The Washington times., 1908-08-11

PLAINVILLE, Conn, Aug. u.-Ofn-
Gals in various Connecticut towns are on
the lookout for an aged Romeo, who
gives the name Of George c. Thompson,
and whose specially in the commence
line seems to be proposing matrtmony to
lonely widows with means.
Already Thompson, or whatever lis
name is. has succeeded ia inyeigling oae
widow, Mrs. Jane Eliza Till0Json. Of
PIainviIle. into matrimonial ceremony,
and it is known that he has won the
hearts OF various others in nearby
towns.
Two days after his marriage 20 Mrs.
TnlotsOn, Thompson disappeared, and
carelessly carried away about $50 of the
widows cash. Since then she has heard
nothing from him directly. but indirect
iy she has heard a great deal Sufficient
in fact, to convince her and her son.
+, W. Hart, Of Denver. who came on
10 investigate the matter, that Thomp-
son is a swindler. She has commenced
steps to have the marriage snnuDec-
A Beau BrummeI at Seventy-f) I.
Thompson. who is described as a sJrt
OF Beau Brummel OF seYenty-toui SIM
mers, and who describes himself As a
Stamford and Greenwich millionaire,
made his first appearance in Plainheid
early Ia June. He attracted considerable
attention from business men by his IN
terest in real estate. and stated that ne
intended 10 invest heavily.
lie made tempting offers 20 sew
eral old residents Tor prominent
business corners, and spoke ghDly
of thousands. Price seemed TO De
A.
verbal contracts for the purchase OF
several valuable plots at figures which
were emiuently satisfactory 70 thelr
| owners, who fastened 10 90 10 the eN-
pense OF getting their titles IN shape %
| be passed upon by Ihompsons lawyers.
A few days after mis- arrival in Plain
Vile Thompson called at tte nome OF
| Mrs. TiIotsOn and inquired whether or
not the property was Tor sale.
| He made me splendld oHefs hdlu
Mrs. TillotsOn, OF Thompson speaking
/ Of the affair later. and e the est e
/ had not been tied up ] would have SOLD
| 1t 10 him, as 1 told him. However, l
| explained that / could not sell until
| nav husbands estate was closed.
| Upon the acquaintance thus formed
| Thompson asked IL Mrs. TillOtson would
! not take him 20 board. She had a spare
room and readily cOnSeL ted
! He was such nice man ard not q
| bit Of trouble" she TOLD her son after
| ward. 7 never had anybody in my
] house VINO was so easy 10 htlEaoC.
/ wish he had been true. We would have
| been so happy.
After he had been here Few days
/ he began taking an interest IN me az
/ well as IN my property. H. told ms
that he was very wealthy thu he had
| a mansion en- Stamford and Government
| bonds IN the bank Finally he told me
| how lonely he was and. OF course,
| sympathized with him VERY naturally
| then, his proposal came aboGt, and
! accepted him,
| ''He suggested that IL would be jolly
/ for us 10 20 TO New Haven and be quiet
/ Is married and give all my friends z
| surprise on our return.
Glad He Got No More.
| u never dreamed hat he was any
other than he represented himself u
be. or I would not have trusted him.
now believe that all he was after was
my money, and, while my heart is bro
l ken over his deception, I am congratu-
/ Iating myself that he only got small
amount. I am going to have the mar
! riage set aside
/ DR.. Frederick y. Burgess, the New
/ Haven clergyman who performed LhS
/ ceremony. sail:
/ Il knew neither Thompson nor Mrs
/ TflOtson before they asked me 10 per
/ form the ceremony. He eS dblted 2
] proper license and introduced himself
/ as q resident Of Greenwich.
Il saw no reason why 1 should Ro'