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===Death===

===Death===

While working in a penitentiary in mid-January 1914, a violent prison escape broke out and Thomas was among seven people killed<ref name=prisonuprising/> by the convicts.<ref name=historicalsocietybio/> Following the possession of a gun by three prisoners, they took keys to unlock themselves from their confinement spaces and barged into offices to use stenographer Mary Foster as a human shield.<ref name=prisonuprising/> When the convicts barged into the warden's room, they demanded everyone else to surrender with their hands in the air. Thomas, a described as physically stout, did not respond quickly and was fatally shot in the heart.<ref name=prisonuprising/>

While working in a penitentiary in mid-January 1914, a violent prison escape broke out and Thomas was among seven people killed<ref name=prisonuprising/> by the convicts.<ref name=historicalsocietybio/> Following the possession of a gun by three prisoners, they took keys to unlock themselves from their confinement spaces and barged into offices to use stenographer Mary Foster as a human shield.<ref name=prisonuprising/> When the convicts barged into the warden's room, they demanded everyone else to surrender with their hands in the air. Thomas, who was described as physically stout, did not respond quickly and was fatally shot in the heart.<ref name=prisonuprising/>

An obituary asserted that Thomas was:<ref>January 19, 1914. [https://www.thomas-foremanhistorichome.com/obituary-of-judge-thomas.html Obituary of Judge John R. Thomas]. ''Thomas-Foreman Historic Home''. Retrieved November 10, 2021.</ref>

An obituary asserted that Thomas was:<ref>January 19, 1914. [https://www.thomas-foremanhistorichome.com/obituary-of-judge-thomas.html Obituary of Judge John R. Thomas]. ''Thomas-Foreman Historic Home''. Retrieved November 10, 2021.</ref>