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Fighting Editor Magee Goes On Trial For Killing
The famed editor Arl Magee faces trial June 15 in Las Vegas New Mexico for the killing of John Lassiter, a bystander, during a struggle with Judge Leahy after Magee confronted political ring power in New Mexico. Magee’s career spanned battles against corruption from 1920s Albuquerque to Teapot Dome exposure, ending with a courtroom clash over a fatal shot.
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