NEW PHILADELPHIA — The bidding started at $40,000, and went sky high from there. The prize? A Thompson Model 1921 submachine gun that was purchased by the Tuscarawas County Sheriff's Office on … ...

Object Details licensee Thompson maker Colt's Patent Firearms Manufacturing Company Location Currently not on view date made ca 1921 ID Number AF.68980M catalog number 68980M accession number 260284 ...

Miniature Model 1921 Thompson Submachine Gun American History Museum Usage Conditions Apply ... Object Details maker Sonntag, Kenneth G. Location Currently not on view ID Number 2012.0097.34 accession ...

Sheriff’s Office staff is unsure what the machine gun was originally used for. Lt. Brian Alford says the Thompson was a popular law enforcement weapon during Depression-era mine riots.

NEW PHILADELPHIA, Ohio (AP) - A northeast Ohio sheriff's office is auctioning off a nearly century-old machine gun to help pay for new weapons for deputies. The Dover-New Philadelphia Times Reporter ...