Flint is well known for its modern violent crimes but Flint's history is filled with little known stories that read stranger than fiction. Gruesome murders, weird accidents, and violent deaths. Join us every Thursday as Joe Schipani details some of the odd but true deaths he found in Flint's archives.
One
Last Kiss April
17th, 1926
This story started in 1924 when
Margaret Thompson filed for and received a divorce from her husband Guy
William.
The couple had numerous marital
problems including infidelity and physical abuse. Margaret had caught her
husband cheating on her with a couple different women, one time in their own
home. When she caught him in their home Guy beat Margaret and blamed her for
his ways.
Margaret reported the incident to
the police, filed for divorce, and moved in with one of her friends on Thomson
Street.
For the next couple years things
seemed to be going good for Margaret. She had a job as a stenographer at the
G.A. Kelly Co. She also met a new love interest, William Mackie.
In February1926 Guy decided to move
into the apartment below Margaret on Thomson Street. Guy had made several
attempts to get Margaret back but things really escalated when Margaret started
dating again. On Friday April 16th, Margaret and her roommate Esther, filed a
police report stating that they believed Guy had picked the lock in their
apartment and rummaged through their place.
The police told them without
proof there was nothing they could do. They reported the burglary and went on
their way. Margaret then went to the owner of the house and told him what
happened. She claimed that she was afraid to stay in her apartment. He told her
that there was nothing he could do because of the signed lease.
The next afternoon, the two women
were afraid to leave their apartment alone. William Mackie came by around two
in the afternoon to take Esther to work and spend the afternoon with Margaret.
When he arrived, he was met by Guy, who was holding a pistol. William ran through
the side yard, Guy fired five shots, missing William all five times.
Hearing the commotion Margaret
ran out of her apartment. Guy turned the gun on her and shot her three times.
The first bullet went into the left side of her brain killing her instantly.
The police arrived on the scene
just after Margaret was shot. When they arrived, they found Guy kissing
Margaret telling her that this was their last kiss here on earth and that they
will be together soon.
As the police surrounded Guy he put
the barrel in his mouth, pulled back the hammer, and pulled the trigger.
The gun was out of bullets.
He begged the police to give him
a gun so he could finish what he started. The police refused and arrested Guy.
As they pulled him away, he begged to give Margaret one last kiss.
Guy spent the rest of his life in
prison.
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