[CRIME]. Russell County, Virginia. Five Hundred Dollars Reward. Whereas a certain John BROWN (alias BONDS) and RICHARD BARROW, did in the month of April 1795 commit… a most horrid and deliberate MURDER and ROBBERY.... [Virginia:] January, 1797.
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[CRIME]. Russell County, Virginia. Five Hundred Dollars Reward. Whereas a certain John BROWN (alias BONDS) and RICHARD BARROW, did in the month of April 1795 commit, the county of Russell, in the state of Virginia, a most horrid and deliberate MURDER and ROBBERY.... [Virginia:] January, 1797.
Square 8vo broadside (197 x 167 mm). Three words added to one of the suspect's descriptions in a contemporary hand ("hath fair hair"). (A few stains, including rust-stain from old paperclip in lower margin.)
"A MOST HORRID AND DELIBERATE MURDER AND ROBBERY" of Francis Peter Teubeuf, who in 1790 purchased 55,000 acres in the frontier of southwestern Virginia. On election day in April 1795, Teubeuf encountered two men - Richard Barrow and John Brown, who arrived at his house to purchase horses. Instead, they attacked and killed Teubeuf, wounded his son and niece, and looted his home.
As explained in the broadside, Brown and Barrow were captured in New Design, Illinois in May 1796, but they later escaped. They were never captured. The broadside includes detailed physical descriptions of each. VERY RARE: Not in McDade, Evans, Bristol, or Shipton & Mooney.
Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant Mittler
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