On This Date in Minnesota History: October 10

October 10, 1969 – Hennepin County District Court Judge Douglas K. Amdahl denied a new trial for T. Eugene Thompson, “a former St. Paul lawyer serving a life murder sentence for the 1963 death of his wife.” Thompson’s appeal attorney, Ronald Meshbesher, “could appeal the decision to the Minnesota Supreme Court, which has already upheld Thompson’s conviction and expressed impatience at the ‘legal games’ his attorneys have employed under the state’s post-conviction remedy law.”

The Minneapolis Tribune; “Judge Rejects Thompson’s Try for Another Trial”; October 11, 1969; p.9.

T. Eugene "Cotton" Thompson (right) being arrested

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For more information on the murder of Carol Thompson, see these blogs:

Murder of Carol Thompson; see March 6, 2013 blog

Gun handle pieces found at the scene of Carol Thompson’s murder identified; see April 9, 2013 blog

Thieves admit to stealing and selling gun used in Carol Thompson murder; see April 17, 2013 blog

Suspects arrested in Carol Thompson’s murder; see April 19, 2013 blog

Suspect implicates another as actual murderer in Carol Thompson case; see April21, 2013 blog

T. Eugene Thompson represented one of the suspects in his wife’s murder; see April 23, 2013 blog

Pistol used to bludgeon Carol Thompson found; see April 30, 2013 blog

T. Eugene Thompson walks out on grand jury; see May 2, 2013 blog

Getaway car in Carol Thompson murder located; see May 3, 2013 blog

Blood-stained trousers believed to have been worn by Carol Thompson’s murderer found; May 9, 2013 blog

Suspect in Carol Thompson’s murder confesses, implicates T. Eugene Thompson; see June 20, 2013 blog

T. Eugene Thompson arrested in his wife’s murder; see June 21, 2013 blog

T. Eugene Thompson’s role in wife’s murder revealed to public; see June 22,2013 blog

Minn. Supreme Court affirms T. Eugene Thompson’s conviction; see Jan. 7, 2014blog

Minn. Supreme Court denies T. Eugene Thompson’s attempt to collect wife’s insurance death benefits; see Feb. 10, 2014 blog