From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from J. J. Shannon at Meridian, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, describing the murder of Jeff I. Hyde allegedly by Albert D. Lowner and a description of the fugitive.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from the law firm of Shannon and Grace to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, enclosing an affidavit from S. Leahman regarding the alleged theft of a horse by one Thomas Malone and asking that the Governor obtain a requisition from the Governor of Alabama for Malone's arrest and extradition.