The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-11-03
SHOOTING FATAL
To FORMER ROCK
ISLAND EMPL0YE
Walter Thompson Dies In Local
Hospital Today From Effects
Bullet Wounds: Charles r.
Lambert Held by Officers.
TRAGEDY STAGED THIS
MORNING ON STREETS
Corner Fourth and chlekasha Scene
Of Shooting; Wounded Man
Walks Across Street After
Hit; Shot Four Times.

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pistol shot wounds. Walter Thomp.
son. striking Rock Island shopman,
died this morning at 9:i5 o'clock
In local hospital. Charles X.
Lambert, night foreman OF the
Prairie Cotton oil company. was
taken into custody by officers fol.
lowing the shooting.
The two men met this morning
shortly before . o'clock near the
northeast corner Of the First Ma
tional Bank building on Chickasha
avenue. After n brief private CON
versation. Thompson was shot four
times. The fourth shot was fired
as the wounded man fled across
Fourth street. lie fell in front of
the S. II. Kress store.
An ambulance was summoned and
the injured man rushed to n hospital,
where he died 10 minutes after the
arrival of the ambulance at the hos
pital.
Lambert was taken TO the county
Jail, where he is being held pending
the filing of charges.
"Ruined My Hume"
"This Is the first time was ever
arrested. That man ruined my
home," Lambert told Policeman
I'lppo as he was being escorted to
the county Jail this morning after
the shooting.
When seen by n newspaper re-
porter this morning, Lambert de-
clined TO make a statement. He
only threw up his hands and walked
away from the Jail door.
A relative of the man who was at
the Jail this morning stated that no
statement for publication will be
made until after counsel Is EN-
ployed
Police officials declared this morn
ing that Lambert had told them of
some family trouble but that he and
his wife had become reconciled.
This morning at 10 o'clock, Mrs.
Lambert called called at the county
Jail and asked to see her husband.
She broke down as her husband
stepped out Of one of the compart-
ments and up to the Jail door.
Shot Four Times.
Thompson was shot four times,
once in the back One of the shots
took effect in the right arm just
below the elbow; another in the left
arm, five inches above the elbow.
One shot took effect in the right
side just below the stomach and one
in the lower part of the back and
about three inches from the spine.
The shot fired into the back went
through the mans body and hit his
watch, which he was carrying in
shirt pocket. The watch was broken
and stopped running as the hands
pointed to four and one-half minutes
to o'clock.
The injured man did not make
statement pertaining to the tragedy.
He was unconscious when he was
picked up in front Of the Kress store.
Just a few minutes before he died
in the hospital, he said in low
tone: "Everything's turning dark"
Both Men With Families.
Before the railroad shopmen's
strike several months ago, Mr..
Thompson was employed in the car
department of the Rock Island shops
here. He is survived by wife and
two children, one a married daughter,
Mrs. Velma Ferguson, who lives in
Oklahoma City. The other child is
a son, Walton Thompson, age II, a
student in the junior high school
last year.
Mr.. Thompson came to Chickasha
more than IL years ago. He was
chairman of the local grievance COM
mittee Of the carmen's organization
here.
Mr.. Lambert has been connected
with the Prairie Cotton Oil company
since that corporation took over the
property and assets of the Apache
Cotton Oil company. He is 40 years
of age and has wife and five chill
dren, the oldest of whom is 16 years
of age and the youngest, 3 years
of age.
The Lambert family lives at S19
Ell Reno avenue, just a short dis
tance from the Thompson home, 62S
Oklahoma avenue.
Conversation Details Lacking.
AS far as investigators were able
to learn today. only Lambert knows
the details Of the brief conversa-