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October 04, 2012

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LOT 43

Lot 43

Edgar R. Lewis, Division of investigation, U.S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1933

Edgar R. Lewis, Division of investigation, U.S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1933
Lot 43 Details
Edgar R. Lewis, Division of investigation, U.S. Department of Justice Wanted Poster, 1933

one of the first ten inmates at Alcatraz, issued by J. Edgar Hoover, director, addressed to D.O. Draper, Chief Constable, Toronto, Canada and postmarked at Grand Central Annex, N.Y.,October 24, 1933
8" x 8" — 20.3 x 20.3 cm.

Estimate $50-$100

Realised: $24
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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sentenced on November 16, 1932, at Phoenix, Arizona, to 3 years in the United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island, Washington, for violation of the postal laws, and escaped on November 20, 1932, enroute McNeil Island at Lathrop, California. He was recaptured and sentenced on April 1, 1933, at Denver, Colorado, to 8 years in the United State Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansa, for forgery of postal money order, and escaped from Denver, Colorado, General Hospital No. 9, May 5, 1933. Subject Lewis was recaptured at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and escaped enroute United States Penitentiary, McNeil island, Washington, near Miles City or Harlowton, Montana, August 26, 1933

CONDITION DETAILS

Previously mounted, glue and paper residue to back.

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