Smith's murder The Death of Thomas Smith as told by Walter D. Nichols, (1931), H.L. Humphrey Great Gunfighters of the Kansas Cowtowns, 1867-1886, Nyle H. Miller and Joseph W. Snell Policing lawless Abilene Thomas James Smith 1830 births 1870 deaths 1870 murders in the United States American male boxers Male murder victims Lawmen of the American Old West New York City Police Department officers People murdered in Kansas Deaths by decapitation People from Abilene, Kansas Axe murder