The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-02
A Congressman Kills his Wife's
Paramour.

| terrible stain OF crime aud blood Many
of our readers reniem ser the shocking
slaughter Of three men, in the court
room, at HarroIsburg, Kentucky. 8 te"
wears ago. wherein Philip Thompson,
Senior. Philip Thompson. Junior. aud
John Thompson. fought with pistols
aud knives three Of Their old-time enc
! mics named Davis.-alI or whom mere
killed.
Young Phil Thompson became a
LAWYER. and married Miss Mollie Car
nett. They have several children. Mrs.
T : cousin Walter Davis opened a .r,-
Gerry store in the same town. Thomp-
son participation in the our light
did not prevent his election % Congress
rs 1000 votes, beating a popular Repaid
licau. When the young Congressman
started to Washington he let his wife
nj the 81. Clair Hotel, in Cincinnati.
She Was to return home next dav, but
did not 20 for a long time He was IN
formed BY letters from his cousin, Mss
Burkner. that his wife's disgrace was lie
talk Of the place. Walter DAVIS name
being concerned, the latter prepared 10
leave Harrodsburg. He sold hi, store.
and had boarded the train Tor thitago.
when he accidentally met Thompson.
When the change of cars was made At
the junction, Thompson espic.l Davis "a
the smoking car. He liumed stclN al-
preached him and a scutll rusucd
Davis started ~ he door. a.li solu@
out was about tOstep OF the ,tr. ~heu
Thompson pulled a large revolver. and
firing through the window struck Davis
in the back oi the head. over the ear.
The ball penetrated the skull, and pass
ell out of the forehead over the rig4 {
temple, and Davis fell dead alongside
oil tae smoking car. Thompson thcr
pocnetcd iE> revolver aud at once start
ed on foot Tor home. There were no
police around aud no one made ans at
tempt to deta him. The train da
not wait. but order were gwen to take
tht body OF Davis haek to ia ga..-hur-
Pat \cStcr. u~cNs-1gcat, Ma IA eye
witness OF the terrible maf.,r. lie
stated that when tie svutiic ended
Thompson pulled his reyo.Nyr and
shouted. Nov. C. - You NouN
not take my wIie to Cincinnati ,ain,
and then fired the fatal Shot.
Phil Is. Thompson went To lItrrods-
burg. entered Judge IIar4cH'~ court,
and after making "A full statement oi tie
case was held in 5000 To await [ Z ac-
tipA ct the Grand Jury.
In an interview with = reporter. the
mother of Mrs. ". II. Davis said
~''Thompson's wife teli NE thl- morn
ing that IhnmpSo hut Sam ~ Iuuuc,ni
man, that Waiter had b ga to her a
brother, and that she would say before
heaven that there never v.- efy othci
relati, N between them. Sue says her
husband Ia, repea e.tiv nrca-el hct OF
the same crime, mphcatlp% one man
and another
saw Miss Buckn,r this M rning. She
Is a first cousin OF Thompson aud Is d
very beautiful woman. y ear ago sht
was connected with a company ct rper-
singers ~ Boston She Is bow a Icsi len
of Cincinnati. II wa she who informed
Thomson Of the facts that resulted in
this tragedy. She said, in substance,
that last Decent, Congress man Thomp
son and his wife went To Cincinnati and
sent Tor her to sup with them at The
Burnet. Thompson then asked her TO
stay with her AL night. as he had To 20
on that evening. She declined. hut IN
vlted Mrs. Thompson 10 stay with her
at the St CLAIR, aud to this Mrs 1homp-
son agreed. The next morning. wn. G
shopping, they met Mr. Davis. He adj
dressed them iamlharly and expressed a
desire to cal. Alter hen return to the
MOTEL she let her rooms for some medi
cine, and on her return found Mrs.
Thompson at the piano and Davis sit
ting near her. At 3 0 clock Mrs. Thomp
son expressed her intention OF going out
with DAVIS, against which Miss Buckner
protested. AT 81 O'Clock Mrs Ihomp-
son returned. As she entered the door
she fell, being very drunk, and as she
did SO tso quart champagne bottles
rolled from under her cloak. They had
the st. Nicholas brand She said they
had been TO the st. Ni5hu'as, and that
Davis had gwen her the wine. After
supper she had 50 FIR recovered that she
went out again with Davis, against the
protest OF Mis- Buckncr. who threatened
to tel II they persisted. Being sick
ne retifed, and Wi1 awakened from a
hravy sleep BY the voice OF Mrs. Roth.
tiie wife OF the proprietor. When she
opened the door Mrs. Roth and the
Waterman were there with Mrs. Thomp.
sou, who gas - driIk that She could
not walk, bat tell 81 HE floor, where she
lay s"nir tIuie. vi ; Duckner says she
wrote 10 Thompson only that his wife
had become drank ari bad shown her
sell ~ tiat coaditipG IA the hotel but
bcNcr mentioned DAVIS name, a1d that
he d I in'orIuaiIou THAT Tn ,nlpsoD re
lived ~a- from MS vie, who visited
ham ahG gave him the facts in Washing
ton. When Thompson went to Cincin-
aatl on TUESDAY he came to her room
and demanded ali the lac,s, and she told
them.
Miss BuckDer, about eight years ago
married William Iomiinson. They
moved to Louisville. where Tomlinson
engaged IN the grocery bushes His
partner was Atwood Bowman. During
lomlinson's absence Bowman piled Miss
buckher With drink. her friend, assert,
aud led her astray. There was a subse-
quent meeting, followed by detection and
&c paratlon.
DAVIS friends say that Miss Buckper
and hrs. Days having been schoolmates
aud friends, aud Mrs. Davis having cut
her acquaintance after her relations with
bowman, Miss Buckncr, in the presence
of Witnesses. vowed her ruin, an they
add thai she ln>tiyated the scandal TO
that end