Letter from Franklin C. Hender to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 20, 1875

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Letter from Franklin C. Hender to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; September 20, 1875

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Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 Crandall, Charles Davis, A. K. (Alexander Kelso), -1884 Davis, Charles E.Hendee, Franklin C.Osborn, I. N.Rhodes, Travis Sanders, T. J.Sanders, Unknown

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Michigan--Eaton County. Charlotte Michigan--Kalamazoo County Michigan--Mecosta County. Big Rapids Michigan--Montcalm County. Howard City Michigan--Saginaw County. Saginaw Michigan--Wayne County. Detroit Mississippi--Attala County. Kosciusko Pennsylvania Texas--McLellan County. Waco Utah

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A Man Drowned at Howard City.

Special Dispatch to The Detroit Free Press.

HOWARD CITY, April 4.—A river driver, named Chas. Crandall, was drowned here to-day. They were breaking the ice above the shoot when a large cake broke loose with three men on. Two got off safe but Cran-dall was carried into the eddy below the shoot, where a larger cake of ice struck him in the back which probably so disabled him that he could not help himself. His body was found about eighty rods below. He formerly lived in Pennsylvania, where his folks now live. The coroner decided acci-dental drowning.

Democratic Nominations at Saginaw City.

Special Dispatch to The Detroit Free Press

[page torn] SAGINAW, March 4.—The

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Charlotte Michigan
Sept 20^th 1875

Gov Ames

I received a letter ^last winter^ Enclosing A Proclamation by your Lieut Gov offering a reward for one Charles E Davis, ^Letter^ from T. J. Sanders Koskiusko Miss brother of the murdered man he Stated that after the murder Davis Escaped to Texas & Evaded officer there and got away and the first intimation of his whereabouts was a letter received by his Brother Post marked Charlotte Mich I imediately set about tracing the man I found Such a man had been at work Eight miles from here but had been gone two weeks I followed him Seven days and arrested him at Big Rapids in this State brot him to Charlotte & Lodged him in Jail I kept him 42 Days

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I imediatly had likenesses of the Prisoner taken & Sent to Sanders who wrote me that he Showed it to a great number of Persons all of whom pronounced it the likeness of the man Chas E Davis, when I arrested him he Said his name was Chas E Crandall from Pennsylvania, but on telling him that I found a Texas herds-man Saddle & Bridle at Kalamazoo where he had been at work and left them he Said he ran away from Pennsylvania 14 years ago & had been to Texas Utah & Indian Territory Since Said he shot a man in Texas was arrested & taken to Wacco where a mob was about to take him from the Sherriff & Lynch him, when the Sheriff told him he could not Protect him to protect himself which he did by mounting his horse & rode three weeks till he got to Michigan the first Question he asked me after I told him I wanted him on a proclamation of the Gov of Miss was "Is Old Ames Gov there yet"

Sanders wrote informing me that he had wrote the Governor the man was arrested & Said a requisition would be sent but none came & I wrote a Second & third time from which I have not heard, after holding him forty two days I was threatened with Prosecution but I let him go he went back to the Rapids I kept posted as to his General whereabouts till he went on the River running Logs and was drowned & Howard City I send the account as telegraphed the free press at Detroit April 4^th you will see he held to the Pennsylvania theory to the last but he was always a Texas till after arrest

Now Govornor what I write you for is to ask that the State of Missippi Pay me Something for my trouble & Expenses which were about as follows

Cash Paid out	$56.00
7 Days time at $3.	21.00
Board of Prisoner 6 Weeks	18.00
	$95.00

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the Board bill is not paid to [fold] Jailer yet he will present it to [fold] board of County Auditors in November and try to have the county pay it if not I must. I consider it very doub-tful whether they will or not—

I trust you will consider the claim of a poor man & do what you can for me whatever you think Just I Shall cheerfuly acquiesce in believing you will do what is right in your own Estimation I am Govornor

Yours Humble Servant

Franklin C. Hendee
Dep Marshall
Charlotte Eaton Co Michigan

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Michigan ~~County.~~

From Franklin C. Hendee
Address Charlotte
Dated September 20, 1875
Received _" 24 _"
Answered _" 25 _"

SUBJECT:

Arrested Chas. E. Davis; retained him 42 days; turned him loose; since which he has been drowned; Proclamation of reward, issued by Lieut.-Gov. Davis July 25, 1874, Asks that he be allowed $95⁰⁰ for expenses incurred.

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ADELBERT AMES,
Governor.

TRAVIS RHODES,
~~I. N. OSBORN,~~
Private Secretary.