From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legal document from Louisiana Governor H. C. Warmoth to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, sending an order of extradition for William E. Brewer who is a fugitive wanted for murder in the State of Louisiana. The order asks that Brewer to be turned over to E.L. Whitney or his agent.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Judge Wade H. Hough of the 13th District in Louisiana, containing a certified copy of a judgement of the conviction of William E. Brewer from the State of Louisiana. Brewer was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to two years of hard labor in the Louisiana Penitentiary in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was also fined $1 and is liable for the cost of prosecution.