Undersheriff James Thompson

James Thompson

Undersheriff Thompson died of heat stroke after riding on horseback for 60 miles in 100-degree temperatures.

He had ridden from Missoula to the Flathead Indian Reservation to arrest a man who had escaped from the county jail. When he arrived at the reservation he collapsed. He was put under the care of a doctor but died one week later.

Undersheriff Thompson was survived by his wife.