CLARK NV Archives Obituaries.....[THOMPSON, C. D.  1/20/1909]
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 LAS VEGAS AGE
1/23/1909

C. D. THOMPSON FOUND DEAD AT ROX STATION

Suicide is the Verdict of the Coroner's Jury

	Shortly after midnight, on Wednesday morning, Jan. 20th, a well 
dressed stranger knocked at the door of the station house at Rox.  He asked 
the agent, who answered the summons, for a room for the night stating that he
had money to pay for the same.  The agent informed him that there was no room 
in the house and advised him to gather some  wood  and build a fire near the 
tank house to keep him warm.  The stranger then departed and was seen no 
more alive.
	The next morning (Wednesday) when the section gang started to work 
about seven o'clock, they saw the body of a man lying face downward, about 
100 feet from the station house and 10 feet from the track.
	In the right temple was a bullet hole, and still grasped in the right 
hand a double barreled derringer pistol, one barrel of which had been fired.

	Tracks leading from the station house to the spot where the body was 
found indicated that the stranger had lost no time in going from the house to the 
spot where his body was found.  The position of the body showed also that he 
had shot himself while lying on the ground.  Judge H. M. Lillis of this city was 
notified and arrived on the scene on No. 2 Wednesday noon.  He made a careful 
investigation of the circumstances and had the body removed and brought to Vegas 
on the evening train.
	A coroner's jury was impanelled and an inquest held at two o'clock 
Thursday, when it was ascertained from an examination of the effects of the 
deceased that his name was C. D. Thompson and that he had but recently left 
Los Angeles.  A verdict of suicide was returned.
	A feature which would indicate that the act was premediated is the 
utter absence of any letters or papers indicating who his friends and relatives 
are and where they live.  Among his effects was found a card with the name and 
address " Mrs. Benjamin C. Levy, Cor. Mad. and 13 Ave, Seattle, Wash."  A 
telegram has been sent to that address in the hope of finding the relatives of the 
deceased.
	Thompson was in Las Vegas Monday and applied at the telegraph 
office for work stating that he was an operator, but was unable to get a position.  
He stated at that time that he was from Los Angeles.  At the express office here, 
he had his suit case forwarded to Caliente.  This was returned to Vegas Thursday 
and found to contain only clothing and toilet articles.
	Among the articles found on the body were one good gold watch with 
the initials C.D.T. handsomely engraved on the case; one small silver watch with 
gold chain, $3.30 in silver coin and a cigar case containing an assortment of small 
articles, fountain pen, tweezers, small screw driver, etc.  In a belt around his 
waste [sic] were found one fine diamond ring in massive gold setting; a $2 Canadian 
bill; a $1.00 octogon gold piece coined from California gold in 1852; a 20c piece 
and a silver half dime.  Also two pawn tickets, one issued Jan. 11 for $2.00 on a 
ring and one issued Jan. 13th on a diamond pin.  Both tickets were issued in Los 
Angeles.
	In his pockets were also found three cartridges and there were two in 
the pistol one of which had been fired.  In the suit case was found a box of cartridges 
of the same size as those in the gun and the pockets, full except for five.
	The deceased was well dressed and clean and had none of the appearance 
of a common hobo.  His belongings were all of good quality and scrupulously neat and 
clean.  He was not in a destitute condition and the reason why he should take his own 
life is a mystery.