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A letter from Labette County Clerk, W. A. Starr, asks Kansas Governor St. John if there is still a reward for the arrest of Frank McPherson. McPherson is accused of murder in Labette County, Kansas on, April 15, 1873. Correspondence from Governor St. John in response to a letter from J. S. Waters asks Waters to send him papers of the party murdered by McPherson, and after he receives them, he will offer the $500 reward.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1879-1883 : St. John)
Date: 1879
Item Number: 454633
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor John Pierce St. John, Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 12 Folder 25
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454633
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - St. John, John Pierce
Date - 1870s - 1879
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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