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Ketchum forgery fraud arrest...
Ketchum forgery fraud arrest...
Item # 616792
August 28, 1865
NEW-YORK TIMES, Aug. 28, 1865 Among front page column heads: "KETCHUM" "Story of His Last Fortnight" "His Whereabouts and Doings by Day" "His Arrest And Imprisonment" "Story Of Ketchum The Defaulter" "Ketchum at the Police Headquarters--Interview with His Father and Counsel--All About Him". This was a major financial scandal at the time. He would be bailed out by his father.
Page 2 begins with: "RECREANT REBELS" "Should The Culprits be Hanged" "Jeff. Davis and His Fellow Conspirators Cionsidered in the Pulpit" "Rev. Mr. Burton Thinks Jeff. Ought to Swing--also Others" "Touching Tribute to Abraham Lincoln" and more.
Eight pages, very faint stain on the front page, otherwise is in very nice condition.
Category: Yankee
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