85 years missing
On Aug. 27, 1930, Federal Prohibition Agent Ray Sutton filed his routine daily report from his post of duty, Clayton, N.M., to the deputy Prohibition administrator of the Albuquerque, N.M., Office. That would be the last report he ever filed.
By the following evening, when officials became concerned by Sutton failing to file his daily report, a local sheriff searched his room at the Hotel Seaberg in Raton, N.M. The sheriff found Sutton’s personal effects and portfolio records, including his everyday topcoat. Sutton had not checked out of the hotel nor had he been seen.
The subsequent investigation into Sutton’s whereabouts revealed that on the afternoon of Aug. 28, Deputy Sheriff Boots Fletcher of Raton passed Sutton standing alone by his government-owned Pontiac sedan about seven miles south of Raton. The deputy gave Sutton a friendly wave, assuming that Sutton was waiting for an informant. Sutton waved back and was never seen again and his body has never been recovered.
If you are curious, the ATF, who inherited the Prohibition Agency, has the rest of the story
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Updated! The pesky ATF moved it on me https://www.atf.gov/content/about/our-history/blast-from-the-past/character-profiles/ray-sutton
https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.jsDo you know this family or anything about this case? I am looking for information based on a book and notes that my Great grandfather had. He was Ray Sutton’s partner in 1930. I am Clarence U Finley’s great grand daughter so any info you have I would be interested in.