ARREST FOR MURDER / [caption title followed by four paragraphs of text]. Signed at the end “T. C. Gaston, / Chief of Police, / Jackson, Tenn., April 12th 1904.”

Jackson, TN: Chief of Police’s office, 1904. Handbill, 8 1/4 x 6 inches, printed on tan paper, headline in large bold type. Offers a reward for “any information you may obtain” on Ches Mason, a railroad worker who “murdered a brakeman about one year ago,” giving a physical description of Mason and notes he “is well-known and no doubt will be going by his right name … all Railroad men as well as the general public are very anxious to have the guilty party brought to justice” Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Very good. Item #68207

Price: $85.00