Ben Thompson

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Ben Thompson as Marshal in Austin around 1880 .

Ben Thompson (born November 2, 1843 in Knottingley , West Yorkshire , United Kingdom , † March 11, 1884 in San Antonio , Texas ) was a gunslinger, gambler and sometimes lawman of the Old West.

Like his younger brother William Thompson , Ben Thompson was a well-known classic gunslinger in the American Wild West in the second half of the 19th century . He was also a contemporary of Buffalo Bill ( William Frederick Cody ), Bat Masterson , John Wesley Hardin, and Wild Bill Hickock , some of whom viewed him as a friend and others as an enemy. Thompson fought for the Confederation during the Civil War and later for Emperor Maximilian in Mexico . When he was hired as Marshal in Austin , Texas in 1881 , the crime rate dropped sharply. Thompson was murdered at the age of 40 in San Antonio , Texas in the "Vaudeville Theater Ambush".

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  1. ↑ John Wesley Hardin: The Life of John Wesley Hardin: As Written By Himself ( English ). Smith & Moore, Seguin, Texas 1896, ISBN 978-0-8061-1051-6, (Retrieved August 27, 2014).
  2. ↑ "Billy Thompson" ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Images of Yorkshire online; accessed in August 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.imagesofyorkshire.co.uk
  3. ↑ Steve Gatto: Wyatt Earp History Page ( English ) WyattEarp.Net. Retrieved February 11, 2011.
  4. ↑ Michael Goodman: Wyatt Earp ( English ) July 30, 2005, ISBN 1583413391 , p. 95.
  5. ↑ Roger Myers: Did Wyatt Earp Arrest Ben Thompson? ( English ) 2003. Archived from the original on February 8, 2007. Retrieved August 27, 2014.
  6. ↑ Gary Roberts: Did Wyatt Earp Arrest Ben Thompson In Ellsworth In 1873? ( English ) Retrieved August 27, 2014.
personal data
SURNAME Thompson, Ben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American gunslinger
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Knottingley , West Yorkshire , United Kingdom
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 1884
Place of death San Antonio , Texas