St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-30

alter walking part way to mis- own
house on Franklin street Thompson
turned about and again attempted to
find Hoskins. Thompson was unwill-
ing to shock his wife by appearing
before her until bis wounds could be
dressed. But Hoskins had not yet re-
turned. At last Thompson sought his
own home, where, as has already been
stated, he arrived about II p. m.
The glaring probabilities Of this nar-
rat1ve Gid not escape the county attor-
ney, who made every effort to induce
Thompson to express himself more
frankly. Even Mrs. Thmopson, who
has shown her husband the most ten
der attentions, gently urged him to tell
the truth.
YOU'RE going to die, Charlie, I'm
afraid" said she, "and L know you
don't want to deceive any one now.
Even if it's some friend of yours you
ought not to shield him in this way"
But Thompson would not vary his
story. Yet if he had been shot by a
footpad at Kittsondale, the impression
is he would certainly have Informed
the first policeman he saw and he
would have never made any attempt
to hide his misfortune. He would not
have endangered his life for a nickel,
when he had money in his pocket for
street car fare and while he was trav-
ersing University avenue. He would
naturally have gone directly home.
rather than to the boarding house Of
bachelor friend.
The examination lasted for about a
half an hour. Then the officers left
Thompson to his physician. Visitors
had called frequently throughout the
day. A clergyman and his daughter
and several other friends of Mrs
Thompson offered their services, and
one or two friends of the gambling
fraternity appeared to help their COM
panion in distress.
WANTED A LAWYER.
After the excitement of the examina-
ton Thompsons condition again grew
worse. About 8 o'clock last evening
he suddenly Informed his wife that he
wanted to see good lawyer. She sent
for Charles H. Taylor, of Hubbard &
Taylor, who rooms in the Colonnade
apartment house, on st. Peter street.
Mr.. Taylor spent about an hour with
Thompson. DR.. Appleby was the only
other person present. This second
statement was apparently made to cor
rect the previous statement in minor
detail, yet its general purport was
similar to that already given to the
county attorney. Thompson had been
shot, he told the lawyer, by a stranger
who was trying to hold him up. The
second statement is said, on good au-
thOrity, to have contained no confess
sion of wrong doing on the part of
Thompson nor any accusation against
a confederate.
About II p. m. Thompson's respira-
tions and pulse became so weak despite
the nitro glycerine which had been ad-
ministered constantly to revive his
heart, that his death seemed inIni-
nent. A messenger was dispatched for
Hcslzins, whom he had asked to be
present when death should come. A
reporter for the G b e met the mes
sengar at the door of ass Cedar street,
where, as the messenger understood,
Hoskins resided But no one in the
house had heard the name. Two doors
below was No 4S4, which seemed to be
the house sought inasmuch as the re-
porter had been told to go to 44S, the
same number transposed. But here
again no one could recall the name
BosSins. Perhaps he was a boarder
upstairs. Tell him." said the mes
senger, that his friend is dying"
In a moment q lady returned to the
door and said, Yes, the gentleman
lives here, but he won't come out this
door. He'll come out the door of ASS,
the second house in the same row just
above" 1t seemed advisable for the
two men waiting for him to separate.
They did so and Hoskins, after a long
delay, made his appearance at the
door of No. ASS, where the messenger
had previously been unable to secure
any trace of him. Hoslzins was asked
to say whether he had met Thompson
Friday.
ooh, yes, about o'clock in the even
ing he called at my house. No, don't
think it was Friday. Maybe it was
Thursday or Wednesday,"
This is Sunday night, you know.
Did Thompson call day before yester-
day."
''Why, can't say. I don't think I've
seen him for long time"
did he call you to him Friday night
Just after he got home and make
statement to you, after telling his wife
to go out of the room?'
WANTED TO TALK TO HIM.
mo, no. He simply said that she
bothered him and he wanted to talk
little to me-
Hoskins was clearly unwilling to say
ANYTHING about his connection with
Thompson, and was equally anxious
to know just what Thompson had stat
ed to the county attorney and the Law
yer Taylor. Hoshins is supposed TO be
Thompson's most intimate frlend III ST.
Paul.
The surrnise of the authorities is that
Thompson was attempting a hOld-up
himself. that he had an accompliCe, and
that he was attempting to shield this
friend when he failed to tell the truth
to the county attorney. They are not
sure who this accomplice might be, but
they believe that Thompson and his
friend might have separated after the
shooting and before one knew the eX-
tent of his friends injuries. The police
make light of the statement given by
Thompson to Attorney Taylor and in
sist that it amounted to nothing. In
proof of the improbability of the ante
mortem statement made in the after
noon, physicians assert that it would be
almost impossible for man wounded
as Thompson was to walk two miles on
a winter night. Again, Thompson had
no overcoat. He had pawned it Friday
for So. One dollar he spent for coal, the
other two he took to Minneapolis, for
which city he started at about p. M,
and not at $50, as he alleges. He told
the county attorney that he spent no
money in Minneapolis, yet when he
came home he had in his pockets only
a nickel, and not 10 cents, as he assert
ed to the county attorney. The knife
which he had always carried and which
was also missing Friday night was not
dangerous weapon. 1t was simply an
ordinary pocket knife.
The intimation made in some quar-
ters that Thompson's wound was in
f1icted by his wife has aroused the in
dignation of her friends, especially the
other tenants of the house where she
resides. They all insist that Mrs.
Thompson has been a devoted wife dur
ing the two months and q half that
the ThomDsons have lived in the house.
Moreover Thompson was not under the
influence of liquor Friday night, as
medical report shows, yet he must have
been either intoxicated or wounded
when he came home. for his stumb-
ling upon the stairs attracted the no.
tice of several persons in the lower
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