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| E. L. Thoms | William Fentress Thompson (1865 - 1926) |
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| E. L. Thoms was the proprietor of a roadhouse near the Indian River in 1912. He was robbed of $250 and suspected Roy Ayers and T.W.P. Smith. A patrol was sent upriver and met Ayers returning to Dawson. The money was found in his sock. He claimed there was a big drunk at the roadhouse and he had seen Smith take the money out of Thoms’ pocket. He and Smith were arrested and both were sent up for trial. Ayers was convicted and sentenced to three years hard labour. Smith was acquitted.((Royal North-West Mounted Police Annual Report. Sessional Paper No. 28. 1913: 237.)) | William Thompson was born in New York. He worked on newspapers in Texas, Washington, and Canada before becoming a reporter, editor, and co-owner of the Dawson newspapers //Yukon Sun// and //Dawson News// from 1897 to 1906. He was the editor and co-owner of the //Fairbanks Daily News// and the //Tanana Miner.//((Evangeline Atwood and Robert N. DeArmond, //Who's Who in Alaskan Politics.// Portland: Alaska Historical Commission. 1997: 99.)) |
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