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DANIEL RILEY “DEE” HARKEY (1866-1958) was a lawman credited with cleaning up the criminal dives in early-day Carlsbad, New Mexico. Born near Richland Springs in San Saba County, Texas, on March 27,...view moreDANIEL RILEY “DEE” HARKEY (1866-1958) was a lawman credited with cleaning up the criminal dives in early-day Carlsbad, New Mexico. Born near Richland Springs in San Saba County, Texas, on March 27, 1866, he married Sophia Caroline New (1869-1935) in Beeville, Texas, on August 4, 1886. He later visited Carlsbad, then Eddy, and returned to Texas. In 1892, he moved his family to the little settlement of Eddy in New Mexico and operated a meat market on South Canal Street. He was appointed Deputy U.S. Marshal in 1893 and held this position for many years. He was a peace officer until 1911, during which time he was a deputy sheriff of Eddy County, cattle inspector for the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas and the Cattle Sanitary Board of New Mexico. Harkey retired in 1911 from public service and engaged in extensive ranching, livestock and farming in the Black River area, 15 miles south of Carlsbad. In 1934, he again took up residence in his Carlsbad home, which was established in 1903, where he resided until his death on June 17, 1958, aged 92. Harkey recorded his gun-toting, criminal chasing history in the book, Mean as Hell, in 1948.
CHARLES R. BRICE (18970-1963) was a Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court, who had a distinguished 32-year career as a judge in New Mexico, beginning first at Roswell as a District Court judge. Born in Kaufman County, Texas in 1870, he was admitted to law practice in New Mexico in 1904. He was elected a judge of the former Fifth Judicial District in 1918. After entering law practice in Santa Fe in 1926, he was elected to the State Supreme Court in 1934. He retired in 1950, aged 80, and died in 1963.view less