Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Broadside: $15,900.00 Reward in Gold, Train Hold-up and Murder

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Broadside: $15,900.00 Reward in Gold, Train Hold-up and Murder

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Title Broadside: $15,900.00 Reward in Gold, Train Hold-up and Murder
Publisher United States Postal Service
Date 1926
Description A 10-page, fold-out wanted flyer that includes photographs regarding a train holdup and murderd in Siskiyou, Oregon. Includes photographs of the mail car after the holdup and the three wanted men: Roy A. A. DeAutremont, Ray Charles DeAutremont and Hugh DeAutremont. Also includes an account of the crime and appeal to various potential employers and service providers that may have come in contact with the men (e.g. logging camps, jewelers, librarians, opticians, and dentists).
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 flyer
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Finding aid title Criminal Broadsides of America collection
Access Rights This digital object is owned by Kent State University and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law (Title 17, USC). Please include proper citation and credit for use of this item. Use in publications or productions is prohibited without written permission from Kent State University. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives for more information.
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Format of Original document
Subject Heists & Robberies
Murder, General
Outlaws, Bandits
Wild West
Provenance Criminal Broadsides of America collection
Genre/Format broadsides
wanted posters
Geographical Location United States. Oregon

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