Executed
Thomas Dreher
Thomas Dreher was a local doctor in Franklin, St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. He was executed with Ada LeBoeuf at the Franklin jail in 1929. Historian Pam Heffner and retired librarian Fran Middleton, who researched the case separately, say the outcome is still debated. Middleton found that a lunacy commission was convened to judge his sanity, and the article reports that if he had been found insane, he might have been spared execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Historian Pam Heffner and retired librarian Fran Middleton say the outcome is still debated, and Middleton found that a lunacy commission was convened to judge his sanity.
Reported by: Pam Heffner; Fran Middleton.