Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-09-18
THOMPSON CASE
Full Report of the Proceedings in the
Affair.
The Commissioner Reserves MS
Decision and mir. Th0mp ;an IS
Released on SIC, 0U0.
Bonds.

A. we informed our readers on yester-
dav. Waddy Thompson was re-arrested
Immediately on being released n ~rlt
of habeas corpus b~ySJudge H.. ;; Lee OF
onr Law court. The writ upon which the
| defendant was arrested was issued by
| Isaac Morrison, United States Conmis-
sioner for the District Of West Tennessee,
and is as follows;
State of Tennessee, Shelby County:
The President OF the United states 10 the
Marshal of West Tennessee, greetings.
WHEREAS, Complaint has been made
on oath by Thomas J.. kinsella, before ID.
Urbana. United States COMMISSIONS for
the District of Louisiana, that Waddy
Thompson did, on the first day OF Aprll,
lsjg. and on divers other DAYS before and
since that day, violate Section 80 OF act OF
ID March, 1867; in this, that he, sald
Thompson, at New Orleans between LIST
October, 1865, and LIST April, 1863, conspire
with one Perry Fuller and Others 10 de-
fraud the United States by fraudulently
removing, or by aiding or aDeiUng IN
| ~fraudulently removing certain goods,
wares and merchandise from a certain pri-
vate bonded warehouse, contrary 10 the
| form of the statute of the United states
in such eases made and provided, and
against the peace and dignity ofthe same.
These are therefore to command you, IN
the name and by the authority of the
United States, to take the body of the
said Waddy Thompson, if TO be found
within yGaT District, and forthwith To
bring him before meto answer said charge
and be dealt with a. the law directs.
Given under my hand and official
seal, this 2}d day Of August in tbs
Il. 81 year of u Lord, 1859, and OF the
independence of the United states
ISAAC MORRISON,
L. s. Commissioner.
Which writ was.endorsed as follows!
Executed by arresting the sald addy
/ THOMPSON and taking him before Isaac
Morrison. L. 5. Commissioner, for exam
nation. This 18th day of September,
1850 NJ, 7. RYDER,
DEPUTY L. :. Marshall
The affidavit of Thomas J. Kinsella, re
ferred 70 in the above writ, IS a. folloWs:
Thomas J. kinsella, being duly sworn
on his oath. states that he is at this time,
and has been since October LIST, l-08, a sPe-
cial agent ofthe Treasury Department OF
the United States. and as such has been
engaged in the investigation Of frauds
committed on the reyenues OF SAID United
States, and hat ne nas good reason to be-
lieve, and does belieye, that beFfg ruler
and Waddy Thompson, at the EaStern |
District of Louisiana, heretofore to Wit
1 on the drst day of November, A. D. 1865,
together with certain other persons, rs
NFHhA1N 49, - /
vet 10 said afiant unknown, did unlaw-
fuUx cotntiHe. confederate and eOnspire
together to deiraHQ tse said United States
BY fraudulently removing #aFepoused
goods from a public or pllyate 4Dnfea
warehouse ofthe United States, SAID goods /
having been heretofore imported into the
United States from a foreign country, and
sHbieer K dgtiss imposed by laws Of said
United States, and SAD dHties being then
and there unpaid, and that, in R~Jlgf9ase !
of said conspiracy, and To effect the OBJ
iects thereby, the said Perry Fuiler ana
Waddy Thompson afterwards, to-st on
the 9th dav of March, A. D. 1863, did an
lawfully and fraudulently remove from
bonded warehouse No. 2, class 8, at the
port Of New Orleans, and SAID Eastern
District of LOHisiaaS, ave hundred sacks
of coffee heretofore W~arenoeseA llffrfln
for said United States, said cefiee hay4ag 1
been imported from a foreign country, |
and then and there subject to duties, and
said duties being at the time OF said re-
moyal neither geld nor secured TO be paid,
contrary to TIE form ~ The statute of the
said United states IN such case Etgde and
provided, and against their peace ana
dignity. Il
Andatiant further states thai lie has good
reason TO believe, and does believe, That
AT said Eastern District of Louisiana. and
ou he 9Th day0f February, ls69, said Perry
Fuller and Waddy Thompson did nnlaw-
fully. fFaaduleBtly and felOniOuslY re-
move from the warehouse of one lsuaG
Wood, a duly constituted warehouse IN
der the laws Of the United states, 500
sacks of coffee, said QGtfee having there
fore been imported in the said United
states from a foreign country and
subject to duties Imposed thereon
by law, w-arehOused under the laws
Of the said United States, and de-
posted ia SAID warehouse in conformity
with said laws, and SAID duties being at
the time of said fraudulent Withdrawal
nither paid nor legally secured TO be paid,
contrary 10 the form Of statutes Of the
vided, and against their peace u dignity.
And afiant further states that be has
good reason to believe, and does believe, |
that at said Eastern District of Louisiana,
and on the Ist of November, 1868, said
Perry Fuller and Waddy Thompson, to-
gether with certain other evil disposed
persons, did unlawfuIly combine, confed-
crate and conspire, fFaQdulently and un-
lawfully, goods, coffee and pepper,
and which had been, and were
thereafter 10 be imported iutO said
United States from foreign coun-
tries, and subject TO duties under the
Iawsof the United States. and then and
duly w~arehoused and TO be
w~arehoused in the public or private
bonded warehouses established at the
said port of New Orleans under the laws
Of the said United States established
in of said laws, TO remove from
said warehouses. without payment or Sc
curity for said duties, but with intent TO
the United States out Of said
imposed duties on said goods;
and that in pursuance of said conspiracy.
confederation and agreement, the said
Perry Fuller and Waddy Thompson, to
affect the object thereof did, from the LIST
OF December, ls6S, TO the lst of April,
1869, continuously and from time to time.
and fraudulcntly, bV means of
false certificates, fraudulent bonds, Illegal
documents and records, remove great
quantities of sugar and pepper from said
warehouses. without being duty paid or
duties received, pretending to ship them
TO various ports of the United States, to-
Brownsville, Texas, and Louisville,
XIV. and -. Louis, No, but in fact send
ing them to 81. Louis, Mo-, and there
them and aPpropriating the pro-
ceeds, and not paying or intending 10 pay
the duties due said United States, and
with intent TO dcfrand said United States.
and bv so doing did defraud said United
out of large suns of money, the
exact amount to this aihant unknown; {
TO the statutes of the United
States in such case made and provided, 4
against their peace and dignity.
THOS. J. kLNSELLA.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day Of September, 1859.
LUClEN EATON,
United States Commissioner.
At II o'clock a. N. yesterday. the parties
appeared before u. 5. COMMISSIONS Nor i
ison, when Mr.. Thompson, through his !
Messrs. j. A. Anderson and Z
zen. Humes, plead an affidavit for contin-
ianceas follows: j
The United States vs. Waddy Thompson. {
In this case Waddy Thompson makes {
,ath that he cannot go safely to trial with
the presence before the Commissioner {
# Thomas j. Kinsella and r.. S. SprOule, }
whose affidavit the warrant has been
ound in this case, and-afiant will prove
~ kinsella himself hat be has no knowl- n
,dge nor information of this defendants +
commission of the Ofiense with which he /;
5 charged in this warrant. Affiant will .
by Kinsella that he, Kinsella, was
n the city Of Washington, or some other
)lace hundreds Of miles distant from the
state of Louisiana and city of New Or
at the dates of the various offenses
to have been committed in the 4
and affidavit, and that he, Kin y
ella, bad, and has now, no personal a
knowledge OF the subject ofthese ofenses $
whatever, and his only informant, r. S. L