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Last Hanging in New Mexico
On September 3, 1921 five Mexican Nationals entered the Coury Store to rob it.  Mr. Coury was shot and killed; Mrs. Coury struggled with another thief and was wounded in the process.  A bullet glanced off her corset stay, saving her life. The gun jammed and was dropped. One of the men shot at young Fred Coury and missed.  Fred began throwing cans of tomatoes at the men, hitting the head of the one that shot his mother and knocking off his hat. 

The men escaped, but their horses left a plain trail to the east. Bloodhounds from the state penitentiary helped track them down with the scent from the gun and hat. Four of the men were captured a few days later near Roswell. One man, Eziquel Machucha, presumably escaped to Mexico and was never found.  The four captives were tried in Estancia and convicted of first degree murder. On June 30th Judge Edwin C. Mechem ordered them to be hanged in the jail yard at Estancia on Friday, July 28, 1922.

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    • LOCAL INTEREST >
      • Archaeology in Your Backyard >
        • Conflicts and Military Actions >
          • Coronado's Entrada
          • Pueblo Revolt
          • Tiguex War
          • Tumultous 1600's
          • 12-Years of Revolt
        • Ghost Stories and Mysteries >
          • Deadman's Curve
          • Ghost Towns
        • Influential Men >
          • Sherrif Elfego Baca
          • David Meriwether
          • Ernie Pyle
          • Delbert Redfern
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          • Montague Stevens and Grizzly Bears
          • Delmar Thomas
        • Influential Women >
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          • Carol Bishop
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          • Mabel Sibley Jones
          • Carmen Padilla
          • Emily Post's Roadtrip Through New Mexico
        • INDIGINEOUS PEOPLE >
          • Alamo Navajo Tribe
          • Chief Manuelito of the Mescalero Apache
          • Plight of the Chiricahua Apache
          • Gran Quivira Mythical City of Gold
          • Gran Quivira's Preservation
        • interesting Places >
          • Antelope Springs
          • Baca Car Dealership
          • Belen Cutoff
          • El Bosque Homestead
          • Cedarvale School
          • Cedro Peak Fire Lookout
          • Estancia Salt Lakes
          • Hanging Trees
          • Manzano National Forest
        • Paleo-American >
          • Clovis and Theories
          • Mammoth Steppe Hypothesis
          • Solutrean Hypothesis
        • Significant Events >
          • Community Buffalo Hunts
          • Last Hanging in New Mexico
        • Torrance County Pioneers >
          • Baca and Barela Families
          • Early Villages Along The Monzanos
          • Tabet Family
          • Torrance County Early Days
        • Towns, Settlements and Villages >
          • Encino
          • Estancia
          • Gran Quivira
          • Madrid
          • Magdalena
          • Punta de Aqua
          • Socorro
          • Stanley
          • Stanley
        • Wild West >
          • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
          • Cowgirls and Wildwest Stars
          • Dime Novels and Pulp Westerns
  • Sounds of Central New Mexico
    • October - December 2021 Shows >
      • LLJ Band 10/1/21
      • Michael Godey 10/8/21
      • Michael "Miguelito" Romero 10/15/2021
      • Red Gorilla Studios 10/22/21
      • Michael Glenn 10/29/2021
      • Dennis Higgins 11/5/2021
      • Flying J Wranglers 11/12/2021 & 11/19/2021
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      • MusicHouse Mal 7/16/2021
      • Ryan Montano 7/23/2021
      • Peter Vigil and The All-star Band 7/30/2021
      • Doug Muchmore 8/6/2021
      • Larry Freedman 8/13/21
      • Watermelon Mountain Jug Band 8/20
      • Curio Cowboys 8/27/21
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      • Roger Dale 9/10/21
      • Bud Warner 9/17/21
      • Roadhouse Karma 9/24/21
    • April - June 2021 Shows >
      • Sally Townes Band 4/2/2021
      • Marc Malin and Paula Rhae's Roadside Distraction 4/9/2021
      • Freddie Schwartz 4/16/2021
      • Leigh Baca and Ken Hume 4/23/2021
      • Bad Katz 4/30/2021
      • Jim Kono 5/7/2021
      • Black Hats N Pearl Snaps 5/14/2021
      • Alchemie 5/21/2021
      • Friends Forever 5/28/2021
      • Fair Trade Fusion 6/4/2021
      • Ryan Painter and the Resisters 6/11/2021
      • Jazz Brasileiro 6/18/2021
      • Take 2 - Reverend E and The Vagrants 6/25/2021
    • January - March 2021 Shows >
      • Reverend E and the Vagrants 1/8/2021
      • Swing Shift 1/15/2021
      • Rye Creek 1/22/2021
      • Odd Dog 1/29/2021
      • Gilbert Ortiz 2/5/2021
      • The Keys Band 2/12/2021
      • Stanlie Kee and Step In 2/19/2021
      • John DeYoung 2/26/2021
      • JJ and The Mystics 3/5/2021
      • The Larry Conga Show 3/12/2021
      • The Rudy Boy Experiment 3/19/2021
      • Dick Orr 3/28/2021
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