From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Certified copy of an indictment from the grand jury of Carroll County, Mississippi, against three men for the murder of Arnold J. Brantley. The document is certified by R. C. Hansbrough, clerk of the circuit court. (This document is the enclosed indictment mentioned in mdah_786-973-07-11).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from R. C. Hansbrough, clerk of the circuit court of Carroll County, Mississippi, to H. F. Hewson, Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn's private secretary, enclosing a certified copy of an indictment against three men for the murder of Arnold J. Brantley. (Enclosed indictment is mdah_786-973-07-10).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. B. Bridges to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, informing him that the persons who were captured by E. P. Bridges fit the description of Ringers and Applegate but were not them.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Proclamation from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, offering a $1,000.00 reward for the capture of William Ringer, Henry Ringer, and Calhoun Applegate for the alleged murder of A. J. Brantley.