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These legal documents relate to the case of the United States vs. Hiram Crane, Lewis J. Smith, Joel Grover, Adam McGee, Thomas McGee, Homer Hays, ? Wheeden Senior, ? Wheeden Junior, and ? Kennedy for robbery of United States mail. Crane and his associates are accused of stealing mail in Franklin (now part of Lawrence), Kansas Territory on August or September 12, 1856. The documents include details of other crimes committed by the group of men, including an assault upon the household of Samuel Crane. Franklin, a stronghold of proslavery supporters, was attacked on August 12, 1856 by free-soil forces from Lawrence.
Date: 1856 - 1859
Item Number: 444919
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 7, Folder 29
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444919
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Robbery
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Theft
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - First Judicial District
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Second Judicial District
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Militia
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
Places - Cities and towns - Franklin (Douglas County)
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/444919