From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that King Henderson escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that Samuel Hodo escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing the office of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames of the escape of Minor Robinson. Includes description of fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing the office of Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames of the escape of William Johnson. Includes description of fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis of the escape of William Douglas and James Alexander from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commuting the sentence of Milton Willis who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Acting Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary Walter McCrea to Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis, informing Davis that William Caldwell escaped from custody while working for French and Jobes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to A. K. Davis, informing Mississippi Lieutenant Governor A. K. Davis that prisoners Eli Anderson and George Wardlow escaped from custody.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal document from the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan in Jackson, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, enclosing a commutation of sentence for Robert Taylor, who was convicted of larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing the commutation of the sentence of Charles Werth, who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing the commutation of the sentence of Spencer Williams, who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him of the escape of Ephraim Day.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing him of the escape of Aleck Wilson and James Banks.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commuting the sentence of Aaron Goodman who was convicted of burglary and larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commuting the sentence of James Lony who was convicted of assault and battery with intent to manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commuting the sentence of Jeff Thomas who was convicted of burglary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commuting the sentence of Henry Mattock who was convicted of burglary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commuting the sentence of Thomas Holderness who was convicted of assault and battery with intent to manslaughter.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, commuting the sentence of Willis Stowers who was convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan, commuting the sentence of Charles Johnson, convicted of grand larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan, commuting the sentence of Henry Matlock, convicted of burglary.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, containing a list of convicts scheduled to be released from the Penitentiary in November.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Legal Document from Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames to the Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary William Noonan, commuting the sentence of Gus. Morton, convicted of larceny.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the escape of prisoner William Wilson while under contract to Powers and Jones.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from William Noonan to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, informing Ames of the escape of prisoner Henry Porter in Rankin County, Mississippi.