Thomas records as well as a couple of photos of him are located here. Rather than post all 9 pages here, slowing page load time, I chose to post them with the photos.
At first glance the photos of his arrest record seem to be for someone named John Chamberlain.
Here’s the story. I was browsing through the Territorial Case files on footnote.com and couldn’t find anything on Thomas which seemed odd. I knew the time of his arrest so checked the files there and found a record for John Chamberlain. When I got to Page 8, I discovered that though the warrant was issued for a John Chamberlain, not Thomas a minute entry was made correcting the name to Thomas.
This actually adds a whole new slant to the arrest story. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but Thomas did not actually have to go to jail for this arrest due to the fact that he was not the person named on the warrant, and as a matter of fact, the arrest made under that warrant was illegal.
It appears that rather than just postpone the inevitable, he chose to accept the warrant as served and go to prison.
A couple of months ago, I also obtained a copy of an Executive Order dated April 18, 1897 appointing him as a the representative for Kane County on the semi-centennial committee (this is also in Thomas Photo Gallery). The governor had complete trust in him to spend money for the state and a year and a half later, Thomas was in Prison.