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OFFICIAL.Proclamation by the Governor.$500 REWARD.Commonwealth of Kentucky.Executive Department.WHEREAS IT HAS KEEN MADE KNOWN TO me tbnt JESSE UNDERWOOD and D W1IUNDERWOUD stand indicted in the Hath Circuit Court for the murder of George A. Trutnbo, committed in the county of Hath on the 21st of September. 1H5, and that said Jesse and David Underwood I / have fled from justice and arc now going at large:Now, therefore. I, THOS. E. BRA.M LETTS, Governor of the Commonwealth aforesaid, do hereby offer a reward of 'l'wo SI n ml red iieicJ Filly J fc Dollars each for the apprehension of the said I Jesse and David Underwood and their delivery to j J the jailer of Bath county within oneyear from the t date hereof.In Tuatiwony Whereof, I have hereunto 1 set my hand and caused the seal of the L. S./ lt;Commonwealth to be afiixed. Done at / Frankfurt thisQuih day of December, 1805, and in thc74thear of the Comtunn wealth.k '1II0S.E. BRA.VILEi’Tu,.By the Governor:E. L. V anWinkle, Secretary of State.By J as. R. Rage. Assistant Secretary.tf(DESCRIPTION.Jesse Underwood is about 5 feet 9 inches high, about 21 years old, dark complexion, black eves, wide between the eyes, heavy eyebrows; when the murder was commited his hair was h ng, square c shoulders, spare and bony in appearance, has a wild Indian appearance. 5David Underwood has about the same appearance, ! d both having very dark skin.Commonwealth copy. dec28 3mProclamation by the Governor.
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Frankfort Tri Weekly Kentucky Yeoman
Frankfort, Kentucky, US
Sat, Dec 30, 1865
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