Wanted Poster Online Auction

October 04, 2012

LOT 13

Lot 13

Vernon C. Miller, United States Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice Wanted Post, 1933

Vernon C. Miller, United States Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice Wanted Post, 1933
Lot 13 Details
Vernon C. Miller, United States Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice Wanted Post, 1933

former sheriff, gun for hire, involved in the Kansas City Massacre, the Fox Lake Massacre, and multiple other murders, associate of ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd issued by J. Edgar Hoover, director
8" x 8" — 20.3 x 20.3 cm.

Estimate $100-$200

Realised: $72
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

Note:

Wanted in connection with the murder of Chief of Police of McAlester Otto Reed, police officers William J. Grooms and Frank E. Hermanson, special agent Raymond J. Caffrey, and their prisoner Frank Nash. Born Vernon C. Miller, aliases Verne Miller, Vincent C. Moore, Vern Marlin

CONDITION DETAILS

Previously mounted, glue and paper residue to back.

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