Thoms, Joseph C. MD

1862 - Abt 1929  (67 years)

• Name	Thoms, Joseph C.  [1]
  	20210513HAv- Dr. Joseph C. Thoms Charity Patient's Victim, enraged Chinese Tom Yin. Survived by Mrs Ethel Colcord CLIPPED FROM The Standard Union Brooklyn, New York 17 May 1929, Fri • Page 13 BY wetzupdoc · 13 May 2021 a Eighty-ninth ' Brooklyn's GWriese Doctor Gave Life t6 Coimtrymah Dr. Joseph C. Thoms Charity Patient's Victim Dr. Joseph C. Thorns, for more than twenty years the only Chinese doctor practicing medicine in Brooklyn, is dead. He died in Beekman Street Hospital, Manhattan, yesterday from the effects of five bullet wounds, inflicted by an enraged Chinese, Tom Yin, 31, whom he was treating for a tubercular throat in the patient's home at 26 Mott street, Manhattan. Dr. Thorns was born in China in 1862 and eleven years later was sent to America by his parents to be educated. He studied in elementary school and later entered Long Island College Hospital Medical School, from which he graduated in 1889. He lived and had his office at 1280 Herkimer street in the Ocean Hill section, until eight years ago, when he moved to 110 Macon street, in the heart of the Bedford section. When he began practicing medicine Dr. Thoms' first thought was of his countrymen who had not been so fortunate as he in obtaining a suitable education in this country. He visited Chinatown frequently and soon he was treating scores of his countrymen witnout charge. "I was just lucky, that is all," he would tell his friends. "I am enjoying the benefits of an excellent education. Few of my countrymen had the same opportunity and I feel that I owe something to them." It was this belief that led to his death. He had been treating the man who was to become his slayer gratuitously for two years. He visited Yin in his Chinatown flat daily. He felt that he had done all he could for his countryman, and told him so. "No, you must come to see me every day," Yin is reported to have told Dr. Thoms. When the latter explained that he could not do that, Yin is alleged to have seized an automatic pistol and fired five shots into Dr. Thoms' chest and neck. The latter struggled with his assailant, much more powerful, and followed him to the street before he became unconscious. Dr. Thoms is survived by - his widow, Mrs. Ethel Reginia Thoms, a white woman; two daughters, - Mrs. Frank Fletcher and - Mrs. Ethel Colcord, and a son. Joseoh C. jr., who is studying civil engineerlng. Clipping location on The Standard Union page 13 wetzupdoc Member Photo CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc · 13 May 2021 CLIPPED FROM The Standard Union Brooklyn, New York 17 May 1929, Fri • Page 13 BY wetzupdoc · 13 May 2021
  Suffix	MD
  Birth	1862	China   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Joseph C. Thorns  [2]
  Residence	1912	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  	1280 Herkimer Street
  Death	Abt 16 May 1929	Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA   [1]
