Julian Swallow – Disappeared Prospector
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Julian Swallow was a prospector and occasional book peddler from Central, New Mexico, whose mysterious disappearance around 1890 was widely believed to be a murder. [1]
Swallow was well known along the Mimbres River and had formerly lived at Central. [1] He disappeared mysteriously about a year before the discovery of his body, reported in July 1891. [1] Around that time, some Mexicans were seen trying to sell books, including Livingston’s Africa, near Whitehill’s ranch. [1] Local opinion held that those men were the murderers or had knowledge of the crime. [1] The case drew little official attention because the victim was only a poor prospector. [1]
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- The popular impression along the Mimbres,… (1891)The popular impression along the Mimbres, where the facts of the case are known, is that the corpse is that of Julian Swallow, a prospec- tor and occasional book peddler, who was well known along the river and…