The San Francisco call., 1909-11-21
DENTIST JAILED AS
GIRLS B[TRAY[R
DR.. Arthur L. Thompson, Son Of
Wealthy Parents, Surren-
ders to Police
Brands Charge as False and De-
clares He Will Fight
Accusation

Charged with betraying Miss Gene
Wieners a grocer of Is Church street,
Dr. Arthur L. Thompson, a young den
tist, son of wealthy and well known
family in Oakdale and a recent gradu-
ate of the dental college of the Uni
versity of California, surrendered him
self to the police yesterday and was
placed under arrest.
To add to the sensation of the ar
rest was the secrecy with which the
entire affair had been conducted. The
warrant was sworn out by Miss Wien
ers November IT, but was not made
public until yesterday. DR.. Thomp
son, who recently opened dental offices
in Tuolumne City, hearing of the war
rant. Immediately came to San Fran
cisco and, accompanied by Attorney
Houston of the law firm of Houston,
Dulap & Gendotti surrendered himself
to the chief of police.
MAINTAINS HIS INNOCENCE
II want to go through with this
thing now" said DIR. Thompson. II
am absolutely innocent of the charge
and am anxious to have it fought out
once and for all. 1t is without foun-
dation."
According to the warrant Miss
Wieners was betrayed January 9. A
child was born to her September in
Bellevue hospital.
The relations between myself and
Miss Wieners," said Thompson, "are
those of mere acquaintance. l met her
when I was attending college 1 was
with a number of other students who
happened to visit a nickel dance in
Fillmore street. The dance was one
of those unconventional affairs, and
while there I met Miss Wieners. She
gave me to understand that she was
at Geary and Fillmore streets and that
her father was in the grocery busi-
ness. This is all 1 know about her.
After that dance 1 met her at infre-
quent intervals, but her charges that
/ betrayed her and promised to marry
her are absolutely false.
when I was admitted to practice
as a dentist L left San Francisco and
settled in Tuolumne City. few
months ago a person, evidently an
agent sent by the Wieners, approached
me in my office, asking me regarding
my intentions toward the girl
Il then learned the circumstances
and told the fellow to get out and
that 1 would not have anything TO do
with him. Since that time the same
matter was brought to my attention
In various ways, but on each occasion
| refused to have anything to do with
any proposition whatever, referring
all persons to my attorneys.
WILL FIGHT CHARGE
II heard last Thursday that a war
rant had been sworn out for my ar
rest by Miss Wieners and 1 imme-
diately made arrangements to come
To
Friday night. arranged for my bonds
men and surrendered myself to the
police. A charge of this kind, coming
at time when a man has just left
college and is at the very beginning
of his career, 4; extremely serious. 1t
will work me incalcplable harm, but /
know l am innocent. and rather than
submit to what appears to me to be
downright holdup, or an effort to
make me the scapegoat for the sins of
some other person, 1 will fight it to
the last, despite the consequences"
DIR. Thompson declared that he did
not know the girl on the date the
alleged betrayal was charged to have
taken place.
His bondsmen Were DIR. w. c. Hart,
local dentist, and his brother, Dr. ].
G. Thompson, a physician and surgeon
Bail was fixed at $1,000 by Judge
Weller.
While at Bellevue hospital Miss
Wieners was known as Mrs. Ward and
also as Mrs. Thompson. The Thomp-
son family of Oakdale is one of the
wealthiest in Stanislaus county, where
they have extensive mining and real
estate interests, and a brother of the
arrested man, also a physician and
surgeon, conducts a sanatorium in
Oakdale. Miss Wieners is represented
by Attorney Randolph " Whiting.