Sheriff J. S. Day

(To  listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.) Chicken Thief Flew the Coop By Jim Potter Click to enlarge image One-cent postcard sent to Sheriff at Wellington, KS, postmarked April 1, 1908, from Winfield, KS. My WANTED postcard offers a reward of $25 for the arrest of John Hawkins. He escaped from the Cowley County, Kansas, jail in Winfield the night of March 31, 1908. Hawkins, who had many aliases, was one of three men who had been convicted of … [Read more...] about Broke Jail – John Hawkins – $25 Reward