Mysterious Dave Mather
Mysterious Dave Mather | |
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David Allen "Mysterious Dave" Mather posed for his only known photograph sometime during his term as Assistant Marshal of Dodge City (June 1, 1883 – April 10, 1884) | |
| Born | David Allen Mather August 10, 1851 Saybrook, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | between June 2, 1885 and Oct. 1887 (aged 33–36) Possibly Texas |
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| Years active | 1870s–1885 |
David Allen Mather (August 10, 1851 – unknown), also known by the nickname "Mysterious Dave," was an American lawman, gunfighter, and occasional criminal in the Old West. His taciturn personality may have earned him the nickname "Mysterious Dave". Mather served as a lawman in Dodge City, Kansas, and East Las Vegas, New Mexico Territory. He disappeared in 1885 and his precise fate is unknown.