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Thomas F Burke

Birth	:	31 Jul 1886
Death	:	27 Jan 1918 Waterville, Douglas County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Notre Dame Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.2332993, -72.5764008
Description	:	The Leavenworth Echo - Feb 1, 1918 WATERVILLE IS SCENE OF BRUTAL MURDER ON SUNDAY Merchant is Killed By Physician in Altercation Following Poker Game As the result of feeling said to have been brought on at a poker game, Dr. H. A. Smith, well known physician of Waterville, Wash., shot and killed Thos. burke, proprietor of the transfer system there. Dr. Smith is himself in his own hospital under guard suffering from a gun shot would inflicted by Dr. J. W. Adams, the county coroner who rushed to the scene and attempted to save Burke. It is expected that Smith will recover.... Read More	The Leavenworth Echo - Feb 1, 1918 WATERVILLE IS SCENE OF BRUTAL MURDER ON SUNDAY Merchant is Killed By Physician in Altercation Following Poker Game As the result of feeling said to have been brought on at a poker game, Dr. H. A. Smith, well known physician of Waterville, Wash., shot and killed Thos. burke, proprietor of the transfer system there. Dr. Smith is himself in his own hospital under guard suffering from a gun shot would inflicted by Dr. J. W. Adams, the county coroner who rushed to the scene and attempted to save Burke. It is expected that Smith will recover. The events of the tragedy probably outshine anything of the fiction that has been written about the early days of the "Wild West." From all information available (as none of the witnesses would talk) it seems that the trouble grew out of an altercation at a Poker game, at which it is said, Dr. Smith was a heavy loser. On the game breaking up at an early hour Sunday morning, he went to his home, got his gun, and started out to hunt Burke, whom he met on one of the main streets of Waterville. He immediately opened fire, fatally wounding Burke, with a shot thru the lungs. That he was crazed is evidenced by the fact that he then began to beat the dying man over the head with the butt of his pistol, despite the cries of Burke to spare his life. Dr. Adams, county coroner attracted by the shooting appeared on the scene at this time and took a hand in the affair. When Smith saw the coroner he is alleged to have said, "I'll get you too" and snapped his gun three times, but fortunately it did not go off, the trigger having been displaced in using it as a club. Dr. Adams then in self-defense fired on Smith, the bullet taking effect in his leg, thus averting what might have been a double tragedy. He then overpowered Smith and placed him under arrest. Most of the parties mixed up in the scrape are prominent Waterville business men and it has created quite a sensation in the Big Ben Town. Six men have been arrested by the authorities on a charge of gambling, who are said to have been in the game which preceded the tragedy. Smith faces a first degree murder charge. Washington Death Certificate Name Thomas Burke Death date 27 Jan 1918 Death place Waterville, Douglas, Washington Gender Male Age at death 31 years 5 months 27 days Estimated birth year 1887 Father name D. Burke Film number 1992508 Digital GS number 4220880 Image number 277 Reference number pg 5

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Thomas F Burke's memorial is located at: Notre Dame Cemetery, South Hadley, Hampshire County, USA.
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Thomas F Burke death on 27 Jan 1918 in Waterville, Douglas County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 42.2332993
Longitude: -72.5764008

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Coordinate: 42.2332993, -72.5764008

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