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last, and taken from the "Memphis Appeal" of crimes committed at Brook-ville by one James Thompson—who mur-dered his sister Margaret his step mother—his half brother "Clay," half sister Jemima—wounded his half sister Emma?—And killed his father in the pres-ence of the sheriff— [gap] He, James Thompson, was at last taken by several citizens bound and carried to the prison at Macon—

I do not know if this James Thompson—is the James J. Thompson married at Lima—, or whether he is living and having no means of ascertaining the facts, I take the liberty of requesting Your Excellency to ask for information in this respect through the Federal Authorities to enable me to set at rest the anxiety of this unfortunate lady—If James Thompson is, as I fear, the husband of Dona Ysabel Bemgolea, And the murderer of his family And has ceased to exist, I would like to have a duly authenticated cer-tificate of his decease, for any legal purpose