What do you know about a bank holdup in Hatch, New Mexico?
Tink Burris
Silver City, New Mexico
I believe you’re referring to the holdup by 32-year-old Gideon L. Redding who, on June 1, 1932, rode into town on a black horse and robbed the First National Bank of $2,000. He placed adhesive tape across his face to conceal his identity. Lawmen arrested him eight days later as he was milking a cow at a ranch in Big Lake, Texas, east of Cambray, New Mexico. He told friends that he needed the m
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