Mapleton Press

  (To  listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) Polite Yegg-Man By Jim Potter In my collection of REWARD postcards, I try to learn as much as possible about the crimes, the criminals, and the lawmen—usually the sheriff. As a bonus, I’m always looking for a photo of the wanted criminal, and the sheriff who sent the postcard. In researching the 1909 Mapleton, Kansas, burglary, I discovered a great deal about William Richman Nichols. Today he’d be … [Read more...] about Burglar in Bourbon County, Kansas