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THOMPSON, Robert Franklin
/* Thompson, a Si-year-old white hative of Kansas, was an itinerant farm
laborer had arrived in Coshocton, Ohio, in the middle of July, 1926,
On the afternoon of July 30, 1926, he met a young girl, Gertrude
D'Ostroph at the courthouse square in Coshocton and induced her to
accompany him to the banks’ of the MAKSK& Walhonding River, one mile
north of Coshocton where he raped the child and then strangled her
to death to prevent her informing on him. Her body was found the
next day and people who had seen her with Thompson gave a complete
description of him, He was traced to a Mount Vernon rooming house
and taken into custody while sleeping there on August 1, Thompson
admitted his guilt, stating that he had taken xa the girl to the
river and raped her. He said that he knew that he had strangled
her but did not remember doing soe HRESPEXEERXAAE XARA MRMEREL ANS To
prevent mob action, he waa kept in the jails of other counties and re-=
turned to Coshocton only for his arraignment and trialx where he was
convicted and sentenced to die, Thompson accepted his fate calmly
and told the prison chaplain that he was ready to die for he felt
that was the only way that he would pay for his crime, The trial
Judge petitioned the Governor to spare his life, stating that, in his
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THOMPSON, Robert Franklin
Thompson, a 5lj-year-old white native of Kansas, was an itineran
laborer had arrived in Coshocton, Ohio, in the middle of July,
On the afternoon of July 30, 1926, he met a young girl, Gertrude
D'@stroph at the courthouse square in Coshocton and induced her to
accompany him to the banks*of the MAKSKE Walhonding River 3 one mile
north of Coshocton where he raped the child and then strangled her
to death to prevent her informing on him. Her body was found the
next day and people who had seen her with Thompson gave a complete
description of him. He was traced to a Mount Vernon rooming house
and taken into custody while sleeping there on August 1. Thompson
admitted his guilt, stating that he had taken +m the girl to the
river and raped her. He s: that he knew that he had strangled
her but did not remember doing soe ERESPEXACRAA EKER KRESS To
prevent mob action, he waa kept in the jails of other counties and re-
turned to Coshocton only for his arraignment and trialx where he was
convicted and sentenced to die. Thompson accepted his fate calmly
and told the prison chaplain that he was ready to die for he felt
that was the only way that he would pay for his crime, é |
judge petitioned the Governor to spare his life, stating tt
opinzon, THompson was not morally responsible, but a boar
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