Evening star., 1948-01-27
Couple Held on Bond
In EmbezzIement Of
Funds Lost at Races

An attractive young wife and her
husband were being held under
$1,000 bond each for the grand
jury today in connection with en-
bezzlement of possibly ss,s56 from
an insurance firm which. police say,
the woman admitted squandering on
the horses.
The woman was employed as
cashier at the insurance offices.
Washington police said Mrs. Mary
L. Thompson, "a, voluntarily signed
a statement that she took the
money from the Connecticut Mutual
Life Insurance Co. here. and i'm
plicated her husband. Mrs. Thomp-
son pleaded not guilty yesterday
when she was arraigned before
Judge George D. Nelson in Mu-
nicipal Court on charge of en-
bezzling a specific item of $500 from
the company. At the same time the
husband, Daniel Thompson. 80,
pleaded not guilty to receiving that
amount from his wife as stolen
property.
Police said there was evidence that
cash had been taken % times and
checks 8 times during an eight
month period last year. Only one
item, however, was brought before
the committing Judge by police to
enable the couple to make bond II
they were held for the grand jury.
Arrested In Arlington Home.
Mrs. Thompson was arrested Fri
day night at the Thompson home, in
the 1900 block of Fairfax drive, Ar
lington, and voluntarily accompa-
MED police to the District, where she
was booked at headquarters.
Her husband was arrested the next
day when he came to post bond for
his wife.
1t. Dewey L. Guest, chief of the
police check squad, said the woman
admitted taking the money from
the insurance firm land offering it
to Dan so we could get out of debt
and begin to live normally" 1t.
Guest said the husband declared his
wife's signed statement was true, +"
but that he refused to sign the
paper.
The police officer said Mrs. Thomp-
son failed to return to work after
November 20, although she had been
employed with the firm for five
years previously. The shortage
later was found by field auditor
from the company's home office in
Hartford, Conn, police said.
Got in Deeper and Deeper.
Mrs. Thompson was quoted as
saying she became so involved that
I didn't know the exact amount. We
kept getting in deeper and deeper
until there was no hope"
She further stated, according to
1t. Guest, that the money was spent
at Bowie and Laurel race tracks
In plays by my husband" in addi-
ton to the payment of personal
debts. s
The $500 check on which both are
charged was drawn on the COM
pany'saaccount here with the Mum
sey Trust Co, police said, .adding
that two other checks were found
in Mrs. Thompson's office desk after
she failed to return to work.
Police said the, $9,856 total was
compiled by company auditors and
that Mrs. Thom pson had agreed to
this amount.
Mrs. Thompson was quoted by
police as saying she took about rs
per cent of this money after her
marriage last August, and the re-
mainder earlier while she was Miss
Mary L. Reaney and going with
her future husband.
Police said that evidence OF the
additional missing funds would be
presented to the grand jury.
Thompson, the father Of two chill
dren by a former marriage, Is de-
scribed by police as a former en-
ploye of another insurance firm. He
has been unemployed for some time.