Wanted Notice

Original Wanted Notice posted by the Edward J. Hargrave Secret Service of Chicago, Illinois, offering a "$100.00 Reward" for "information leading to the whereabouts of Roger Conkling, Age 7 years...Last seen in company with his mother Mrs. Helen J. Conkling." Reward "offered by the boys father, Robert E. Conkling for the present address of his Son Roger Conkling." Notice posted on March 10, 1924.

From the collection of Police Chief Michael Webb (1950-2009). Webb joined the Vinita Park, Missouri police force in 1974 and served until his death in 2009, during which time he purchased crime artifacts from relatives of criminals and law officers. Boasting more than 8,000 wanted posters, pieces of Webb’s collection have been featured in film and displayed at the National Crime and Punishment Museum in Washington.

Measuring approximately 8.5 x 11, this notice exhibits the expected age wear, with light toning, folds and a tear to the right edge.