Wanted Notice

Original Wanted Notice, reading: "Pinkerton's National Detective Agency" of New Orleans, Louisiana, offers a  $500.00 Reward...for the arrest or information leading to the arrest of H. Edward Jackson, former teller of the First National Bank, Laurel, Miss., who disappeared from Laurel, August 11th, 1930, after having absconded with $72,000 in currency from the Bank...," posted September 3, 1930.

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, notice exhibits the expected age wear with toning, surface wrinkling, a tear to the bottom edge, clipped top corners and mounting remnants on verso.