Headless in Taos: The Dark Fated Tale of Arthur Rochford Manby
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (648 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0865347352 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 166 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-01 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In the mid-1940s his family moved to California where at sixteen he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served three years as a medic. After retiring, he pursued his interests in writing and painting. . James S. His previous book, Robert Clay Allison, was also published by Sunstone Press. Later he spent ten years in the navy as a photographer and in 1964 he alighted in Taos, New Mexico and developed an avid interest in Southwestern American history. After living in Santa Fe and Al
After retiring, he pursued his interests in writing and painting. After living in Santa Fe and Albuquerque, he continued researching and writing articles on the frontier West. Later he spent ten years in the navy as a photographer and in 1964 he alighted in Taos, New Mexico and developed an avid interest in Southwestern American history. About the Author James S. . His previous book, Robert Clay Allison, was also published by Sunstone Press. In the mid-1940s his family moved to California where at sixteen he enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served three years as a medic. Peters was born in Wyandotte, Michigan in 1930
"Manby Relatives" according to Murray Clarke. Excellent book and an easy read.
Looked upon as an eccentric, no one realizes how ill he has become. Finally for posterity, and as relief to the guilty, it was labeled an unsolved crime. He finally does so in 1913 when becoming the owner of the 61,000 acre Martinez Grant of Taos. One sect accepted that he was gruesomely murdered, while the second held to the belief that he had staged his death and left behind the cadaver of a stranger. Finally having a falling out with a quartet of compatriots, in July, 1929, he is murdered and decapitated.. In his last years he gradually decays mentality and emotionally. But after three years it slips from his grasp and he is left nearly penniless. Today it is referred to as the ''Manby Mystery of Taos.'' This book contains very little mystery. Arriving in New Mexico from England in 1883, the 24-year-old Manby began his personal odyssey for El Dorado: the dream of building a vast empire in the Southwest. Rather, it is the tragic account of Manby and his 35-year career in manipulation, extortion, high-grading and murder. The case was a bizarre enigma wrapped in riddles, confusion, betrayal and greed. Following the discovery of the decapitated corpse of Arthur Rochford Manby in his nineteen-room mansion in Taos, New Mexico, there quickly arose two schools of thought as to the event