Description
"$1,000 For The Arrest Of JOHN DOY! - - I will give the above reward for the re-arrest and delivery to me in St. Joseph, Missouri, of the above named individual.
JOHN DOY is an Englishman, and apparently from 45 to 50 years old, is low in stature rather than heavy set, has black hair and eyes, heavy black whiskers and dark complexion. He was convicted of NEGRO STEALING and sentenced to confinement in the State Prison for 5 years. He was confined in jail awaiting the decision of the Supreme Court upon the appeal that had been taken in his case. He was rescued from the jail, and no doubt crossed the river into Kansas Territory about 12 o’clock on Saturday night, the 24th instant. M. D. Morgan, Sheriff, Buchanan County."
(Researcher's note: Dick's enslaver was Mayor Benjamin Wood of Weston, Missouri.)Date(s) of Creation
8/20/1859
