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Snyder Ranch Crew
Do you recognize any of these men? The Snyder Ranch Crew, photo was taken between 1946 - 1952. If you can identify any of these men, please Contact Erny or Dave .
1.?, 2. Mark Smith. 3.?, 4. Dan Berry, 5.?, 6. Sylvester "Syl" Hooper, 7. Leonard Daniel, 8.Tom Green, 9.?, 10.?, 11. Ed Love, 12.?, 13. Alva "Frog" Marley 14. Dan Houston, 15. Toehead Bingham, 16. Joe McDurmett
Please Contact Erny or Dave if you can name any of the unnamed men.
Man Gone Mystery
July 17th, 1936. The Hobbs Daily News reports: State police and county officers investigate the disappearance of William Jennings Bryan Mayhall of Monument, New Mexico. Have information on this mystery, please Contact Erny or Dave
Veteran found
Mayhall, returns from Veteran's hospital after reading he was robbed.
Jal Suicide Unknown
May 22nd, 1936. Hobbs Daily News reports: Sign Painter waits for train, Bows Head to Track to Die. An unidentified man, a sign painter by trade, apparently tired of living, ended his life yesterday at 1:30 PM, under the south bound Texas & Pacific train. A tattoo of an "Oriental Dancer" on left arm with the words, "Manilla" and tattoo on his right forearm, "In memory of my mother".Have information on this mystery, please contact Contact Erny or Dave
Pistol carrying, cigar smoking, a force to be reckoned with. Can you identify this 1930 Hobbs, Lawman?
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Where’s Jack?
In July of 1932, Deputy Jack Seay of the Lea County sheriff’s office went to the Silver Rooms in Hobbs to talk to some men about counterfeit bills that had been passed there.
As he entered the room, he was ambushed and shot through the hips, with the bullet causing much damage internally also. Jack survived and was in and out of Veteran's. hospitals for the next several years.
Jack may not have been his legal name, but that is what he went by. His wife was the former Mary Little. On the 1930 Census, Jack is 40 years old and lists his occupation as Chief of Police in Jal NM. Mary Seay is 32 years of age. It is believed that Jack died in the V.A. hospital in El Paso, Texas in the early 1950’s, Mary died sometime before he did. I am trying to locate the final resting place of Jack and Mary Seay, if you have any clues of any kind, please contact us.
Thanks
Deputy Jack Seay found.
Jack and Mary Seay, are buried in Albuquerque.
Mary died in 1951 and Jack died in 1959.
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Do you have a historical mystery that applies to Lea County New Mexico? Please Contact Erny or Dave