May 13, 1937 McNairy County, Tennessee

 On May 13, 1937, the body of an elderly man around 70 was found on the railroad tracks about 10 miles north of Selmer, Tennessee. His cause of death was unknown.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave

Disappearance of Charles Gazzam Hurd

On February 18, 1937, 32-year-old Charles Hurd was last seen in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. He went to work as usual and left at closing time. He was working as a manager of a real estate and mortgage department at Dows Estates Inc. at the 10 block of Williams Street. After he left he had dinner at a restaurant and night club on east 54th Street, he cashed and small check and had left.

At 9 p.m. he crashed his Ford Convertible Coupe that had the New Jersey License plate number I-E65231 into the pillar of an elevated railway structure at 3rd Ave. and 37th St. It was believed he only suffered from minor injuries and drove away. He was never seen again after this.

 He may have driven towards where he was staying at the Kenmore Hall Hotel. At the time he was separated from his wife and was staying there. He was a member of a well-known family in New York. 

Charles was a 32-year-old white male at the time. He was 5'10" and 180 lbs. He has brown hair and blue/grey eyes. He was wearing a grey overcoat, tan shoes, and grey fedora. 

SOURCES:

Doe Network

Charley Project

Disappearance of Marion Alice Morton

2010 photo of Marion's home she was believed to be last seen alive.

On December 30, 1937 Marion Morton was reported missing from Georgetown, Delaware. She was a white female either 52 or 53 years old. There is little information with this case.

Her ex-husband was Bennet Carlton Morton. In the April, 12 1930 Federal Census Marion was listed as head of the house with her son Ralph (19 at the time) and school teacher Lewella Cain was a tenant in her home in Newark, New Jersey.

SOURCES:
https://www.findthemissing.org/en/cases/5405/0