¶ The President formally approved a sentence of death imposed by a court martial on Lieutenant John S. Thompson, U. S. A. The Lieutenant had pleaded guilty to the murder of a young woman in the Philippines. The father, a minister on Long Island, asked the President to grant clemency on the ground that his son was insane. But the President confirmed the sentence. It is believed to be the first death sentence ever imposed by a U. S. court martial in peacetime.
¶President Coolidge, facing reporters in his usual conference, intimated that he...
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