Daily Republican., 1883-05-05
A Consress.nan's Crime.

one of the men was the fatal victim
Well, cases of that kind are heard o
every day, why should this one cans
special comment ? Because the slail
man was killed without Il moment'
warning and the slayer a member o
Congress-is still and possibly will re
main one, sits in the halls of Legislation
and takes part in making laws for th'
nation. Philip b. Thompson is the name
Of This manslayer, but no matter wha
his name he il not the same cool, ca
culating assassin that he has provel
himself to be . But honor, We are flip
panty told by the Kentucky press, wa
involved i'll the murder, and to upholl
This phenomenal plea, the same pres
: making Thomas the chivalric de
fender of honor and virtue. But let u
look at the crime for which Davis wa
slain, and the crime Of which Thomp
son is guilty, and see which is the mos
guilty. Thompson and Davis wer,
bosom friends, both wealthy and intiuen.
tial, and AZ the world goes stood higl
in the social scale.
Thompson married the belle Of the
country-such men most always do
But in course of medical treatment
she had learned to love liquor, and sh,
was often afterwards found under the
influence Of intoXication. Davis all
this time was the fast friend Of tn,
family, and when Thompson started 70,
Washington last fall he took his Wit,
with him as far as Cincinnati, and Da
Wis also went with them, stopping al
that city, while the young, chivalrio
husband went on to the capital of the
nation. Left alone in Cincinnati,
there it is said the beautiful belle wife
was sought out by Davis who, taking
advantage Of her love for Intoxicating
liquors, piled her freely with them and
accomplished her ruin.
II this all br true then Davis was, "A
moral beast that should have been
stunned by decent society, For this
act Thompson, who met Davis in a
train OF cars the other day, without "A
moments warning, whipped out a
pocket pistol and instantly killed the
alleged betrayer Of his wife. The lead
ing papers Of Kentucky applauded the
act The Courier-J ournal, the day af-
ter the shooting, said {" He could
have done no less and should have done
no less" and assured him that he
would "have with him in his dire be
reavement the heart of every man
woman and child in the common
wealth.
But there seems to be another side to
this subject. The wife Of Mr.. Tnomp-
son and the family Of the murdered
man do not seem to have much synpa- .
thy for Thompson in his "lire bereave-
ment.
The wife has quite different story to
tell, and she boldly asserts that 1homp-
son has killed an innocent man, and
the Grand jury Of the County in
which the murder took place and
where the parties all reside, appear o
he SO unSympathetic as to have found a
true bill against Thompson for murder.
The only with ess i'll the charge against
Mrs. Thompson is "a woman who it is
said tried to SuppIant Mrs. Thompson in
the affections of her husband. This
woman wrote ~ Washington and in
formed Thompson of his wifcs iutoXi-
cation ut Cincinnati after he left, but it
did not occur to her at the same time
that il was her duty to inform hlu Of
the guilt Of Davis. The latter she re-
served until April oath, the time the
murder wa committed.
The life If this iuformer i, clouded
with worse scandal than the life Of
Mrs. NuoupsUl-One which separated
her from her husband, and her story
OF Mrs, ThompSon's guilt bears many
evidences Of iIuprobabiiity. Thompson
evidently believed all She told; his
wife says he was nagrr to believe all,
rs hr had been looking around for some
time pasl Tor IN excuse to get rid of her
BE hat a. it may he refused To believe
or listen +" any statement Of his wife
disprrvu- the charges. THIS woman,
tn, lntorn"r, is described by repur-
ter who called to interview her H. fol-
lows
"~ic sir~ in IN easy chair, at. ideal
Of @wIth'rn beauty, dressed il rich
brown walking suit, trimmed with
hrucad". velvet 'O match, and Rus
sian sab. WIN ,U.d,n cresccuta de-
p"nding from Aor ears.
Il, The Dram.mo Mr., Tuomp,ou i, go-
iM- atmud a!.h an ,mIicmcut for mur-
der han@y- aver h.w. II must begin
to rraJiz" riN ho commencement wrong in
this whoDn matte. he oad much
better mad" IA. in,nwsg ga'.o" before he
did the ehoorn- Mrs THOMPSON
may have u,~r guilty or she may not,
At any rate b. -...jt have listened to
her as readily a- IL. the woman who at
first told ou.y a mr If the story Of his
N.fr'- ~ ImrrI .r,.f and t,vr ul,rt Ia.
afterwards to.d lm the other par {.
Now b. will Uu.r, stand trial and
the trHu ol'D vup,o matter VIII J..
laid .oorr O.. rubIir, an. tine
rhiya,um Hou ruJp T.. Thompson
MAJ ,pt omH 10 haurc Of ooailg
through Ihr bars .tJ ftIor , nr0I Instead
If d..l'w.uI ,'qncn hlran&uo- in
ia|'' w lr" trade 10 Cory, ..,,.