Show N P n N 9 egan found with bullet in fil brain names of three women involved WOODBURY N J april 17 this quiet little town was greatly shocked today over the sensational suicide of the rev george W thomson pastor of the woodbery wooda ury presbyterian church and the subsequent developments which involved the names dames of 0 at least three women of this place mr thomson was as found dead in the newton hotel today with a bullet in his brain at first those who knew him would not believe that he had died by his own hand but bu t the evidence to that effect was so strong that they at last had to admit that it was only too true but the sensation caused by his suicide was as nothing compared with the conditions that were developed when the clergy mans friends searched for a motive for his act now that the is dead there are many stories coming out as to the life lie ho led but how many of thern them are arc true 11 it is is impossible to ascertain the rev george W thomson pastor of the woodbury presbyterian church chuich with a fashionable congregation was found in a room in a hotel here today with a bullet wound in his head it is believed he committed suicide A week jago ago his engagement was announced to miss antiss fannie kenworthy a wealthy member of the church no reason for the suicide is known mr air thomson was war 15 45 years of age the sudden death of mr air tho thomson amson caused a great shock in woodbury especially in view of his bis engagement to miss aliss kenworthy mr Thorn thomson zon came to woodbury from claytob Clay tou N J about ten years ago lie ile built up the congregation of tha church until it became one of th the e largest and most prosperous in south jersey mr thomson was married a number of years ago his wife lied died about a year and a hall half ago since which time he has been living at the newton hotel here miss kinworthy Kon worthy was at lier her homo home here when the news of mr air Thom sons death was received by her an effort was made to learn from her when ahei she ahe had last seen mr thomson but she vas vas too much overcome by the tragedy to be seen through a friend arlund however it was learned that there had been no rupture of the on engagement ga between the minister ind and herself and that there thare had been no estrangement of any kind hind whon when mr air Thom Thorus sons ons engagement became known a woman who lived at the same hotel where mr thomson re began to circulate reports involving mr TOor thomson thi this s so aroused the women members of the church that an Al monday onlay last a delegation of the women of the congregation called at the hotel there was fas a stormy estic it Is said and and as a result the woman left woodbury that evening she hag gone to the pacific coast it is claimed it Is believed mr air thomson shot himself hinie elf between 5 and 6 last evening lie HO attended a convention of a missionary society yesterday afternoon ani and delivered an address he had ap engagement to call on miss allas Keli kenworthy Northy last evening and when ho lid did not appear she telephoned to a prominent moni ber of the church A searching party was organized and efforts to locate him were made at 1250 last night his room at the hotel was looked into the bed was untouched and the searchers went away it is thought A mr ir thomson was wag bleg dead on the floor on the opposite side of ahe Q bed at the time lime it was wag here bere that tho the body was wa found 0 today 0 it is said by guests of tho the hotel that at the time of the announcement of dr sims ong engagement argement to mrs kenworthy the clergyman and the woman in the case had a violent scene she la jq alleged to have said that sho she would not permit any other oman to come between bot veen them hu owes owe me sho she Is alleged to have said fiall all the love and duty belonging to a wife and I 1 shall not permit him tp to desert me it is s paso reported that at a meeting of sunday school teachers held last thursday night tho the woman was a in moniger of mr Thom sons church denounced mr air thomson call Ing jilin among other things a hypocrite |