Of The land. When
they came to st. Louis their troubles com-
menced. Gen. Noble had them gobbled
up and sent to New Orleans for trial on
very grave charges,
Before departing for tho sunny South.
IN austody Of the marshal, Waddy Thomp-
son found time to enter suit against sew
eral Of our citizens for a large balance
claimed 10 &c due on a cotton speculation
during the war. It may appear singular
that the prosecution Oftlis claim was so
long DELAYED, The style of suit which was
entered yesterday in the Circuit Court by
Messrs. Green 4 Reese. attorneys, IS
"WaddyThompson VS.. Hudson J.. Bridge
Albert Pierce, Warren L. Hicox and James
L. Laub," The petition states that in
August, 1883. Thompson entered into an
agreement with Jesse Page, John Ainslie,
=. N. Wheaton. E. Mccarthy and VIM.
A. Patterson, for the purchase OF cotton
in Arkansas; that Bridge, ct al, bought
ont Page 4 Co.; that defendants paid
plaintiff SI4, 1913 81, but refused 10 account
for So. 100, which he says was due him.
In another count Thompson says that he
and Wheaton we're engaged in purchasing
cotton for the concern, andthat he bought
Wneaton's interest, oHe-SiXth; that a cey-
tain lot Of cotton shipped by defendants
and insured by them for $4,000, was de-
stroyed by fire, and ne has never received
his share Ofthe money collected from the
insurance company. In the third count
he charges that he was defrauded N Of
49, 00t tust the cotton ofthe concern was
sold al higher prizes than reported 10 him,
and he prays the cOur 10 give him jUdg-
ment for what he claims and fof Is much
more as may be found due him. The
whole amount of Thompson's claim is
about S229, O09-s very nice little sun in
these DAYS, but q mere bSgatelle in the
flush times of cotton specializing doSE in
ATEausas.
In our claw Report tbs reader will
find a clear statement Of the proceedings
had yesterday before Judge Lee. The
case is one of great interest, and will be
carefully reported for the readers of the
APPEAL as it transpires before Commits
sioner Morrison to-day.