  	20210513HAv- Dr. Joseph C. Thoms Charity Patient's Victim, enraged Chinese Tom Yin. Survived by Mrs Ethel Colcord CLIPPED FROM The Standard Union Brooklyn, New York 17 May 1929, Fri • Page 13 BY wetzupdoc · 13 May 2021 a Eighty-ninth ' Brooklyn's GWriese Doctor Gave Life t6 Coimtrymah Dr. Joseph C. Thoms Charity Patient's Victim Dr. Joseph C. Thorns, for more than twenty years the only Chinese doctor practicing medicine in Brooklyn, is dead. He died in Beekman Street Hospital, Manhattan, yesterday from the effects of five bullet wounds, inflicted by an enraged Chinese, Tom Yin, 31, whom he was treating for a tubercular throat in the patient's home at 26 Mott street, Manhattan. Dr. Thorns was born in China in 1862 and eleven years later was sent to America by his parents to be educated. He studied in elementary school and later entered Long Island College Hospital Medical School, from which he graduated in 1889. He lived and had his office at 1280 Herkimer street in the Ocean Hill section, until eight years ago, when he moved to 110 Macon street, in the heart of the Bedford section. When he began practicing medicine Dr. Thoms' first thought was of his countrymen who had not been so fortunate as he in obtaining a suitable education in this country. He visited Chinatown frequently and soon he was treating scores of his countrymen witnout charge. "I was just lucky, that is all," he would tell his friends. "I am enjoying the benefits of an excellent education. Few of my countrymen had the same opportunity and I feel that I owe something to them." It was this belief that led to his death. He had been treating the man who was to become his slayer gratuitously for two years. He visited Yin in his Chinatown flat daily. He felt that he had done all he could for his countryman, and told him so. "No, you must come to see me every day," Yin is reported to have told Dr. Thoms. When the latter explained that he could not do that, Yin is alleged to have seized an automatic pistol and fired five shots into Dr. Thoms' chest and neck. The latter struggled with his assailant, much more powerful, and followed him to the street before he became unconscious. Dr. Thoms is survived by - his widow, Mrs. Ethel Reginia Thoms, a white woman; two daughters, - Mrs. Frank Fletcher and - Mrs. Ethel Colcord, and a son. Joseph C. jr., who is studying civil engineerlng. Clipping location on The Standard Union page 13 wetzupdoc Member Photo CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc · 13 May 2021 CLIPPED FROM The Standard Union Brooklyn, New York 17 May 1929, Fri • Page 13 BY wetzupdoc · 13 May 2021 Age: 81 Beekman Street Hospital, from the effects, of five bullet wounds, inflicted by an enraged Chinese, Tom Tin, 81,- whom he was treating for a tubercular throat in the patient's home at 26 Mott street, Manhattan,
  Person ID	I85698	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Family	Reglnia, Ethel
  Children	1. Thorns, Ethel G.,   b. 1900, Pennsylvania, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Thoms, Joseph C. Jr.  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Thoms, ms  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F52514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Residence - 1280 Herkimer Street - 1912 - Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA Death - Abt 16 May 1929 - Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Thoms, Dr JosC killed Brooklyn news_19290517 StandardUnion 20210513HAv- Dr. Joseph C. Thoms Charity Patient's Victim, enraged Chinese Tom Yin. Survived by Mrs Ethel Colcord CLIPPED FROM The Standard Union Brooklyn, New York 17 May 1929, Fri • Page 13 BY wetzupdoc · 13 May 2021 a Eighty-ninth ' Brooklyn's GWriese Doctor Gave Life t6 Coimtrymah Dr. Joseph C. Thoms Charity Patient's Victim Dr. Joseph…

