From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. Parker of Amite County, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, containing a warrant for the arrests of John C. Sharkey and F. R. Morgan for the alleged murder of Matthew Cox.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Sheriff A. Parker of Amite County, Mississippi, to Lieutenant William Atwood, advising of the highway robbery and murder of Matthew Cox allegedly by Rick Sharkey and F. R. Morgan, both of whom escaped to Louisiana.