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October 04, 2012

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LOT 32

Lot 32

Maurice ‘Blondie’ Denning, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1935

Maurice ‘Blondie’ Denning, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1935
Lot 32 Details
Maurice ‘Blondie’ Denning, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U. S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1935

never apprehended ‘Public Enemy No. 1’, gunman in the ‘Kansas City Massacre with Vernon Miller, issued by John Edgar Hoover, director, addressed to D. O. Draper, Chief Constable, Toronto, Canada and postmarked at Buffalo, N. Y., June 27, 1935
8" x 8" — 20.3 x 20.3 cm.

Estimate $100-$200

Realised: $60
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Wanted in connection with the robbery of the following banks. First National Bank, Holdrege, Nebraska on September 22, 1934; First National Bank of Hudson, South Dakota on January 5, 1935; Scottsbluff National Bank, Scottsbluff, Nebraska on January 8, 1935; First National bank of Smith Center, Kansas February 1, 1935. Born Maurice Denning, aliases M. Denning, Morris Denning, Leo Denning, Leon Denning, Maurice Deeming, “Bubbles”

CONDITION DETAILS

Previously mounted, glue and paper residue to back.

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