The herald., 1898-09-21
THOMPSON'S TROUBLE
A LOS ANGELES LEVA ANrEp Ap
RESTED IN OHIO
He COLLARED COLLECTIONS
In the Employ of Kingsley & Barnes
A Gay Young Mans sorrowful
Finish

TOLEDO, O.. Sept. 2o.-(special to Th,
Herald) +. G. A. Thompson, alias E. +,
hing, smooth swindler, who yictimize,
a number of leading Los Angeles busines,
men, among them the firm of KinpsIev q
barhes, was arrested here for trying te
peat d BOARD Dill at the Jefferson House
thompson claims to be a newspaper man
ils scheme is to make pretense of writ.
Ing up cities, firms and prominent citizens
set them to advance sums of money and
disappear. Papers found In his room prove
that he has been engaged in a number of
schemes of speculative nature In many
cities. He has contracts signed for writ
ing up Los Angeles business men, Chief
Glass of Los Angeles learned that a man
named +. E. King, whose description an
swered that of Thompson, was wanted for
embezzling $500 from Kingsley 4 Barnes.
Thompson was fined $50 in the police court
yesterday, in order to give Chief Glass a
chance to get the necessary papers for TAX
ing him back to Los Angelese.
Thompson is a handsome young man,
about IS years of age. He has black hair
and eyes, ruddy complexion and fine ad-
dress.
His Local Record
The local record of Thompson Is quite
roSeate one, which is often characteristic
of a person with a champagne appetite and
a beer salary. He came originally from
New York, but stopped at Chicago, whence
he came to this city. His relatives are
eported to be prominent people in the
east, and his appearance indicated this
port. He had evidently been we'll brought
up, and his claims to have once been the
possessor of 100000 were accredited. He
came to Los Angeles about q year ago and
secured employment with the bookbind-
ing and printing firm of Kingsley, Barnes
* Neuner. on South Broadway. He was
an expert bookkeeper and made himself
valuable employe. His principal work
consisted of collecting.
From Frank Barnes, a member Of the
firm which formerly employed Thompson,
it was learned that the mans embezzle-
ment. instead of being $500, as stated in
the dispatch, was a much smaller amount,
being between 500 and $500 Thompson
left the city on Labor Day. the 9Th of this
month, and had he not been favored by
this holiday occurring at the time of the
week it did, he would not have been able
to secure so large sum. Thompson col
lccted various of the accounts belonging
to the firm on Saturday, the Sd, and Mon
day, the 4th, getting in two days together.
He should have made the return on his
the next day, Tuesday, but in
stead of reporting for duty he left the city
His failure to appear Tuesday morning
was thought strange and after little in
.estigation his operations, so Mr.. Barnes
We're discovered. 1t was also
earned that in addition to the bills he had |
on Saturday and Monday he had |
failed to turn in the money he had received |
,arlier IN the month. A visit was made to |
lis residence. on Temple street, where It |
vas found that Thompson had decamped. |
Mr.. Barnes states that Thompson will be |
brought back here and prosecuted. Thomp-
on is said TO have bilked other people In
he city. He led quite rapid eX.stoncq
or some time previous to his departure.