The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-29
fhs Jury Finds George Thompson
Guilty Of ManSlaushttr.
be ABLY ARGUED HIS OWN CASE
Trial and Rendering OF Verdict I'm One
Day--Dramatic Utteranccs of the
Murd ersr's Mother-in- Law = You
KILLED MY Daughter"

HA8 been Iounu guilty Oh mdnsihugnter IN
causing the death Of his wife. Mary +.
Thompson, on the night OF Aug. last at
- Dundee street His case was called
yesterday morning in the superior Grim
tnal court. He had no counsel, and he
conducted the cross examination Of wit
nssses personally.
The dead woman's aged mother was
present, and during the questioning APP
piled to her she dramatically exclaimed:
'You hkd better stop now; you killed her
and you know you did"
Thompson Is tall, good-looking man,
with bttshy, black hair, slightly tinged
with gray, and wears u black mustache.
The crime was committed in the evening
1t their home, where the couple, together
with Mrs. Mary Murphy, mother Of the
deceased. resided.
Assistant District Attorney Sughrue
prosecuted the case for the government
The Testimony.
The trial was opened abont 1l:30 o'clock,
and the government witnesses. 10 in num-
Der, were sworn.
DIR. William f. Warren of 1l3 Falmouth
street was first called. He testified that
Thompson called at his house and asked
him to 20 with him to SO Dundee street,
~ his wife was seriously Ill and needed
medical attendance at once.
He accompanied the man to SO Dundee
street. and Thompson led the way to the
kitchen, where he pointed to a woman
lying prostrAte on the floor very scantily
clad, whom he designated as his wife. The
doctor felt Of the woman's pulse and
found that she was dead. Suddenly he
heard . voice exclaim: ''You killed her,
yop know you didp'
Turning around, he saw an old woman
who had made the statement.
In reply to the wopan's denunciation.
Thompson exclaimed, "How did / kill
hsrf"
The old lady. who proved to be the dead
woman's mptier, answered: "You killed
her, that's AL; you know you did"
George 0tedman, assistant medical ex.
aminer, corxob6fated this statement
DR.. Draper Also testified, and, when
eross-exauiined BY Thompson, said that
tho conclusion ON the woman's head could
have been cArised by blow or fall.
The IGother's Testimony.
Mrs Mary Murphy. the aged and feeble
mother Of the unfortunate victim, was
next called.
She said that on the fatal day she was
lying on the sofa In the front room Her
daughter afd Thompson were In the other
room drinking, and coon they commenced
TO Quarrd.
They had hot wsrds, and soon Thomp-
SON commenced to beat his wife, she tes-
while lonfe$; VIXEN the noise in the
kitchen ce1ged, she went Ia and found her
daughtef lylnf 6n the floor dead.
ene furthle u9stifsa that her daughter
newer touched liquor until after her mar
riass to Thohps1p.
!. At this Ieint Thompson attempted to
cross examine the witness. who, after an
swsring few questions, exclaimed, "You
had better stop now; you killed her and
you know you did"
LiQueR Figures In the Case.
She, however, answered several ques-
lions further ahd admitted that her
daughter had been under the influence of
liquor.
Captain William H. Pierce testified to
m interview with Thompson in . cell, in
which the latter said that he had been
out all day on Aug /, and, returning In
the evening, he found his wife In an un.
conscious condition: that he attempted to
place her in . chair, but was unable to
do 70.
Patrolman Cleary testified to going to
Che house and seeing the body. a. did Ser
gsant G. n. Denton.
Herbert j. Anderson, who resides at %
Dalton street, lived next to the Thomp-
sons on Aug. 1. He testified that there
were frequent quarrels in the Thompson
home
On the Sunday before the fatal evening
he heard Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson have
bad quarrel, which ended In Thompson
giving his wife beating. He heard the
woman yell, and could hear the sound of
blows quite plainly.
The jury, at AIS. returned q verdict Of
granddaughter.