Forsyth County GaArchives Obituaries.....Thompson, Dr. W. H.  February 14, 1887
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The Cherokee Advance [Canton, GA]   25 Feb 1887 p 2
The Cherokee Advance [Canton, GA]   25 Feb 1887 p 2
Dr. Thompson Shot in Texas
W. H. Thompson, formerly of Dawson county, Ga., was murdered at Axle, Tex., a 
small place near Waco, February 14th.
Dr. Thompson was a young man about 28 years of age, and graduated at the Atlanta 
medical college about four years ago. He was a son of Jack Thompson, who killed 
his twin brother in the corn field in Dawson county about sixteen years ago. A 
Waco, Texas correspondent says T. H. Reno, who saw the murder committed, 
testified that Dr. Thompson was shot and killed by Luther Pippin. There was a 
race to be run where the killing occurred, and, while drinking, Thompson pulled 
out his pistol and struck the counter with it. The cartridge exploded, and the 
ball went through the plank and hit Pete Sneed. Several grabbed for the pistol, 
and in the scuffle Luther Pippin came running up and put his pistol to Doc 
Thompson’s left side and shot him. Buck Pippin got Thompson’s pistol out of 
Thompson’s hand and struck him a blow over the head with it. Thompson was 
standing when struck and then fell over and died at once.  It is certain that 
condign punishment will be their fate when once the law gets them within its 
grasp. Thompson was a rollicking follow (sic), generous and erratic. 


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Buried at  Concord Baptist Church Cemetery in Cumming, Forsyth County, Georgia,

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