The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-20
SAW WIFE At
.TRYST,HESAYS
Painter, Held in Dynamiting,
Tells of Warning to Farmer
To keep Away"
NET TIGHTENS ON SUSPECT
States Attorney Says He Has
Strong Case Confession Is
Believed Near.

With admission that he had been
in the warehouse of Waters and
Thrift early Thursday morning and
that he bore bitter enmity toward
James Bolton because he suspected
the farmland of intimacy with his
wife, the Montgomery county au-
thorities today believe they have.
made out strong case against Guy
Vernon Thompson, known to his
neighbors as villa" the German
town painter held at Rockville Jail
on a charge of dynamiting the Bolton
home, killing two children and caus-
ing injuries which resulted in the
death of the farmland.
WARNED TO KEEP AWAY.
81 warned Bolton to keep away
from my wife," Thompson told States
Attorney Thomas L. Dawson at the
Rockville jail early today. Il saw
my wife and Bolton together several
weeks ago. and suspected they were
or too friendly terms. told Bolton
he had -betftr keep away from her"
TlF statement was made by
htfnpson during griiiing examina-
HID by States Attorney Dawson,
Detective Sergt. Fred Eandberg, and
Detective Peter B. Bradley. Several
hours before. Thompson had been
taken to the undertaking establish
ment OF w. R Pumphrey G. Son,
where he was forced to view the body
of Bolton and the two children Of
Mrs. Hattie Shipley.
Although Thompson had emphati-
cally denied that he had been in the
warehouse Of Waters and Thrift for
several months, he admitted going
there early Thursday morning when
he was confronted by photographs
Of his fingerprints found on a red
painted plow handle
SOUGHT TO STEAL FOOD.
AT first I did not want to admit
that had been to the warehouse be-
cause I had gone there to steal some
canned goods" Thompson stated.
"But now that you have found
through my fingerprints that 1 was
at the warehouse. l will tell you
the truth"
He denied, however. that he had
stolen any dynamite.
On Wednesday night fifty pounds
Of dynamite disappeared from the
warehouse. and the police believe
u
used to dynamite the Bolton home
When questioned as to his knowl-
edge Of the use OF dynamite, Thomp-
son declared that III fifty pounds OF
dynamite had been used, the Bolton
home would have been blown into
splinters."
The investigators believe Thomp-
son is right and that the rest of the
explosive will be found by searchers
somewhere between Thompson's
homo and the wrecked home of Boil
ton.
From the moment Of his arrest
until he viewed the body of Balton
and the two children, Thompson de-
clared that on Wednesday night he
had not left his home and that when
he heard the report OF the explosion
he believed a lot Of tin piled outside
his house had teen blown down.
ADMITS HUSBANDS ABSENCE.
The wife of Thompson has not been
permitted to communicate with him
since his arrest. When questioned
yesterday the woman declared that
Thompson had left the house twice
on Wednesday night.
"Is your wife telling the truth or
Is she lyingr Thompson was asked.
"She Is telling the TRUTH" replied
thompson L nrSt le1t the mousse AZ
IL o'clock, going to the warehouse
to get some canned goods. 1 found
was too weak to climb through a
window and returned home about I
o'clock to get some keys. i'm
mediately returned to the warehouse
unlocked the door. and looked around
for the canned goods" He then said
he returned home about 3 O'clock.
Search OF Thompson's home did
not. reveal any canned goods, and the
authorities believe that his real pur-
pose OF going to the warehouse was
to steal the dynamite, which was
found missing Thursday morning, fol-
lowing the explosion.
FOOTPRINTS UNCOVERED.
Prints from shoe rubbers, OF re-
enforced soles, ana dog tracks today
were discovered leading from the
Thompson home in the direction OF
the Bolton shack. II has been the
custom OF one OF Thompson's dogs to
] follow him whenever he left home.
Shoe rubbers. with REINFORCED soIos.
were found in the Thompson home,
and were such as were used by the
person whose footprints were discov-
cred.
1--WE have made out a strong case
against Thompson" States Attorney
| Dawson today declared. I'VE havs
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