Frank E. Thompson
Named in 2 stories. Back to all names
- Nov 12, 1891The Doctor Wasn't Who He Said He WasFound dead along the Northern Pacific tracks near Olympia, Dr. C. S. Smith was unmasked by his own will as S. C. Thompson, an Iowa county treasurer who had fled a defalcation in 1872.Olympia, WA
- Nov 24, 1891The Treasurer Who Vanished, Then Wrote Home From Puget SoundAn Iowa county official disappeared in the 1870s. After his death, his family gathered at the Olympia Hotel to settle an estate—and letters revealed a hidden life, a bank failure, and a real-estate boom he hoped would make restitution possible.Olympia Hotel, Olympia, WA