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Lot 188

Sale 994 - African Americana
Feb 23, 2022 11:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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Estimate
$200 - 400
Price Realized
$313
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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[CRIME & PUNISHMENT]. Wanted for Murder in this City, Thomas, alias Bud, Vincent. St. Louis: Office of Chief of Police, 1906.


8 1/8 x 10 in. poster (repaired holes to upper edge, adhesive residue to verso, creasing). 

Issued by the Office of the Chief of Police, this poster lists "Thomas, alias Bud, Vincent," as "Wanted for Murder in this City," for cutting "the throat of Voss Nailing, colored, who died an hour later at the City Hospital." A physical description of Vincent follows, along with instructions to "Arrest, hold and wire" from Acting Chief of Police, C.G. Gillaspy, who undersigns the poster in print. 


Property from a 35-Year Collection from the Southern United States

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