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This is a Governor's Proclamation issued by Governor Thomas A. Osborn for the arrest of William Thompson who murdered C. B. Whitney, Sheriff of Ellsworth County, Kansas. A $500.00 reward was offered for the arrest and conviction of Thompson.
Date: August 22, 1873
Item Number: 317007
Call Number: Records of the Kansas Governor's Office : administration of Governor Thomas Andrew Osborn (1873-1877)
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 317007
Collections - Museum - Main gallery - Town Development
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Date - 1870s - 1873
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Proclamation
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Printed materials - Proclamations
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/317007
