269
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(CRIME.)
In the Pillory.
(supplied title) Large mounted albumen photograph of
the whipping post in Delaware, 5
1
⁄
2
x 3
7
⁄
8
inches (image size), a long inked caption on the
reverse.
New Castle, Delaware, circa 1901
[400/600]
An uncommon photograph of an almost medieval form of punishment; astonishingly enough,
still in existence until 1972. According to an long ink inscription on the reverse, the two men
in the upper tier are Negroes, convicted of petty larceny. The man below being whipped “Hope”
a bank robber.
270
●
(CRIME.) FRANCIS, “BOSSIE.”
(Bossie) Francis Murderer.
Mounted sepia
toned photograph, 3
1
⁄
4
x 2
3
⁄
4
inches.
[Missouri], 1902
[600/800]
The subject of this photograph, Bossie Francis was wanted for a brutal murder of a white
woman in Missouri. He had somehow managed to escape to Johnston County, Indian Territory
(now Oklahoma), where, he was shot and killed by a local sheriff while resisting arrest for some
other, unrelated offense. He was buried by the county and nothing more was thought of it, until
someone heard that there was a $2500 reward for his capture. The body was then ordered to be
exhumed and this photo sent by the Missouri authorities to the Indian Territory sheriff to
properly identify the body. The case was heavily covered by the Western press.
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269
270
271
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(CRIME.) MALONE, JOHN.
Trial of Richard Wilson by John
Malone, Colored Magistrate.
Broad-
side, 12
7
⁄
8
x 10
1
⁄
8
inches; faint crease where
folded; one half of the piece is a photo-
graphic representation of the trial, held
outdoors. Matted and framed.
Np, 1903
[600/800]
THE FIRST TRIAL BY A COLORED MAGIS
-
TRATE IN DINWIDDIE COUNTY
,
VIRGINIA
.
