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Photographer: from Dearborn Independent, Dec. 26, 1925; via Google Books (PD)
Taken: Circa 1925
Caption: Carlton Cole "Carl" Magee (1872-1946)
Additional Description: Initially a lawyer by profession, the Iowa native launched his New Mexico newspaper in 1922. He was instrumental in exposing the Teapot Dome scandal, which resulted in the U.S. Secretary of the Interior's conviction on bribery charges. Magee also crusaded against corruption in local courts, the impetus for the feud between him and Leahy. Magee was charged with manslaughter in the Meadows Hotel confrontation but was acquitted. He later moved to Oklahoma, where he invented the coin-operated parking meter.
Submitted: November 21, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p761506
File Size: 0.053 Megabytes

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