Officer Hanged in Manila for Murder
John Thompson, second lieutenant in the United States Army, was executed at Fort McKinley Manila for the murder of Miss Audrey Burleigh, 17, on August 5 1925. Thompson, 25, a West Point graduate from Far Rockaway New York, faced the scaffold calmly. He was the first American army officer executed in peacetime. He claimed inadequate salary and spur of the moment intent to kill himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Tyred
Manila
John
Thompson
United States Army
Fort McKinley
Audrey Burleigh
Signal Corps
West Point Military Academy
Far Rockaway
Long Island
New York
Burleigh
Hamilton B. Calmes
Medical Corps
Amarillo residents discuss street beauty and water plans
Last minute interviews capture local thoughts on Hughes street in Wolflin Place as Amarillo officials debate water project options. Figures like Mayor Bivins and A A Weiland share views on Kiersted and McDonald plans while citizens comment on cross country race interest and policing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Wagner
Hughes Street
Wolflin Place
Amarillo
Bivins
Weiland
Kiersted
McDonald
Untitled City Sports Report From A Fragment
A garbled page fragment reports on local track and field action and a district street event. It mentions names like Mantel, Petey, Wayne, and Greentie in a chaotic recap of matches and performances across a city scene.
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Lieut. Thompson
Alfred E. Ammon
Muncie
Ind
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Alyce Mills
Richard Dix
Cadillac Bicycles
F. L. Beer
A. E. McGregor
A. A. Weiland
Pueblo
The
Elks Lodge
J. E. Clements
Police Department
Claude LeNeveu
J. D. Cole
George Lindsay
Herb Miller
Proputilas
Amarillo Music Co
Maser
Pepe
Pert Gee Coen
Ora Fererr
Sete Wayne
Atraie Shenkt Hee
Greentie
Cae Tate of
Teenty Free Conte A Thee
Tel
Ama
Hille
Thep
United States
Etty
Wien
Lewers Reese
Shreveport Chemical CO
Shreveport, la
Atlantic
Sife Insurance Co
Richmond, Virginia
Legal Reserve
Certificate OF Virginia Bureau OF Insurance
Atlantic Life Insurance Company
Richmond
Virginia
C. O. Evans
Virginia Bureau of Insurance
Leste
Isco
Wm. F. Monning
Benenittis
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