Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-04
Il MEMPHIS DAILY APPEAI-FRIDAY. 1883.

MPHIS DAHL
down TO breakfast sbout or 10 O'Clock, ana when
1 returned to my room Mrs. Roth asked me if !
saw anything wrong vi Mrs ThomPson, and
seemed annoyed 1 said NO hoping she did not
know how drunk MOllie was. Mrs Roth .hen
said; Mrs Thompson was very drunk. and had
brought the Information to Mr.. Roth. ami that he
wss very indignant and threatened 70 have them
both put out Immediately. begged with Mr..
Roth, my husband, not TO turn them out, and he
consented, but said they never should cone back
70 his hotel" Mrs. Roth, continued Miss Buck
neT. said she heard the couple talking in room
" AitsiWsfd DAVIS put her oat OF the
Mrs Roth's room and asked for my room. After
this thought 1t was my duty 10 wTlle 10 cousin
Phi, but only told him OF the drinking part OF
the affair, telling him That he ought TO come and
take care OF ms .ifs or have her with him. The
day after the occurrence / wrote TO NOllie, tell
ing her 1 mad written TO Phil Poll wrote 70
me, saying: Jessie, must know all about this
affair. Write me fun part culaTs-" Wrote back
that had said ali cared 70 bout the mater and
ne never wrote 10 me alterwsrd In the meantime
Molie went On 10 Washington to see Phil a.
admitted learn, that she was at the t1eater with
Dav s, and took some wine but denied the rest of
the charges. / never saw cousin Phil until he
reached Cincinnati, last Tueeday, when l told
miseIabl 10 king uortal ever saw. he went 70
the 1. Cia1r, think, and investigated Tor himself
was Stopping then q the Gibson House. came
over here on my way 10 zee nay nephew at college
in Martin county when this occurred have not
the conspicuous part am compelled 10 take In this
DO you think Mrs. Thompson was virtuous
woman prior TO the Cincinnati circumstance"
asked the COuTier-JOUrRai man.
Il do" Miss Buekner rep. led; and she was one
OF the best-hearIed women ever knew, but would
take too much liquor occasionally. She has been
| quite an invalid for some time. Walter Davis
have known for years in the Eindliest way he
| was one of The eioomsnen when 1 married, ana
his wife then Miss Herring was one of my attend
ans; o you see in what relation / stood 10 them
l understood Walter Davis left the hotel in Gin
| Glnnau after his trg8chery to N 5. Thompson be-
| fore breakfast. did not see him, no ever"
Mrs. thompson has scarcely slept or ate since
the shooting, but appeared calm tC- lay, and re-
lated her side OF story clearly end deliberately
MRS. THOMPSoN'S STATEMENT
Nra. Thompson, he wife Of the slayer Of
| Davis and whose alleged indiscretion mas
occssioned all this misery and crime, says
| that
| This trouble has all been brought about by Jes-
| sic Buekner to ruin me ana TO separate Walter
Davis and his wife. Jessie Buckner hates Mrs Da-
Wis because she refused TO speak to her after the
Louisvi lie scandal. They had been the mot init
mate friends before that. will swear that Walter
Davis was an innocent man OF the crime charged
| against him. walked with him in the afternoon,
and we did take gless OF wine aad some oysters.
but did not return to the hotel intoxlca ed, nor
with bottles of champagne. We drank some
| champagne in Miss Bnekaer's room before we
started and after supper went to the theater with
walter as he was my husbands COUSIN and had
always been our best friend asked Jessie 10 go
was over l never wcnt TO his room.
| but left him in the hall l was not drunk,
| nor was I mistreated in any way by him. If
| he were alive, he would Vindlcate me; but the
only witness l have lies in yonder graveyard.
Child in this town l have lived in the Ihompson
family for sixteen years ASK them II ever before
| being confirmed drunkard, 1 deny that have
suffered intense agony for years from i'll health,
/ and nave taken whisky, and sometimes too much
| of it to alleviate pin and to give me strength.
