When did Sheriff Laird live?

Sheriff Laird was born around 1888-01-01 and died around 1888-01-01. Documented in Grant County, New Mexico.

What is Sheriff Laird associated with?

Documented relationships include: arrived_in, occupation, witnessed. 13 claims extracted from primary sources.

What sources cite Sheriff Laird?

14 primary sources cite this person, including: A stabbing affray that came near result-… (1888); He seemed to have lost none of his bravado… (1888); Sheriff Laird gave the signal by a dropped… (1888); and 11 more.

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Sheriff Laird person

born: [1888-01-01,1889-01-01)died/dissolved: [1888-01-01,1889-01-01)id: p_sheriff-laird_41d75b

also known as: Laird, Shriff Lairde

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Summary: The sheriff who visited the robbery site and determined the train was on the New Mexico side of the line.

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Claims (13)

arrived_in

Silver City— 1888-03-20

cited from Sheriff Laird went to El Paso a few days… (1888)

me distance off, who ran and awak- ened the family in the house. By hard work the fire was prevented from extending to the house, and the horses were saved just in time, as the sparks were falling around them when they were led out from…

El Paso

cited from Sheriff Laird went to El Paso a few days… (1888)

Sheriff Laird went to El Paso a few days ago and brought to this city Leon Heifca, the Cuban negro who killed Bill Young, a Chinese restaurant keeper in Deming. The murderer shot the Celestial in the back, and claims that the offense was non-p…

Deming

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-03-16 (1888)

W. Lee Thompson, well known all through this part of the country, came down from San Lorenzo on Tuesday on business at the commer- cial center of New Mexico. In conversation with Mr. Thompson it was learned that several at- tempts at incend…

departed_for

El Paso

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-03-16 (1888)

occupation

sheriff

cited from Thomas Cosgrove, B… (1888)

there was circulated a report that his wounds were not sufficiently critical to cause death. Hints of poison were freely mentioned to the effect that it had been administered through mistake. Deputy H. E. Penney at once summoned the following…

Sheriff

cited from Sheriff Laird offers to furnish a gang from… (1888)

Sheriff Laird offers to furnish a gang from the county jail every morning to sweep the streets provided the city will furnish the brooms. This is a good idea, and should be adopted by the council.

Sheriff

cited from The condemned man passed his last night… (1888)

The condemned man passed his last night as though he had a long life still before him. He slept well, ate a hearty breakfast, and when asked by Sheriff Laird at 9 o’clock whether there was anything he wanted, replied, “No, I have had plenty.” …

offered_to

furnish a gang from the county jail to sweep the streets

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-05-18 (1888)

d shot Sullivan twice, wounding him in the shoulder. Branson gave himself up at once, and at his hearing before the justice of the peace, was exonerated from all blame. Antonio Carbajal, who killed a man in Mesilla a few months ago, was gi…

oversaw_execution_of

Pilar Perez

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-07-06 (1888) · +2 more

lour Jensen immediately proceeded to smuggle it across the line into old Mexico, his creditors contend for the purpose of swindling them. He was arrested and now languishes in durance charged with embezzlement and other crimes, and thus far …

witnessed

hanging of Pilar Perez

cited from A stabbing affray that came near result-… (1888) · +2 more

hanging of Pilar

cited from Sheriff Laird gave the signal by a dropped… (1888)

Sheriff Laird gave the signal by a dropped handkerchief at 9:58, and Wilson, who was inclosed in a box out of sight of the spectators, pulled the rope. The drop was nearly seven feet. Pilar’s neck was broken in the fall. Thus the law is vindi…

train robbery site

cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1888-1890 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1888-03-02 (1888)

■ y . . _ Butch Cassidy Gang Train Tackled Robbers Again Work the Southern PacificOn Thursday night of last week the west- bound Southern and Pacific train was robbed in Grant County, near the line of Arizona. The robbers evidently meant to a…

worked_for

Sheriff's Office

cited from Mr… (1890)

Mr. Lockhart will personally attend to the duties of the office with the assistance of his son, and will remove his family to this city in the spring. The deputies have not yet been named, but Mr. Laird will assist the sheriff until after th…