People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1894 — JUDGE THOMPSON'S SUICIDE. [ARTICLE]

JUDGE THOMPSON'S SUICIDE.

A Massachusetts Jurist Who Defeated Ben Butler for Congress Kills llimself. Gi.oucf.stkr, Mass., Jan. 21. -Judge Charles P. Thompson, of the superior court, shot himself in the temple while sitting in his library Friday morning He had been ill some time. Judge Thompson was born in Braintree, Mass., July 80, 1827. In 1874 he was chosen congressman from the Gloucester district, defeating Gen. Beujainin F. Butler. In 1870 he was house chairman of the committee to investigate the Florida election case and brought in a minority report thereon, lie was twice a candidate for governor upon the democratic ticket. lie was appointed judg,* of the superior court ny Gov. Bobinson and was one of the ablest jurists on tho bench. in a report to his government the British ambassador says reciprocity has not fulfilled the expectation of its promoters.