Go ask DR.. Price. one of the most upright ana en-
troubles God knows this Is hard to bear-doubiy
| so on my chidren's account wish Phil had snot
/ me instead Of Walter Davis, VINO never sla hiia
harm in his life. loved my husband, ana as soon
| "a / heard that awful lie went lmmediateiy 70
| Washington TO see him. He told me he would
never live with me Agaia, when was asserting IN =
| innocence, and praying tor my chiidren's sake
| wrote him a note when he reached nome last
| week asking him to see about our ehildren, but
he paid no attention to it He is the iathRr o. my
| children, and would do him no harm, although
| be has wronged me upon the word Of an outcast
woman. ais family have been kind TO
Walter Davis was killed. Phil's, fata-
| me. They have known me best for sixteen years,
when a trusting girl pride went to live beneath
their roof. Miss Buckner has not been near me,
| and should she come would try 10 kill her. 1t Is
| true that il has been all 1 cult do 10 keep my
son from staying her, although he is but fifteen
| yeaTs old, Jessie BucknEr mas ruined me, end
| broken the heart Of Walter Davis wife She
| threatened this long ago, and can prove 1t Sac
| sent me VOID, after my return through Cincinnati
from Washington, that would -suuer Tor not all
or FIVE iy hotels ia Cincinnati. am td she il
| uespera e aud alb ,ndoned woman. ana boasts that
| she eusnaIe any man- " hat she wanted 70
ruin me for cannot see, unless II was TO come De-
Thers are two statements male by the lady
which the facts contradict: First, mat she was
| noJ drunk; but then that Is Il common hAlluclna-
ton Of people who get drunk; ana, secondly IN I
she was no. IN DaYis's room; being drunk, IL Is
not likely that she Sould recollect where she was
OTHER STATEMENTS.
Turner Fisher, partner of Walter Davis in the
grocery business at H4rrodsburs, says: II had a
with regard to the aTlir. He SAID, Turner, you
| know 1 would have no object In telling you a lie
about this thing ana 4 VII swear 70 you tnSL
a talk with Little Phil he could conyincs him be-
| yond the shadow OF a doubt that TINS was all a
Connected lie against him, errlEg to MS al eyed
criminal intimacy with Mrs; Thompson. told
| him that / Thought 1t was due Ms. Thorn son
mat iTnrmeq. YOU know that the Thompsons have
never accused me. Old Phil Thompson has been
been just as friendly and pleasant with me ss hs
that he has said that he did not pe
iieye word of the report John
B. Thompson, young Phil's brother, has also beea
| friendly with me. He has kept coming 10 the
| store aud has advised with us about our ousi
| ness Davis also said: Little Phil has neyel
moved his &C cunt from our store. All the grOce
charged 70 Little PHIL Davis went on to say tina
\ every thing went TO show that the Thompson lam
lily did not believe the story. He said it was rath
er delicate subject 10 approach man on, but a
| he had never been accused. and the family re
| mained friendly to him, he had no reason to thinl
| that they believed the rumUr. He sad that hi
/ | wife had never heard of the report. l told hiu
t that he bad better tell her: that somebody IN gh
, put il in di fferent light He said he could con
| vince his wife, as well as Phil Thomp,on, that h
was innocent He also said that he did not be
! lieve the report caused the separation OF Phi
, Thompson and his wife
Cri tenden Davis, the celebrated horseman,
brother OF the dead man. swears stouty to the in
| uocence of his brother. He says he does not thin
his brother would have treated a common prosri
} | tuteas he is alleged 10 have treated Mrs. ThomI
| son. Mrs. Thompson is now living with he
3 | mother next door to the deserted home OF Lirl
t Phil Tnomp son, who is residing with his brother
Ito sum the matter up this sad tragedy is be ieve
to be the culmipRtion of the threat of Miss Bucl
l | ner, who is a divorced woman she having bee
e | the wife of Will Tom inson, that she would ge
/ even with Mrs. Davis for not recognizing her o
| account of her reputation.