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Prominent Southwest rancher Mayer linked to Bloomfield shooting
Walter M. Mayer of Santa Fe called the sheriff from Greencastle to report shooting a man in Bloomfield Iowa earlier the same day. Mayer, 56, a leading sheep and cattle operator with extensive land holdings and a Greencastle livestock HQ, faced questions about whether the act was murder or self defense. The victim was John Wisdom, 52, of Bloomfield, a noted Hereford raiser and dealer with long Des Moines ties.
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D.W. Bush
Cedar Rapids
John Wisdom Jr
Georgia Wisdom
John Wisdom
Des Moines
John Wisdom Sr
Davis County
Walter Mayer
Santa Fe
N.M. Mayer
Wisdom
Walter M. Mayer
N.M
Greencastle
Bloomfield
Iowa
Mayer
New Mexico
Katherine “Peaches” Mayer
Missouri
Granville Smith
Spring Creek
Kirksville
Waldo Fimmen
Adair County
G.E. Grossnickle
Grossnickle
W.C. Frank
Missouri Highway
Frank H. Wood