Trail of Shadows

The Unsolved Murders of Prohibition Agents Dale Kearney and Ray Sutton

Chuck Hornung, B. Lee Charlton (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

245 Seiten

2019
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-7756-9 (ISBN)

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In the summer of 1930, two federal prohibition agents were murdered - one in a hail of buckshot in Aguilar, Colorado; the other disappearing on a sunny afternoon along a New Mexico state highway. This is the first book to correlate the two murders, identify how and why they occurred, name the parties involved and the roles they played.

In the summer of 1930, two federal prohibition agents were murdered. The first died in a hail of buckshot on a dark street in Aguilar, Colorado. Six weeks later, the second agent and his vehicle disappeared on a sunny afternoon along a New Mexico state highway south of Raton. During their fifty-year search, the authors sought answers to why no one was ever prosecuted for these crimes. This is the first book to correlate the two murders, identify how and why they occurred, and name the parties involved and the roles they played.

Drawing from first-hand interviews and National Archives files, this book lifts the shadows along the trail as the light of truth is shown upon this mystery. Two federal agents can now rest in peace.

Chuck Hornung was a member of the founding board of directors and vice president of the Wild West History Association. He is past president of the Western Outlaw-Lawman History Association and president of the New Mexico Mounted Police Historical Society. B. Lee Charlton is a retired law enforcement agent. He was a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a senior intelligence specialist with the Drug Enforcement Administration. He lives in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

Part I. The Gathering Storm

1. The Murders of Dale F. Kearney and Ray Sutton

2. Prohibition: The Noble Experiment

3. “Revenooers”: America’s New Enforcers with Limitations

4. The Lawless Years

5. Dale F. Kearney: Prohibition Agent, Badge 1422

6. Ray Sutton: Prohibition Agent, Badge 2400

Part II. Booze, Bootleggers,

Blood and Seeking Justice

7. John F. Vivian, Ralph L. Carr and the Kearney

deleteInvestigation Task Force

8. The Buccaneers

9. Family, Leads and Plans

10. You Shall Know the Truth …

11. The Forged Check—A Funeral—An Arrest

12. The Jack Dionisio Matter

13. Valentines—Gangster War—New Plans

14. Star Power Visitors—Cornucopia—Vivian’s Dismissal

Part III. The Trail Markers Grow

15. Reassignments

16. Conspiracy of Silence

17. The Final Trail Markers

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	20.07.2019
Zusatzinfo	34 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4766-7756-5 / 1476677565
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-7756-9 / 9781476677569
Zustand	Neuware