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A letter from Attorney J. H. Sallee writes to inform Kansas Governor St. John of the Sheriff's reward for the arrest of George Tevebough, who goes by the alias name Bill Howard. In the letter, Sallee advises the Governor that Bill Howard is charged with the rape of a twelve-year-old girl. Accompanying the letter is a newspaper clipping that discusses Howard's crime as well as a telegram from J. H. Sallee that notifies the Governor a reward is no longer required as men have captured, hung, and burned the body of the criminal.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879
Item Number: 454627
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 12 Folder 19
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454627
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Rape
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - St. John, John Pierce
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Criminals
People - Notable Kansans - St. John, John Pierce, 1833-1916
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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