This arrest warrant and affidavit relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. Archy (alias) Origin Cansdell and Captain J. N. Holmes for the murder of Henry Sherman on March 15, 1857 in Lykins County, Kansas Territory. John S. Wells accuses Cansdell and Holmes of the murder in an affidavit sworn before Second District Court Clerk Charles P. Bullock on May 25, 1857.
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Kansas Territory versus Archy (alias) Origin Cansdell, Captain J. N. Holmes for murder of Henry Sherman - 2