The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-04-29
THE KENTUCKY TRAGEDY.
MRS. THOMPSON SAYS HER Husband
KILLED AN INNOCENT MAN.


MRS THONpSON sAYs HER HUSBhND
KILLED an INNOCENT NAN
Mis- BuekNer Describes the Scene Ia the
Hotel IN Cs"csan"ti-The Msnsster At Ds.
yss FaserM AYERS shss eso Desd Mss
"ro"ses ~" OAe-"s~Ss'sS Tor Iso~psss
HARRoDsBuRa, April S.-The interest In
tho Thompson Davis killing Of yesterday has
grown rather than abated In intensity this
morning. In an interview with Sun reporter
Mrs. Robinson, the mother Of Mrs. W. II. Davis.
sad: Mrs. Davis knew nothing OF the cause
Of tho killing until l told her last night. She
Is now almost distracted. and / think will die
OF the shock. We know that Walter was limo
cent, and hope the press will be charitable
until we can have the case investigated.
Thompsons wife told mo this morning that
Thompson had slain an innocent man. that
o,,,% @ Ton s.a. h", anu .n". smo
wou'u say peiore henVeh that there never was
Amy Amy Other relation them She says S
sa,ra n.,,mo ,,,,,in.,in. ona 49, "a an
e".no crlno 'hp',cA'lhk one nun anu an,
nn'm o, "e, Hn" '"' Blu mas ''''e'S u lib
Igivo those facts az got them. second handed.
Mrs. Thompson wrote note to Philip Thomp-
son. tho father Of her husband. P. B. 7homp-
replied that under tho clroumstaneos ho
Issw Miss Bacinsr 't this a'l morning sh. is
, ,.i, cousin Of rnomIson. and Is worry oe"uu
lu' womah' year ago she was connected with
concert OF opera singers in Boston. She is
ne, now ware. rssiden. Of Cincinnati. TWAS she who
informed Thompson Of tho facts that resulted
nunr''d and on,v snnI, in camera, ,srms az
.n,t =. .,,ha,"ns, IT," ,h,, ,.s. Hs',A.~ CIV Inv
gresham Thompson and his wife went to Gin
cinnati and sent for her to sun with them at
the Burno. Thompson .hon asked her to stay
evening She declined N but invited H !" M s%ss
and to this Mrs. Thompson agreed The next
morning while shopping. they met Mr.. Davis
At Fourth and hace streets. Ho addressed
cali. Alter her return 70 the hotel she left Il
$sadsshs; MA On her return a., found Mrs:
hsr. Ibis was in the afternoon. Al 5 o'clock
mr. ou avs aaaSs hS whs ss q
ner protested. Al " o'clock Mrs THOMPSON
returhea. As sne cntered the door she iell.
as xsS H nndp
They had the 81 Nich2i ia brand: She said they
had d been to the e., 81; Nicholas. and that Davis
Wis 9s @ SfSi SUI vS
she retired. and was SxaEsnsd from = heavy
sleep by the Voice OF Mrs, Roth, the wife OF the
and the %srs ere sHSl Ms
Thompson: WHO was 70 drunk that she could
eS sSe sns
drunk: and had shown herself il that G condition
| In the hotel. put never mentioned Davis's
name, ana InAt Ino urbt
s son received was S from ON NE wife who visited
%9s @% MT ssis
day he came to her room and demanded all
f.s S1a she .Sa snbt Years
moved to Louisville. where Tomlinson etsaged
Yood Bowman. During TomlinsSn's absence
hsd
linson brought snit for divorce charging aban;
allowed. and Mrs. Tomlinson assumed her
-Davis's friepds, say that Miss Buckner and
Sna hass hsr
vowed her ruin. and they add that she instI.
wife, it is said. makes these charges.
Davies funeral services we're performed to-
present. He was both an Odd Fellow and a
Knight OF Honor. and the two lodges were
present IN full reYalia., The services were per-
Mr.. Clay. In tho sermon Mr.; Young omitted
s roierenee to ths cause Of death and spoke spoke
the dead man rs he had loved few men: that
thorc were many Christians outside OF the
Church and that DAVIS US, h a lived an upright
Tho wife boro the ordeal better than was OK,
pected hut she and her sister law tainted a!
| tho grave. Mrs.. Thompson. am told. was al
the funeral. She was certainly at the house
shortly before ana alter: She 10 vehement IN
her prOtastati IONS Of the INNOCENCE ~ both her
self and Davis. Bhe said: II will die pro,
KILLED rathef man Door MnIterr Sne says INA
years that she has cried until the fountain O