Item #66260 STATE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION / JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA / $100.00 REWARD / [two photographs of the wanted man, each 2 x 1 5/8 inches] / Charlie McCray, No. B. 76 / Escaped from State Road Camp, near Lake City, Fla. / September 13th, 1920 / (No Finger Prints) / [followed by 16 lines, providing detailed description of the 49 year-old “Negro” male, details of his sentencing, and reward information]. Signed in type at the end “Sidney J. Catts / Governor / September 18, 1920.”

STATE BUREAU OF CRIMINAL IDENTIFICATION / JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA / $100.00 REWARD / [two photographs of the wanted man, each 2 x 1 5/8 inches] / Charlie McCray, No. B. 76 / Escaped from State Road Camp, near Lake City, Fla. / September 13th, 1920 / (No Finger Prints) / [followed by 16 lines, providing detailed description of the 49 year-old “Negro” male, details of his sentencing, and reward information]. Signed in type at the end “Sidney J. Catts / Governor / September 18, 1920.”

Tallahassee, FL: S.B.C.I., 1920. Illustrated handbill, 9 x 4 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, McCray was sentenced to ten years in 1914 on an “Assault to Murder” charge. Paper browned, traces of mounting on verso, but very good. Item #66260

Price: $150.00

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