Ellsworth County Sheriff Jack Hutchins

(To  listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) Click to enlarge image Red Face, Blind or Squint-eyed in One Eye By Jim Potter My REWARD postcard sent from Ellsworth County, Kansas, to Hot Springs, Arkansas, in 1904, identifies the fugitive as Rissley, but he was known as Charles J. Rissler. He’d been living in Ellsworth, Kansas, for at least eight months during 1904 before skipping town on December 10. On that Saturday, he made several purchases totaling $120, … [Read more...] about REWARD for C. J. Rissley from Ellsworth County, Kansas