Mark B. Thompson papers, 1926-1932.

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Mark B. Thompson papers, 1926-1932.

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The Mark B. Thompson papers consist of three legal-size, four-ring binders compiled by Mark B. Thompson that contain newspaper clippings and indices to the legal proceedings of the Teapot Dome Scandal trials of 1926-1927. The binders treat the proceedings of the two cases: United States v. Edward L. Doheny and Albert Bacon Fall and the United States v. Albert Bacon Fall and Henry F. Sinclair.

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Rio Grande Historical Collections

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The Faithist movement was founded by a New York dentist and doctor named John B. Newbrough, who claimed to have written a new Bible, called Oahspe, while under spirit control. Contained in this Bible was "The Book of Shalam," which set forth a plan for gathering the outcast and orphaned children of the world and raising them, according to strict religious principles, to be the spiritual leaders of a new age. Newbrough and some twenty Faithists, as his followers were called, decided to create suc...

Doheny, Edward L. (Edward Laurence), 1856-1935

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Fall, Albert B. (Albert Bacon), 1861-1944

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Albert B. Fall arrived in N.M. in 1883, and began prospecting at Kingston. He moved to Las Cruces to practice law and became active in Democratic politics. In 1902, he switched his affiliation to the Republican party and continued his climb through various elective and appointive offices. In 1921, Fall was appointed Secretary of the Interior. While in this position Fall was instrumental in transferring the Navy oil reserves at Teapot Dome, Wyo. and Elk Hills, Calif. from the Navy Dept. to the In...

Thompson, Mark B. b. 1881.

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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 won the case fo...

Sinclair, Henry F.

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New Mexico. District Attorney (3rd Judicial District)

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