The Washington times., 1920-08-13

OF the volume OF Omar Khsyyam.
which was addressed to the girls
mother and which told OF her love
! for her three sisters and others.
Tho love afrair began last sum
mer when Thompson, who for three
years had lived In Western Mary
land. he having abandoned his
friends In the Capital, and party Of
friends drove to the hotel.
Mary had come from her home in
Waynesboro. Pa. to wait on the
tables in the dining room at the
hotel during her vacation. 1t hap
pened that she served Thompson and
his party of friends.
who is that girl?" Thompson
asked Mrs. Slagle.
''She is my niece" the woman re-
piled.
daughter" Thompson replied.
After that, Thompson made fire.
quent' trips to the hotel He chatted
with the girl and took long walks
with her. In the fall, Mary did not
return to school. She said she must
earn money to help her parents, both
of whom are i'll, and her three
younger sisters.
Early this summer Thompson took
up his residence at the hotel. The
attachment between the couple had
been noticed by many and attempts
were made to discourage the girl on
the ground that Thompson was much
older than she. But the girl remained
deaf to such pleas. She confessed
her love for Thompson to her aunt.
And despite the demonstrations of
Mrs. Slagle, the girl insisted on going
with the Washingtonian.
HAD PLANNED SUICIDE.
That the couple had planned suicide
is evidenced in that on Wednesday
Thompson bought a revolver in En-
mitsburg, and the pistol, belonging to
A. NJ. Conner, clerk Of the hotel, which
had disappeared from his room a the
hotel, was found by the girls body.
The revolver Thompson had bought
was clutched in his right hand.
1t was at first reported Mary held a
pistol in her left hand, although she
is right-handed. This led to a rumor
that the girl had been slain by Thomp-
son. The authorities insist, however.
the girls pistol was found eighteen
inches from her right hand.
1t also stated that the girl had
left the Catholic church six monhs
ago, after she had been told that
Thompson had been divorced from his
wife, because Catholics are not per-
mitted to marry a divorcee.
What puzzles the authorities is why
J Thompson did not marry the girl II
he loved her, even though her aunt
and other relatives had attempted to
influence her not to wed him.
| DR.. J. Lawn Thompson. Washing
ton physician-cousin OF the wealthy
scholar, told The Times today he en-
tertained serious doubts about the
! suicide pact.
| Ford lived in fear Of death" de-
/ clared DR.. Thompson. II cannot
/ imagine that he killed himself. When
/ ever he had a pain or ache he came to
me for treatment. No, ! cannot imag-
inc Thompson taking his own life"
| DR.. Thompson also said he had
heard the girl held the pistol which
ended her life in her left hand. He
said his cousins body would be
brought to the undertaker's estab-
Ilishment of Joseph Gawler's Sons.
I173O Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
Buriel will be in Oskhili Cemetery.
HAD CIRCLED GLOBE.
Thompson had circled the globe
several times. While he was born
in Washington he was educated
abroad where his parents lived for
years He was an inveterate reader
and a student of spiritualistic and
Nihilist literature and the religious
legends Of ancient Egypt and India.
He was well acquainted with the
| late . President Roosevelt. having
fought in the latter Rough Riders in
| the Spanish American war. After
his estrangement from his wife, who
was Miss Florence, Conrad, Thompson
| spent much time in Washingtons
| club life and later because of his
escapades and differences with mem7
bcrs of his family moved into West
| ern Maryland.
| Thompson has two sisters and a
cousin who are well known in Wash.
inEton. Dr. Thompson is the cousin.
| ,rhe sisters are Mrs. Thomas Il. Nc
| Ardle. wife of DR.. McArdle, now in
Atlantic City. and Mrs. Robert Wad-
dell. of Westchestcr, Pa. The latter
! sister Is arranging for the removal
of Thompsons body to Washington
for burial DR., J. Ford Thompson
father Of Thompson, was a native OF
| Washington, graduate OF the
George Washington University, and Il
' noted surgeon.