Wanted Notice

Original Wanted Notice, reading: "$100.00 Reward for Arrest of Walter W. Hamlin...a member of the notorious Floyd Woodward bunco gang of Atlanta, Ga., and on November 15, 1920, under the name of Walter Harriston, fleeced Wade Lamar out of $11,000...through the medium of fake stock exchange."

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 7.75 x 8, notice exhibits the expected age wear with toning, surface wrinkling, some soiling and a tear to the bottom right corner.