Letter from William Norris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 1, 1875

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Letter from William Norris to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames; December 1, 1875

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Ames, Adelbert, 1835-1933 German, Unknown Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 Howard, Unknown Norris, William Rhodes, Travis

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[note] 12/1/75 [/note]

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Notice.

ICaution all persons reading this topay Special attention to the propagation of Sound kept up by Pirates, from one to the other, in the blocks of the City, also; Notice in the rooms of your houses, the lighting, and darkening of the same, for guard purposes they having ₄ watches a day, and 8 altogether; and are banded high way Robbers who do travel land, water, and the ocean.

Signed,

William Norris of [otha?] formerly Bank Teller of this City,
Corner German & Howard Sts, the discoverer of High Way Robbery, Baltimore.

Now the Commercial & Farmers National Bank.

The Executive of this Nation has been informed under Affidavit.

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Known as the Scale Law.

City of Baltimore Dec 1, 1875.

To the
Governor of Mississippi,
Jackson,
Miss.

Sir:

I now send you a Copy of my reccommendation mailed to the President of the United States of what I term the Scale Law for the suppression of High Way Robbery, and Piracy; on land, water, and the Ocean as follows:

All amounts of 5000$, and over $5000, death; all amounts under 5000$ and of 100$ and over 100$ 20 years imprisonment, (in a Government Penitentiary,) and all Sums under 100$ applicable to the State Laws, with a reccommendation to

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Congress for an appropriation to build a United States penitentiary within one mile of a United States Fort heavily garrisoned with Soldiers and well guarded within. This Law Enacted does regulate the value of prices and prevents monopoly in the business interests of the Country.

They Evade the Law by improper indictments, hid are banded; and operate principally as Counterfeiters, Forgers, Burglars, and Shoplifters.

(Signed,)

William Norris of [otha?], formerly Bank Teller of this City,
Corner German & Howard Sts, the discoverer of High Way Robbery, Baltimore.

Now the Commercial & Farmers National Bank.

Sir^s—

I suggest now and for the good of your Citizens and the United States Government that you will

(continued.)

see your representatives in Congress of the several districts in your state and present this letter for their reading, and on retaining it at your earliest convenience call upon the President of the United States for an interview, and its reading; ~~and~~ for the immediate suppression of the Crime existing throughout the United States of America and Sections of Country in the United States.

The Executive has been informed under Affidavit and Congressmen written to on the subject of my Discovery. I would have called on the President but Circumstances has prevented.

(Signed)

William Norris of [otha?]—
the discoverer.

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Baltimore City. They suck breath from one's body in positions taken regularly night, and day, causing unnatural breathing and one's breathing is so unnatural as to produce dryness in the throat and it will cause unnatural vomiting. They deaden the drums of one's ear in positions taken and affect the temples of one's head, which keeps the brain continually excited and affect the Scull of one's head, and cause a dead feeling in one's face, and also; affect the left side of the body under the heart and take away the senses by forcing blood to the neck and to the brain in one's head; which is a most fiendish Act.

They have a fixed time by which they do rob people in the Cities and Sections of country an appointed hour done by propagation of Sound kept up by them from one to the other in the blocks or squares of the

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Cities and neighborhoods in the country which is unnatural sound produced. They cannot know the teaching of the Reflector unless they do support a woman married or single, and have two periods in life by which they force marriage by the Reflector teaching which is done gradually by curtailment and increasement of business together with their whole teaching of High Way Robbery and how to do it; in one thief school of Crime, (Singular number and not plural,) and taught only by Pirates as to ages, and likeness by them as inveiglement; the original teaching is belonging to Europe and Asia.

I am very respectfully
yours,

William Norris of [otha?],—

formerly Bank Teller of this City,
Corner German & Howard ^Sts.^
Baltimore.

the discoverer of High Way Robbery, & Piracy, on land, water, and the Ocean throughout the United States of America and the different Continents.

Now the Commercial & Farmers National Bk.

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and Shoplifters banded; and every one of them are after money and there is no value received in their business and cannot operate except they do move and have many referees in a business transaction when noticed.

