Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-02
THROW SIDEL|GHT
ON STRANGE CASE
Thompsons, Accused of Receiving
Stolen Money Have $4,000
in Property Here
FLIGHT THEORY ATTACKED
Detective Browne Starts for Reno
to Bring Back Attorney
and His Wife
FLIGHT THEORY ATTACKED

Samuel l.. Browne, chief of District
Attorney Fredericks' department of
criminal investigation, left last night
for Reno. New, to bring back to Los
Angeles Attorney Fred Thompson and
his wife, who are charged by Orlando
Il. Altorre, a convicted federal prisoner,
with having received stolen property,
Altorre claiming that the Thompsons
had fed this city with $4,000 in cur
rency which Altorre confessed to steal
ing Jhile employed as a clerk In the
Los Angeles postoft1ce.
Detective Browne will proceed to
Reno by way of San Francisco, where
he will be Joined by Postoffice Inspector
O'Connell.
Friends of Attorney Thompson
among them several professional men
of this city, are 10th to believe that
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson left Los Ange-
les to evade arrest
The Thompsons have a beautiful
home, which Is not incumbered by a
mortgage, while Mrs. Thompson owns
several valuable properties in Los An
geles. Their joint holdings are esti-
mated to total about $4,000.
Neighbors of the Thompsons assert
that on various occasions the attorney
of the moment to take pleasure trips
out OF the city with Mrs. Thompson
and that on such occasions he told no
one of his exact destination. Those
who feel assured that Mr.. Thompson
will be able to clear himself of all
charges in connection with the Altorre
case point out that had he and his wife
contemplated remaining away from
Los Angeles they would have disposed
of their holdings, which are said to
amount to three times as much as the
sum Altorre accuses them of securing
from him. 1t is pointed out, also, that
had they wished to avoid detection they
would not have made Reno their desti-
nation, for they certainly would have
realized that many prominent people
of Los Angeles would be in Reno to
see the Jeffries-Johnson fight.
WOMAN HELPS HUSBAND
The Thompsons were married eigh-
teen years ago. At first Thompson
was employed by railroad company.
Mrs. Thompson was ambitious to have
him study law, however, and he yielded
to her persuasion. During the time
that he was studying law she con-
Quoted a grocery store near Eighth
and Olive streets and also managed
an apartment house in Olive street,
near Second. After he was admitted
to the bar she determined to be near
him, studied stenography and took a
clerkship in his Office. Here she, too,
studied law, and recently she passed
xat least one term and possibly two as
a pupil of the law school Of Southern
California.
A devoted mother, caring for her
two children and ambitious for their
ultimate success in life, Mrs. Thompson
has left them to the care Of teachers,
that she might be constantly at the
side of her husband. Recently, as his
eccentricities have become more pro-
nounced, he has found much relaxa-
tion in taking long motor trips, fire.
quently calling her from her business
or household duties with only mo-
ment's notice to go away on some
trip OF several days duration.
1t is evident, say friends of Mrs.
Thompson, that she has been worried
over frequent mental disturbances
which have afflicted her husband re-
Gently.