The San Francisco call., 1898-02-03
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 SANTA ROSA, Feb. 2.-When Coro- ner Tom Young of Healdsburg arrived at the courthouse to-day and prepared to begin the Thompson inquest there was an air of melancholy and sorrow in the very atmosphere that surround ed the noble pile, and as the sad de- tails of the untimely and deeply re- gretted death of the exCongressman were told to the jury many an eye was wet and more than one lip quiver- ed at the thought that the narrowing facts related to one who had often shown his friendship and proved his worth in no uncertain manner.
 The first witness was Robert A. Thompson, brother of the suicide, who said substantially:
 After my brother had gone up the stairs stepped into the parlor to await his return. 1 do not believe that waited In that room more than two or three minutes when l heard one of the girls say: Papa is vomiting and must be sick at the stomach Rushing up the stairs as fast as I could I burst into the bathroom, from which the sounds came, and saw my brother standing over the bath tub. blood squirting from the awful gash in his throat ana W1In the kHllG WILT WHICH the deed had been committed still clasped in his right hand. Mrs. Thomp- son Illis wife) and I gently lowered him to the floor and calling for a pillow placed it under his head He may have lived five minutes or a little more. but he did not speak"
 The witness further testified that on last Friday, while in San Francisco, he received a telegram from his brother, fn him at the Tiburon ferry. The witness did so, whereupon his brother at once took him aside and in a mysterious manner informed him that the most serious misfortune of his life had just befallen him. When asked to what he referred he replied that while at- tending the funeral of the late Major Futile few days previous he had com mitted an act of gross impropriety, and as result all the Odd Fellows had sworn vengeance upon him, the Masons had decided to assist them, and the two organizations had together enlisted the newspapers of this city on their side and were ready and just about to make a fierce assault upon him.
 T was astonished beoynd measure at the way he talked the witness con- tinued, land asked what act of impro- priety he had committed, but could get no intelligent reply"
 Mr. Thompson said that at the time his brother visited him in San Fran cisco the latter was suffering very acutely from the trouble with his ear and he took him to a specialist in the Young Mems Christian Association building. While the physician was ex- amining him he arose and calling the witness into another room repeated what he had said at the ferry concern ing the Masons and Odd Fellows.
 Believing that home would be the best place for his afflicted brother, the witness advised him to return to this city, telling him that he would attend to certain business matters for him and write to him the result. When he (the witness) came up to Santa Rosa his brother accused him of not having given the matter his attention and claimed that the letter was a forgery.
 pr. J. F. Boyce testified that he had been the physician of the Thompson family for thirty five years A week ar o last Wednesday MT. Thompson came to his office and complained of suffer- ing from insomnia. He prescribed for him. In a subsequent visit MT. Thomp- son told him that he thought he (the doctor) had made light of his trouble He appeared much agitated. Afterward this agitation subsided.
 Much evidence of a similar charac- ter was introduced and, after hearing the testimony. the jury brought in verdict that MT. Thompson's death was due to knife wound, self-inf1icted while he was mentally deranged, and that the derangement was occasioned by natural causes.
 The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and will be under the auspices of the Masonic and Odd Fellows organizations of this city. The Typographical Union will attend in body, and as a mark of respect to the deceased friend and neighbor the proprietors of the Press Democrat have ordered the office closed during the afternoon that all the employees may have an opportunity to be pres ent at the obsequies.
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