The New York herald., 1875-12-19

had seen IN bermuda came 10 study where I had
seen him before and fixed IL Bermuda
THOMPSON AT VIENNA
! ia Vienna two years ago AZ the Exhbk
tion who looked very much like the man I was
sitting At the restaurant In front OF the American De-
partment l saw the same the Exhibition
think II was Ihe man ! met In Bermuda He was
dressed n Scotch goods did not wear high hat ne
did not have full beard. He had certainly, chin.
whiskers and mustache, and. II any beard on tho
sides, II was short
the man he knew at Bermuda with the man Thompson,
or Thomassen, Of Bremerhaven Perhaps the facts he
narrates viii give clew to other parties for the den
ncation OF the guilty person
THE GOOD PEOPLE or RICHMOND SUSPECT
THOMPSON or BEING FoRMKR RESIDENT or
THEIR crTY-How HE swINDLED INSURANCE.
COMPANIES AND PLED-wAs CHARLEY ROSS
WITH HIN?
RICHMOND, Dec Is, 1s7A
There is a suspicion here this evening that the man.
William King Thompson alias Thomasson OF Mosei
ploson notorety and one Henry Thomas who recently
carried on business In this city, and the same
person. and this is strengthened by the fact that tho
latter named individual was sort Of o chemist
Thomas came here about June or July, lS74, nrst
renting house in suburban portion OF the city, but
aiterward, In the month OF October, the fine store
on Main street. No. l,4o7, where he established tho
'Canton Oil Color works"a trade mark to which he
girls put up his colors in bottles which subsequently
turned out TO be nothing than eolored water,
which he called
'.ASALrNE pYssn
These bottles wero beautifully labelled packed In
handsome pasteboard boxes and repacked larger
the finest style. He effected insurance his
stock, which he claimed TO be worth $4,000 in four
companies for $4,000 in each producing In
voices at the time for $50, 900 worth OF
goods, purporting TO have been purchased by
him Nearly all Of these invoices afterward turned out
TO be forgeres, the bill heads of which were printed in
this city About the hour of eleven O'Clock ip tho
morning OF q day in April last hre broke out ~ tho
very room the girls at work in. Owing to the
combustible nature of the material and the quantity Of
infammable matter in the room, the flames spread rap
idly, and, while the house was saved by the fire do
partmenh Thomas property was partially destroyed
Two Of the insurance companies settled with
stances Of the FIRE and succeeded securing
information which caused Thomas to decamp
mysterously and he has never been heard of since
His stock which left here for less than 5000
but portion had been shipped 20 Cincinnati to lcti-
cinnati called for, but that sent 70 Baltimore
claimed.
A PEscHAST FOR INPERNAL CHEMICALS
Thomas has since been regarded here a swindler,
and he called himself analytical and synthetical
chemist" and had decided penchant for doing
insurance companies the idea has struck several people
that he possibly be the dynamite end ofthe Mosel
He first claimed TO be Englishman, then native Of
Frederick, Nd but could give no good business
reference in that State He admitted that he had been
In nearly every city in the United States with the
cepton OF Cincinnati which Tact led parties here 10
believe he did really from the latter city, but that
he was prudent enough 10 conceal it, He had with him
while here a handsome young woman, who lived with
him as his wife, and q boy that many believed was
Charley Ross
DESCRIPTION
This Henry Thomas looked to be about forty-hve
years of age and four feet and five six inches in
height, with decided stoop at the shoulders. His
eyes we're black but had furtve nervous look.
His complexion somewhat dark and smutty, his
beard full but ragged and shaggy; his upper lip heavy,
his head bald the top and his whole appearance
generally souchy and squad In the opinion OF the few
who knew him here he was just the of to do
anything desperate for the purpose OF making money,
and the remarkable similarity in the published report OF
the character OF the Bremerhaven and that of
the who here to justify the belief that
they may have been one and the same person.