The Wild West Never Died: True Crime Tales of 20th Century New Mexico - Softcover

Jack Kutz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0936455101 ISBN 13: 9780936455105

Publisher: Rhombus Publishing Company, 2009

Synopsis

The Wild West Never Died: True Crime Tales of 20th Century New Mexico Legendary outlaws have stalked the byways and backcountry of the Southwest since before desperadoes like Jesse James, Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy terrorized the Territories. They still do. The 1800s were rightly labeled The Wild West; but the gruesome crime waves rolled on beyond Statehood for the western territories. Twentieth Century New Mexico was ravaged by outlandish, brazen criminals, sometimes with the protection of public officials. Each decade of the 20th Century experienced lurid, gory murders which to this day remain unsolved. Dark deeds in this sunny land have gone unpunished, like the brutal killer of Las Cruces's Cricket Coogler in 1949 and the serial killer of 11 women found on Albuquerque's West Side in 2009. Chapter 1: Arthur Manby: On Whose Face Was The Starving Dog Chewing? Chapter 2: Laura & George Lorius: People Don't Just Vanish... Do They? Chapter 3: Cricket Coogler: Shallow Grave for a Honky-Tonk Girl Chapter 4: Spider Heisler, James Upton, David Nelson: Death Got His Kicks on Route 66 Chapter 5: Homer Gossett: Hell Behind the Big House Walls Chapter 6: John Bostrom: The Only Person He Ever Hurt Was Himself Chapter 7: Terry Seaton: I Never Left Miss Lacy's B Chapter 8: Los Vagos Motorcycle Gang: The Luck of the Vagos Chapter 9: William Wayne Gilbert: Mad Dogs on the Run Chapter 10: Officer Phil Chacon: Van Robinson, Not Guilty Chapter 11: Diazien Hossencofft: The Interplanetary Murder Conspiracy

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About the Author

In the 1970 s Jack Kutz gained followers as a writer and researcher for Albuquerque s alternative newspaper Seers Catalog. Later Kutz s writing was featured in New Mexico Magazine. However, Kutz began collecting folklore and extraordinary tales working in remote locations while working for Mountain Bell, hanging telephone line. During this time he began documenting the oral histories and tall tales passed down generation to generation within specific regions. Also an avid mountain climber, Kutz served with New Mexico Mountain Club. Those daring rescue missions gave him first-hand experiences and contacts with people who had amazing stories to share. Kutz s Mysteries & Miracles series not only preserves many cultural stories but also enables readers to reference detailed directions to visit some of the most bizarre, obscure and haunting places within the Southwest. In addition to his six books in the Mysteries & Miracles series, Kutz is also the author of Grassroots New Mexico: A History of Citizen Activism and The Wild West Never Died: True Crime Tales of 20th Century New Mexico.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rhombus Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0936455101
• ISBN 13: 9780936455105
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 237
• Editor: Jeff Radford
• Illustrator: Juan Wijngaard