Denver-Las Animas County CO Archives Obituaries.....Vigil, Charles S. May 6, 1999
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Denver Post 5/9/1999
Lawyer Charles Vigil dies
He was U.S. attorney during Truman years
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	Charles S. Vigil, Colorado's first Hispanic U.S. attorney and a 
longtime Democratic Party activist, died Thursday.  He was 86.
	The resident of both Denver and Trinidad served as the state's U.S. 
attorney under the Truman administration from 1949 to 1953.
	Vigil was known for prosecuting organized crime and cracking down on 
gambling and prostitution, according to his son, David Vigil.
	President Dwight Eisenhower removed him from office, triggering a 
controversial Senate investigation chaired by Sen. Estes Kefauver, because 
prosecutions of high-profile Colorado mob figures had been interrupted, David 
Vigil said.
	A graduate of the University of Colorado, Vigil served as deputy 
district attorney for Colorado's Third Judicial District until World War II, 
when he served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Coast Guard until 1946.
	He later made several unsuccessful runs for elected office, including 
bids for state attorney general and the 4th Congressional District seat.
	Aside from his son, David, of Denver, Vigil is survived by his daughter 
Marcia Vigil Kunich of Washington, D.C. and his former wife, Kathleen (Leibert) 
Vigil of Trinidad.
	He will be buried Friday at his family's cemetery at Vigil, west of 
Trinidad.  A memorial service is planned in Denver at 10 a.m., May 17 at 
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

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Colorado U.S. Attorney 1951-1953

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