Show f HE CALLS IT I I CRIME OF AGES 3 i S a SENATOR EDWARDS fR lS Lt Tompson Hanged at Manila for Murder of Young Society Girl R Kuhns Kuhns- United Press Staff Corr Correspondent MANILA P. P I r. r March Lieu 18 Lieu Lieutenant tenant John S. S Thompson WestPoint West WestPoint WestPoint Point graduate of 1923 and Beau Brummel of ot the army colony was hanged at a. a m. m today in an abandoned like barn-like structure back backof of the quartermaster supply house at Ft n. McKInley The old building In the light half-light of dawn provided a weird setting for the final act Of a a. tragedy that began a few lew minutes after midnight on April 6 G. G 1925 when 1925 when Thompson fired five bullets IDt Into the breast of year old Audrey Burleigh stepdaughter stepdaughter step step- dau daughter of Captain Hamilton P. P Calmes and favorite of ot the army so social social social so- so cial set Thompson the son of Rev Milton Thompson of ot Astoria N. N Y was wu Inlove in inlove inlove love with Audrey He lie said he shot her because she would not marry him The condemned man chose the day and hour of or his execution and told friends several days before his death that he was tired of life lICe and ready to be hanged His IUs appetite remained normal through to hIs hla last meal and although the prisoner oner was guarded by secrecy he was known to have had dally daily talks with the chaplain SECRETLY LV PREPARED By Dy order of of the commanding general all preparations for tor the execution execution ex ex- were ure kept from the public The pale light of ot several leveral army lanterns lanterns lan lan- terns touts A ft stillness disturbed only bythe bythe by bythe the movements of or the executioners and a few lew muffled orders were the be o only ly signs aigne that the tho execution w was waa e I about to take place Then the trap Continued on page 8 I ITHOMPSON THOMPSON PAYS PAYS' WITH LIFE FO FOR DEATH OF G GIRL GL L Continued from page 1 I. spring spring click and Thompson bound hand and and foot dlo dropped ped through the aperture to death Thompson went to the gallows in uniform but without insignia He had been stripped of his rank The first convened I Ito to try Thompson in August and then adjourned to September 1 Thompson changed his plea from insanity to manslaughter and on September 2 he was sentenced to hang President CoolIdge approved ed the sentence February 10 Miss 1 died on oa the night of ot a great personal triumph at an amateur entertainment at the Army and Navy club Half Hal an hour be before before before be- be fore her het death she was standing in inthe inthe inthe the center of ot a group of friends who congratulated her on a solo dance Just then Thompson stepped up and asked the girl to accompany him for tor a few tew minutes conversation After several attempts to breakaway break breakaway breakaway away from her friends Miss Burleigh Bur- Bur leigh succeeded and joined Thompson Thomp Thomp- son who was in an automobile out out- side While the chauffeur drove aimlessly about the city Thompson according to his own story pleaded with Miss Burleigh to marry him She said she was not ready to marry A sense of or Impending danger may have warned her Anyway she or ordered ordered ordered or- or dered the chauffeur to disregard Thompsons Thompson's commands and to re return return return re- re turn to the club As the car passed the old Spanish fortress the chauffeur chauffeur chauffeur heard a loud explosion hour Four similar explosions followed Thompson Thomp Thomp- son was bending over the dying girl with a revolver in his hand The killer ordered the chauffeur to drive to Ft McKInley McKinle and during the Journey he sat hysterical In the back seat clasping Miss Burleigh's body The chauffeur drove up be before before before be- be fore a guardhouse and Thompson gave himself up |