Thompson

Two pistoleers become the focus of attention at a theater.

March 11, 1884. Texas gunmen Ben Thompson and King Fisher make a huge mistake. A day of drinking takes them to the Vaudeville Theater in San Antonio. Two years before, Thompson had killed Jack Harris, the theater’s owner, and the late man’s friends want revenge.

Thompson and Fisher are ambushed in an upstairs area; both are riddled with bullets. Although the killers are known, no-one is ever tried in the case.

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