The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
HE LlTIGATES ENDLESSLY.
THOMPSON mas BE,H FILING NON-
SESsICIL PAPERS FOR YEAR.

Wants to R-strpin DIR. spitzka, George
Gould. Aatnrs and Who.y-r Else L. In
huencing Him with an Electruphons-
Told to File No More In the u. .. Court.
Judge Lacombe Of the United States Circuit
Court refused yesterday to receive and Me
papers presented by Z. d. Thompson OF 1876
Lexington avenue. who has been botherina
, tho court officers for about year. On an av-
erage OF three tines q week during that period
Thompson has submitted papers which he
called petitions. afiidavits. restraining orders
| and complaints. which never reached the
Judge. Thompson imagined. evidently. that
'one DR.. SpitzRa unknown" was exercising a
control over him aud In his petitions he prayed
that DR.. Spitzsa, and all other rcrsons. be re-
strained by tho Court from interfering with
his indulgence In the society OF a number Of
millionairsa daughters whom he named.
Thompso n Ia suspicious. timId an reticent
except az he expresses his thoughts through
the medium OF his documents. They have
been so voluminous that his typewritng alone
must have cost him between $500 and 8. 900
from the time he first began handing in his
papers. Many OF them have been returned to
him. but on United States Com IN issloner
Shieds's desk last night rested q bun lie con-
taining twenty-five OF the alleged legal docu-
ments. covering period from tho nrst OF Octo-
Der II Dec ~. They were written In long hand
by Thompson. who has initiated the legal ver-
hage az nearly AZ pIssible, with the result that
Instead OF giving dignity 10 the documents he
has produced a burleslue upon legal phrase
ology which would make & al the hearts OF
those who believe that It should be reformed.
Thompson, at various times, has told bits OF
his history to John Donovan. a Q ERIK In the
United States Circuit Court, He said that he
was the son OF d. II. Thompson OF WaIdron.
Ind and that fba Iatfar him mo
month upon which he lived. A few months
ago young Thompson wrote an order restrain
ing his father from interfering with his move
ments.
Thompson Is tall. large framed and spare OF
flesh. He is Of sandy complexion and u stub
ble-heard usually il noticeable. His clothing
10 decent hut III kent
through tho dark corridors of the Federal
building. stealing along silent on the hnlls OF
making many surveys through n door before
no enters Commlssloper sh!elds's room. viii n
his papers properly and Judge Tacom6r Inv.
ing REUSED yes,er lay to receive them, Th9mr-
dress for his fancled wrongs.
On Oct. ! last Thompson issued" docu-
mm ent s Rn among the court officers as the
the names o. ut least one hundred persons In
1s, hs bsHs5"Ps Of Ih county On oCt
pnrt Of which was as ollows; ''' ''''''"'
TO the United States Circuit Court New
York. n. Y;mit - alleged that f d Thompson
y Y. md that he 10 influenced since about
july ~, 1902 before or after. by what II
back. an electric telephone or electric electro
phone, or by other accented designation IN.
not change his. place Of resi- lence or control
The electric Influence which Is there without
butte this influence to DR.. SptzEu. George
Gould. members Of the Astor family and
others, The U. S.. Court il re-
questea to discover the truth Of the
same representation aud TO restrain tho same