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heW. H. THOMPSONasHI.vnii-solitGOES HENCE A FREE MAN, NOT THAT HE WAS PROVEN “NOT GlILTY,15\it Through the Quirks of the Law—An Affidavit from Ex-Prosecutor Charlton the Ground for Said Dismissal —Some Letters.OfP*dainvcinStOur readers are aware of the fact vlt;clot’ISxtCfC(•sin-alo-Ithat there is such a person as William-*II. Thompson. They are likewise aware of the fact that he used to be a resident of Boone county. It is pretty generally known that he changed his residence from Boone to Montgomery county Some years ago. while living Imre, suddenly took a notion to take a trip West and over into Canada. During his absence a Boone county grand jury acted naughty and presented an indictment against him charging ; him with embezzling quite a sum of money, from or.e Robert Slocum.In tHe course of time he was found and brought back here to answer said indictment. He gave bond, and the case has slipped along from time to time until on Monday of this week, when fre came here from Montgomery county, where he is the county attorney for the Democratic board of commissioner** not for the purpose of being tried on this indictment by a jury of his peers to establish his guilt or inno-cence^but if possible to get out through some ijiiirk of the law, and in this, as lias bn predicted, he was successful. His case went out of court on a statute providing for such dismissal where the case bad been continued without his consent. This allklavit we had intended presenting in full, but on inquiring for it at the clerk's otiice it was lost, and lost before it had gone on the record; hence a copy cannot be had. It was. however, an aihidavit from Mr. Charlton simply stating the fact of such continuance and Mr. Stokes, who was acting as Thompson's attorney, on the strength of that aliidavit, asked the dismissal of the case, bv reason of a«rstatutory provision and it was done, the state making no attempt to resist it. This paper shows Mr. Charlton toaotilt;caWd€hiO:v«wwInwHie-DotloleVCn*kaswlrlt;MIin*dnOial h\ k-vscti81VPlt;ern-:dLiftC(PS a 3tltlf(have 1 »eeu an exceedingly accoinino- f(iser;kaeo.AtinttoututesidId*r-icaicidlvofce)UvsP“y.tsdating prosecutor, in that he continued this case. m»t for the tate, but forThompson without Thompson's knowledge or request, and thereby made a loop-hole for Tie final dismissal of the case.This dismissal relieves Thompson from the expense of a trial and possibly from doing the State service in one of her penal institutions, but can in no wav relieve him of the moral odium of the charge contained in the indictment. Jn it there is no denial of his getting the money of Robert Slocum, for which he was indicted. In fact, since the finding of the indictment Thompson has attempted to escape prosecution by a repayment to Mr. Slocum of the money which he was charged with having taken. The following letter will make this matter plain:Ci:a WKoirosvn.LE, dan. 18, 1880.IxOHEUt Slolt; h.m, Ksq.:She We got W. II. Thompson to agree to give his note with his wife or other security for 61*20.00 if you will sign and return to us the enclosed letter addressed to Barton S. Iliggins. We will not turn the letter over to him unies lie gives the note as stated. Hoping to hear from you soon,Trulv yours, Ramsey A Schi ltz.Mr. Slocum, beyond doubt, signed that letter “addressed to Barton S. Higgins,”tialt;clt;StsnEoae«(1sitlaJhe-stmIdif-iscoalt;iiiss:vacc4liVus Mr. Iliggins has told Tiik Patiiiotctoishe had such a letter from Mr. Slocum, but of the contents we are ignorant, ^ as Mr. Higgins refused to let us have j it lor publication in connection with this somewhat celebrated and singu- j larly conducted and strangely ended c ease. How many more State cases could be gotten oil the docket in theI!same way. tClinton County Republican** Kutlorse Cat* SIValll'
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Lebanon Patriot
Lebanon, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 24, 1886
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