Bio & Incident Details
Age: 37
Tour: 11 months
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 2/2/1869
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Offender: suspect never identified
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City Marshal John Thompson was shot in front of the tollhouse of the Cincinnati and Covington Bridge (Suspension Bridge) on February 2, 1869 as he attempted to arrest a person fitting the description of a burglar on the Lexington Turnpike. The bullet entered his abdomen and buried itself in one of the lumbar vertebrae producing partial paralysis to the left lower extremity. It was not possible to remove the bullet and Thompson succumbed to his injury on February 22, 1869.
The murderer was never caught, though a $1000 reward was offered for his identity.
Marshal Thompson is buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky.
