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Bessie Thornton 1899 - 1987

Bessie Thornton of Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina was born on May 28, 1899, and died at age 87 years old in April 1987.

Bessie Thornton

Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina 28301

May 28, 1899

April 1987

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In 1899, in the year that Bessie Thornton was born, on February 14th, the first voting machines were approved by Congress for use in federal elections. Several states were already using voting machines in their elections and the Federal government was finally convinced of their safety and accuracy.

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In 1924, when she was 25 years old, in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.

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