Every one of them are Murderers and Murderesess that set over the living body as a guard by the Reflector night and day which is unnatural light, and unnatural darkness, producing unnatural feeling, contrary to human act; and unnatural to all animal flesh and follow Pirates in the band. It is man and a woman banded two against one and follow on the heels of each other about the house and premises and on the heels of people in the streets in their transactions and doings and by their manner of Engagements entered into one with the other colleagued as they are as to Sex, gender, and race is positive Evidence

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against them that Murder is kept up in the band and have committed Murder elsewhere before coming into the blocks or squares by their manner of Engagements and the manner done.

This is the sure plan to their murderous assaults made and premeditated murder throughout the country. In their travels through the country they find a green spot and there settle longest.

Among intelligent people they cannot remain for the reason they will not harbour them. Five eights of them don't belong to this country and are a part of the squalled soverignty influx in the country but pass for American Citizens and have agencies established here to transact business operating principally as Counterfeiters, Forgers, Burglars, and Shoplifters banded; and do Evade the Law by improper indictments.

When I say it is man and a woman banded as alluded to in this letter it always follows that a woman is near at hand and it is a Murderer and a Murderess that set over the living body, and suck breath and check breath but at the same time and suck the brain which reduces the system

and is the Effect of weakness and prostration to the body beside chemical process and follow one person. As Pirates they have it represented officially and in various branches of business and do monopolise separate business interests and the products of the soil in sections of country and even the prices of marketing in a market house; and are undoubtedly robbing the mail and do make way with Letters and important mail matter to a Government, and have taken advantage of the mail, and mail routes by car travel in order to facilitate their plans and interrupt the regular routine of outside legitimate business where money and valuables are not abstracted from the mails but Letters and mail matter of importance to a community and section of country is made way with and for special Embarrassment to the people.

It is Piracy and Murder—near a place and it is the intent. They can't give bail and it is represented officially and they can't receive bail and have refused to make the arrest in

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My address—
N^o 96 Barre Street,
City of Baltimore Dec 1, 1875.

To the
Governor of Mississippi,
Jackson,
Miss.

Sir:

It has been my fortune through the Divine Providence of Almighty God to have discovered by intricacy and machinery of the mind the minuteness of mankind's diabolical attempt to invade the human family by inveiglement, and their plans of High Way Robbery extant and their teaching of High Way Robbery and how to do it; and now this is to inform you that I am the Discoverer.

Because of the Crime existing in your midst and their hellish purpose to act against all human feeling in a community and section of country it is my earnest desire that you read every line of my letter with the utmost care and with full understanding towards its suppression

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wherever, and whenever, you can make tongue and languague avail in compliance with Law for the execution and death of all engaged in such an enormity and outrage to a country and its Citizens.

I caution you to pay special attention to the propagation of Sound kept up from one to the other in the blocks of the Cities & neighborhoods in the country which is unnatural sound produced especially in the Cities and to make it plain to your understanding as proof of my saying one hundred Wagon Wheels driven upon the streets with whip to the horses is perfectly natural sound causing much noise will not waken a Child when well and asleep on the bed. They surround the body by taking positions at the wall and are tiered one over the other in rooms of Hotels, dwelling houses and warehouses.

The band is confined to large Cities backwards and forwards in travel by their connections made with the band of women colleagued as accomplices being unable themselves on account of their sex and gender to

move through the country by any means of travel because of great suspicion. The Reflector a Pirate's blind played on the brain and Eyesight of a community and on rooms of houses and sections of ground surrounded and about Towns and Villages throughout the country and on warehouses to make way with the goods and at steamboat landings and Depots for shipment and on railroad routes and by car travel is a prepared body of chemical and composition of the air the effect of heat test producing shade which is unnatural light and unnatural darkness.

The blind is used as a guard and for robbing purposes and on railroad routes to prevent detection and at steamboat landings for shipment having to make way with goods captured and taken in the blocks of the cities from time to time and held for transportation by rail or otherwise. All their movements are unnatural and invariably refer you to another time having many referees in their business transactions.

They are Pirates, Murderers, and Murderasess and are in the band.

As a Pirate's band they cannot operate except as Counterfeiters, Forgers, Burglars,

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI,
Maryland ~~County,~~

From William Norris
Address Baltimore.
Dated December 1, 1875.
Received ^,, 6, ^,,
Answered [gap]

SUBJECT:

The Scale Law for suppression of crime, as recommended to the President of the U. S.—The building of a United States Penitentiary, etc. Desires your Excellency to see our representa-tives in Congress on within subject.

(Inclosures [gap])

ADELBERT AMES,
Governor.

TRAVIS RHODES,
Private Secretary.