Mark Thompson Papers, 1926-1927

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Mark Thompson Papers, 1926-1927

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Las Cruces, New Mexico attorney. Served asdefense counsel to former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall duringthe Elk Hills and Teapot Dome oil lease bribery trials, Washington, D.C., 1926-1927.

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Thompson, Mark, 1957-

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Mark B. Thompson was born in Norton, Kansas, May 8, 1881. He was educated at Wesleyan University and in Washington. He moved to New Mexico in 1905 and practiced law in Santa Fe and Las Cruces. He served as district attorney for the Third District of New Mexico from 1907 to 1909 and afterwards was special counsel for the state tax commission and other industries. While district attorney he prosecuted Jesse Wayne Brazel for the murder of Pat Garrett. Brazel's defense attorneys, who wo...