The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-06-20
POLICE UNMASK
CHICAGO 'FLAPPER'
SLAYER AS MAN
Fred G., Thompson, Legal
Wife of Frank Thompson
Denies Guilt.
WORRIED ABOUT HUSBAND
'GirP DabbIeS Lipps With
Rouge Stick, Then Her
Voice Changes,
BIZ United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO. June 20.-"Mrs. Francis
Thompson" 80, identified as the smil-
ing. blue-eyed girl bandit" who killed
Richard C. Tesmer was unmasked as
a man by physicians today.
DR.. David ]. Jones, city physician.
and DR.. Clara Sieppel of morals
court, made the examination, disclos-
ing one of the strangest cases Of
masculine and feminine personalities
ever brought before Chicago police.
Mrs. Thompson" was arrested yes
terday and identified by Mrs. Richard
Tesmer as the girl who killed the
latter's husband during a robbery in
the rear of the Tesmer gold coast"
home. She was dressed in feminine
attire.
The prisoner, now on police records
as Fred G. Thompson. has been the
legal wife" of Frank Thompson, also
known as Frank Carrick. for thirteen
years, she and Thompson, also held,
told police.
Convinced Police
For hours after the arrest and
lQGnE1IlG1LlOlI
convinced police, physicians and
newspaper men that he was a
woman with an abnormal femme
and masculine nature. Prepare
tions were made to take her" to
the women's detention home when
Doctor Jones and Sieppel made
the discovery of sex and police
placed the prisoner in the mems
ward at the Hyde Park station.
Thompson, still in the feminine at
tire in which he was arrested, paced
the bull PEN of the station today
and protested his innocence Of the
murder.
Frequently his voice changed from
masculine to feminine. He nervously.
in a girlish tone, expressed concern for
his husband" He dabbled often at
his lips with a rouge stick, deepened
the mascarole under his eyes and
patted his bobbed hair.
Voice Changes
Then his voice changed.
''Oh, h, wish was out of here.
I wish I had a shot of hootch and a
EdZOI. L his D0dTu 0SSOS trimming.
Thompson, when arrested. admitted
shaving twice day, but claimed this
was because of his dual feminine and
masculine nature" police said.
Denying the murder, Thompson pro
tested in a feminine voice.
Il amt never killed nobody. I amt
never shot a gun. Ny heart goes out
TO Mrs. Tesmer. She has lost her hus-
band. But I'll fight the charges be-
cause I amt guilty. The identified
ton? She's so hystericaI shed identify
anybody"
Then in a masculine voice:
THE poor damned fools. They
got me in the cooler for this. I
amt guilty. I was home the
night Of that murder. I was sick
in bed from moonshine."
Luxurious Finery
Seven wigs, men and women cos
tunes, a nuns uniform" a revolver
and luxurious finery were found in
the North Side fiat at which the
prisoner was arrested
Various hats and some Of the other
attire was declared by Mrs. Thomp-
son" to be the property of her "chum."
Marie Clark, also said by police to
have been found in the apartment.
Thompson for months has been pos
ing about Chicago, first as a man and
then as a woman. police said. He
now admits, it was declared, that he
was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and
came here a few years ago from
Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
Thompson. or Carrick, the Illus
band is an auto mechanic.