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OFFERING A REWARD
January 8, 1859
From the Register of Civil Proceedings, 1852-1860, p. 327
Executive Department, City Of Jefferson.
Whereas it has been represented to me that Benjamin Talbot, who is charged with the murder of Columbus Rosebury, on the llth day of Sept. last, and who was confined in the jail of Washington County, did escape from said jail on the night of the Fifth of this month, and is now going at large to the great detriment of the peace, good order and dignity of the state.
Now Therefore, I, R. M. Stewart, Governor of the State of Missouri, by virtue of authority vested in me bylaw do hereby offer a reward of two hundred dollars for the apprehension and delivery of said Benjamin Talbot to the Sheriff of said County of Washington.
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the great seal of the (seal) State of Missouri. Done at the City of Jefferson this 8th day of Jan. A. D. 1859.
R. M. Stewart. By the Gov.:
B. F. Massey
Secretary of State.
Description
Benjamin Talbot is about five ft. 8 inches high, weighs about 140 or 150 pounds, short light sandy hair and quick spoken—and is a Gambler by profession.