The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-17
THE NEW YORK TRAGEDY.
Young Thompson Still Alive Doubts FIX
pressed as to Whether He Was Married.

New YORK, June 16-Winfeld B. Thompson,
the young bridegroom, who killed his wife at
the Sturteyant House, yesterday. and fred four
bullets into his own body, did not die during the
night, as was anticipated by the surgeons In the
hospital. At noon to-day he was resting quietly
under the influence of morphine after an undis-
turbed night The course of the bullet has not
been traced but hopes are entertained that il
has touched no vital point
A PittsburG telegram says: A personal friend
of Winfield B. Thompson, the principal Of yes
terday's tragedy at the Sturtevant House. New
York, has just returned to the city. He says he
has been in Thompson's company on an average
of three times week. The last time was on
Monday afternoon, when he appeared
to be in the best of health and spirits.
He never mentioned being married, and
it has been currently reported and
taken for granted that he was engaged
to be married to adopted daughter of Philip
Armour, the well-known Chicago pork packer
1t is very safe to presume that he was not mar
RED He was very regular in his habits and
very level-heaGed. The theory advanced that
he had married clandestiney and feared to meet
his father (who will arrive in New York to-mor-
row. with his daughter, intending to sail for
Europe,l may be true. but he was not the man
to weaken or commit an act such as he did
through fear of anybody.
II have no adopted daughter" Mr. P. D. Ar
'mour said, after reading the dispatches this at
t0FnOOD. Inc girl REFERRED TO Is an eSClmdDi0
young lady who lived for time with my broth
er's family, in Kansas City" Mr.. Armour says
he met Thompson but once, but that the Kansas
City Armours were very intimate with the young
mans family. Thompson as far as he knew
had good character. Mr.. Armour's brother
was TO accompany the young mans father to
Europe.
The physicians say that il young Thompson
improves as fast during the next forty eight
hours as he has during the past twenty four he
will be out of danger They assert. however,
that the bullets cannot be removed from his
body and head. From interviews with schoo.-
mates and friends Of the young man. and
with some Of the intimate acquaintances of
his wife among the shop-girls in the
store where she worked the theory is advanced
that Thompson was impelled to his dreadful
crime by dependency. 1t appears that when he
married the girl he expected remittances from
home; that these however, stopped that his
money was all gone; that his board bill of SIS
was due to-day, and that he had not
told his bride of the financial straits
In which he was. Mrs. Pratt, who dined
with the couple yesterday says Thompson was
verk low spiriteG, and that both she and his
wife tried TO cheer him up but without avail
The belief is expressed that Thompson began to
brood over his troubles. and, rather than meet
an angry father break his pennless condition to
his young wife and be turned out in disgrace.
he concluded TO end her existence and his own
THOMPSON lies conscious in the hospital, to-
night but peritouitis has developed, and,
though there is yet chance of recovery. the
doctors say the chance is frail indeed. Thomp-
son still refuses to talk.