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Lot 283
[CRIME – NEW YORK]. File of documents related to the murder...
Estimate: $400 - $600
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[CRIME ? NEW YORK]. File of documents related to the murder case of Arthur Mayhew. [Hempstead, 1896]. Including: a file of approximately 50 witness statements, typed and manuscript, concerning the murder case against Arthur Mayhew, who was convicted of murdering Stephen Powell, a businessman, in Hempstead, NY, on March 7, 1896, and executed at Sing Sing Prison the following March. Also in the file is a letter to Daniel Noble, District Attorney of Long Island City, NY, inviting him to Mayhew's execution; a typed copy of the judge's sentence against Mayhew; a typed copy of John Wayne's confession which implicated Mayhew in the murder; and a mugshot (unidenfitied). Size 10 ? x 8" and smaller.
