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Letters from citizens of Hutchinson, Lawrence, Kingman, Topeka as well as other cities in Kansas ask the Governor to offer a reward for the arrest of Robert G. McClain. McClain is accused of forgery among other fraudulent charges, he was also the Notary Public for Hutchinson at the time. An affidavit from Mark Stephenson of Missouri claims McClain was a resident of Missouri, in the letter Stephenson also requests the reward for the arrest of McClain. A separate letter informs the Governor that a new reward should be offered for the re-arrest of McClain, as he has escaped from the Wichita, Kansas jail.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1880-1882
Item Number: 454631
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 12 Folder 23
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454631
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1880s - 1880
Date - 1880s - 1881
Date - 1880s - 1882
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Fraud
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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