The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-01-17
||CT|M OF STREET FIGHT
| LAID TO REST ON SUNDAY

| stopped their car on the opposite
side of the street Artie THOMPSON.
who was about the wagon yard
went up to the ear and said some
thing TO the Cunninghams. After
/ Artie Thompson walked away the
Cunninghams drove across the
street, parked their car alongside
the sidewalk and got out and re-
mained for some minutes standing
on the sidewalk. About this time
Mrs. Clarence Cunningham and an
other woman came up In car and
stopped over on the other side of
the street. The two women got out
of the car in which they were rid
ing and went across to where Clar-
ence and Bodie Cunningham were
standing. About this time it is al
legged Robert Thompson came up
and attacked Bodie Cunningham
with an axe handle. Clarence and
Bodie Cunningham we're standing
close together and bystanders
could not tell who fired the three
shots that rang out just as Robert
Thompson sank to the ground NOR
tally wounded.
A later examination showed Rob-
ert had been hit by three bullets OF
small calibre, one bullet pierced
the lower part of the heart after
entering the left breast, another
shot struck in the top of the head
and ranged downward, the third
shot was through the hend. AS soon
as Robert Thompson fell to the
ground the two other Thompson
boys came up and attacked the
Cunninghams with knives. Bodie
Cunningham and Artie Thompson
were fighting with a knife and gun
and worked their way into the en-
trance of the wagon yard. Burn
Broadhead came out of the wagon
yard Office and took hold of Bodie
Cunningham, who was scuffling
with Artie Thompson and endeavor-
ing to shoot him with an automat-
ic gun Broadhead grabbed his
right hand and the gun. Bodie
told Burn that Artie had knife
and would cut him to pieces and
Burn then reached around the two
and caught Artie's knife hand with
his. other hand. He held the two
men until Bodie let Thompson go.
Broadhead then grabbed Artie
around the waist and held him un-
til he asked to be turned loose,
saying "they are killing my broth
err" Broadhead turned Artie loose
and he rushed around the corner
to where Clarence Cunningham and
Bert were fighting.
1t was about this time that An
drew Thompson. father OF the
Thompson boys. got into the hght'
Enraged by the sight of his dying
boy he attacked Bodie Cunning
ham with a knife. Several more
shots were fired at this time. Artle
was shot through the leg and the
upper bone shattered. II is believ-
ed that this wound was made Dy
gun of larger caliber than the gun
that killed Robert Thompson. Not
MANY of the bystanders saw car
ence Cunningham with a pistol, but
the officers took one away from
him. All three of the Thompsons
had knives, Robert Cunningham
had an axe handle.
After Robert Thompson was Kill
ed the fighters were separated INTO
two squads, with a woman miAeu
up in each of the squads. some
three or four persons were trying
to get possession of the piston IN
each SQUAD. Z. l.. Feray was the
first officer probably to reach tne
SCENE. He came to the door OF ms
place on JenerSOn street III
see Robert Thompson fall. lie says
when he reached the scene there
were two separate squads OF nght-
ers. composed of two men ana one
woman in each squad. The nrst ei-
fort to separate them failed ana ne
went up to Mr.. Oldham ana MI
Roger and asked them to aid him u
separf ting the fighter, N'h tae
three returned TO the fighters c'ar-
ence Cunningham said Hes so'
the gun. keep him from shootN
me and I'll turn him loose. y.
Sims came up about that time anu
he and Feray eot the gun and tne
light was stopped
The examining trial OF ene
Thompsons on chare 5 OF assau''
with intent to murder will be hearo
in Justice court on "Wednesday OIL