  
  

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  [S2282] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), Dr. Joseph C. Thoms Charity Patient's Victim, enraged Chinese Tom Yin. Survived by Mrs Ethel Colcord.- The Standard Union Brooklyn, New York 17 May 1929, Fri • Page 13The Standard Union; Publication Date: 17 May 1929; Publication Place: Brooklyn, New York, United States of America; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/544740908/?article=ae34de18-b64d-43c9-a965-cbdbd2c99377&focus=0.62746096,0.428643,0.7406978,0.78572315&xid=3355. Record for Ethel Colcord (10) facts 20210513HAv- 20210513HAv- Dr. Joseph C. Thoms Charity Patient's Victim, enraged Chinese Tom Yin. Survived by Mrs Ethel Colcord CLIPPED FROM The Standard Union Brooklyn, New York 17 May 1929, Fri • Page 13 BY wetzupdoc · 13 May 2021 a Eighty-ninth ' Brooklyn's GWriese Doctor Gave Life t6 Coimtrymah Dr. Joseph C. Thoms Charity Patient's Victim Dr. Joseph C. Thorns, for more than twenty years the only Chinese doctor practicing medicine in Brooklyn, is dead. He died in Beekman Street Hospital, Manhattan, yesterday from the effects of five bullet wounds, inflicted by an enraged Chinese, Tom Yin, 31, whom he was treating for a tubercular throat in the patient's home at 26 Mott street, Manhattan. Dr. Thorns was born in China in 1862 and eleven years later was sent to America by his parents to be educated. He studied in elementary school and later entered Long Island College Hospital Medical School, from which he graduated in 1889. He lived and had his office at 1280 Herkimer street in the Ocean Hill section, until eight years ago, when he moved to 110 Macon street, in the heart of the Bedford section. When he began practicing medicine Dr. Thoms' first thought was of his countrymen who had not been so fortunate as he in obtaining a suitable education in this country. He visited Chinatown frequently and soon he was treating scores of his countrymen witnout charge. "I was just lucky, that is all," he would tell his friends. "I am enjoying the benefits of an excellent education. Few of my countrymen had the same opportunity and I feel that I owe something to them." It was this belief that led to his death. He had been treating the man who was to become his slayer gratuitously for two years. He visited Yin in his Chinatown flat daily. He felt that he had done all he could for his countryman, and told him so. "No, you must come to see me every day," Yin is reported to have told Dr. Thoms. When the latter explained that he could not do that, Yin is alleged to have seized an automatic pistol and fired five shots into Dr. Thoms' chest and neck. The latter struggled with his assailant, much more powerful, and followed him to the street before he became unconscious. Dr. Thoms is survived by - his widow, Mrs. Ethel Reginia Thoms, a white woman; two daughters, - Mrs. Frank Fletcher and - Mrs. Ethel Colcord, and a son. Joseoh C. jr., who is studying civil engineerlng. Clipping location on The Standard Union page 13 wetzupdoc Member Photo CLIPPED BY wetzupdoc · 13 May 2021 CLIPPED FROM The Standard Union Brooklyn, New York 17 May 1929, Fri • Page 13 BY wetzupdoc · 13 May 2021 Thoms, Dr JosC killed Brooklyn news_19290517 StandardUnion 20210513HAv- Dr. Joseph C. Thoms Charity Patient's Victim, enraged Chinese Tom Yin. Survived by Mrs Ethel Colcord CLIPPED FROM The Standard Union Brooklyn, New York 17 May 1929, Fri • Page 13 BY wetzupdoc · 13 May 2021 a Eighty-ninth ' Brooklyn's GWriese Doctor Gave Life t6 Coimtrymah Dr. Joseph C. Thoms Charity Patient's Victim Dr. Joseph… [S2507] Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2020;), The Brooklyn Daily Eagle; Publication Date: 5/ May/ 1912; Publication Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/54439627/?article=bc77e9d7-28c4-4334-a468-7e0ab4c87054&focus=0.164772,0.07841196,0.42798704,0.46549064&xid=3398. Record for Miss Ethel G. Thorns (11) facts 20230112GHLn- 20230112GHLn- Miss Ethel G. Thorns/Thoms in the U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current Name: Miss Ethel G. Thorns [Miss Peggy Thoms] Gender: Female Graduation Date: Feb 1911 School: Girls High School Marriage Date: Abt 1912 Father: Joseph C. Thorns Spouse: Frank Fletcher 20230112GHLn- Miss Ethel G. Thoms and Frank Fletcher Engaged, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 05 May 1912, Sun · Page 41 CLIPPED FROM The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York 05 May 1912, Sun • p.41 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 12 January 2023 MISS ETHEL G. THOMS. Announcement his been made of the engagement ot Miss Ethel G. Thorns. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Thorns ot 1280 Herkimer street, to Frank Fletcher, jr., youngest son of the Rev. and Mrs. Frank Fletcher of Plainfleld, N. J. Miss Thorns has boon quite prominent socially, and has a host ot friends, all ot whom will be surprised and pleased at this first announcement of her betrothal. Before her graduation from the Girls High School, in February, 1911; she was one of the most popular students, having distinguished herself Iff and art work. In which she Is markedly talented. During her school course she gained the nickname of "Peggy," and there were few schoolmates in Girls High School who didn't know who "Peggy" really was. Miss Thorns is an athletic girl, being a splendid swimmer, an expert diver and ennoist and a formidable opponent at tennis, as is her fiance. The couple met during a summer vacation at Atlantic Highlands, where a mutual interest In athletics iirst brought them together. Miss Thorns, who Is also a sUillf nl pianist, is completing a course various ways, especially In Bketchius iu art at the Pratt Institute Clipping location on The Brooklyn Daily Eagle page 41 CLIPPED FROM The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York 05 May 1912, Sun • p.41 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 12 January 2023 Thoms, EthelG engaged News_BrooklynDailyEagle 19120505p41 20230112GHLn- Miss Ethel G. Thoms and Frank Fletcher Engaged, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 05 May 1912, Sun · Page 41 CLIPPED FROM The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York 05 May 1912, Sun • p.41 wetzupdoc Member Photo BYwetzupdoc · 12 January 2023 MISS ETHEL G. THOMS. Announcement his been made of the engagement ot Miss Ethel G. Thorns.…

  
  

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TNG ID: I85698