The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-10-15
HOUSEKEEPER
BUT NOT WIFE
Mrs. Mathilda Thompson
Defines Her Relation
Her Ex-husband.A
FOUND NOT GUILA

in the trial of Morris Thompson on
the charge of driving an automobile
while Intoxicated on September &c,
and it was, her testimony as we'll as
other testimony which resulted in the
acquittal for Thompson.
"You are the wife of Morris Thomp-
son ~ asked Leo Vaudreuil, represent.
ing Thompson, the defendant.
= No." she replied.
"You are not the wife of Morris
Thompson?" queried the attorney i'm
credulously. Again the witness re-
piled definitely, "No."
"Just what relation are you to Nor.
ris thompson"
81 am his housekeeper," replied the
witness demurely. Only upon the
cross-examination Of Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Morris Barnett, did she
go into particulars upon this matter,
1t seemed that she and Morris Thomp.
son were divorced on September "a,
1924. Apparently now they are on
the best of terms, as friends,
for she appeared in his defense,
testifying for him that he GER
tainly was absolutely sober on Sep
TENDER &c, 1925, and as she herself adj
mitted she is now living under the
same roof with him, "as his house
keeper"
Can Tell One Drink.
Mrs Thompson insisted that Morris
Thompson had had not zone drink"
from noon of Saturday, September 26,
until she parted with him at 4:90 p.
M, just about twenty minutes before
the accident which resulted on the
placing of a charge against him.
Il can tell just as soon as he has
had one drink" said the witness.
"Do you always know when Mr..
Thompson takes adrihk"
eyes," she said, when he is sober
and when he is stewed / know the diff
ference"
AS Mr. Barnett probed further into
Thompson's condition when he had
had "just one drink" Mrs. Thompson
said quickly, retrieving any error she
might have made, Everybody can't
see it, but there are little things about
him that tell me-"
with your eagle eye" interposed
Thompson, breaking into laughter, and
still laughing immoderately, she left
the stand.
James Marshall testified that he was
riding motorcycle west on Prairie
avenue, stopped for the down gates of
the Northwestern, and started across z
just as the gates arose. There was
one motorcycle just ahead of him, and
cars at the rear. AS he was crossing
South West Main street he was struck
by a Nash car driven by Morris
Thompson. Marshall said his motor
cycle was struck in the middle and
very MUCH damaged. He said he was
too excited at the time to notice
Thompson's condition as to whether he
was intoxicated or sober; Thompson
remained seated in his car, and after.
remark or two drove off, Marshall
went down to the police station, saw
Thompson there in front of the city
hall, and went with him up to the sta
ton
she staggered going up the stairs
and / held his arm" Marshall said. Il
would say he was partly intoxicated"
Donald Ryan, who rode the other
motorcycle just ahead of Marshall and
who went with him to the police sta
ton, testified that at the time of the
accident he could not say whether
Thompson was drunk or sober, but
from the observation Of Thompson at
the police headquarters he would say
he was intoxicated,
Police Say Drunk Also.
Lieut. Charles Rock testified that
Morris Thompson on the afternoon Of
September 26 came into the police Of
fee alone. The police were about to
have staff meeting and were busy.
morris said to me, Come here, I
want to talk to YOU and told him
You better go home"
Rock said a few minutes later
Thompson came up the stairs with
James Marshall and that on hearing
the details Of the accident, Thompson
was booked on the drunken driving
charge.
On cross-examination the police Of
fcer said that Thompson when he first
came in was Intoxicated but able to
handle himself"
"But l didn't know then that he was
driving car" said the police lieu
tenant.
Assistant Chief Cyzak testified SIM
ilarly, saying, II would say he was
under the influence of liquor and not
fit to drive a car.
Casper Holm, salesman for Dewey
Hardware company, testified that Nor
ris Thompson came into the hardware
store between 4:30 and 5 p. m. on the
afternoon of September 26 to buy
something.
II talked TO him, got close to him,
noticed nothing peculiar; he appeared
to be perfectly sober" Holm said. Il
saw him walk, he did not staggef.
smeIled no liquor. He seemed no diff
ferent than he is today"
Thompson taking the stand in his
own behalf said he had absolutely
nothing to drink. He said that after
leaving Dewey's he went to the junk
yard out on Lyman avenue going down
Elizabeth street. The district attor-
ney asked him if he stopped at any
place in the vicinity of Elizabeth
street and Fremont avenue, and
Thompson said he had not.
The jury was out about an hour and
a half when the verdict of not guilty
was returned.
BORN.