Wanted for Murder in this City. St. Louis, MO, 10 July 1906. 8 3/4 x 10 3/4 in. poster (toning, soiling, creasing, edge wear, loss to top right corner, multiple tape repairs to verso). A poster seeking out two men wanted for murder, identified as Stewart Thomas and Frank Townsend, "both colored, who on the night of the fourth instant stabbed and instantly killed with a knife Nathaniel Bell, also colored, in this city." A "good likeness of Frank Townsend" is included at center, with physical descriptions of Stewart Thomas and Frank Townsend included below. Issued by G.G. Gillaspy, Acting Chief of Police. A companion wanted poster issued by the St. Louis Chief of Police featuring a portrait of Stewart Thomas was offered in Freeman's I Hindman's African Americana Auction, 23 February 2022, Lot 188.

[With:] 2 handbills, 8 x 8 in. (center folds, light staining, creasing and some chipping to edges). Each with a photograph of the subject and set of fingerprints alongside a description, criminal record, and caution. Includes: John Wells, wanted for murder by the Detroit, MI, Police Department, 21 May 1940. -- Floyd Lanier, escaped convict, with $50 reward offered by the State Convict Department, Montgomery, AL, 1928.

Together, 3 items.