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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.. }


COLUMBIA, 9th June. 1898.
HysHs ErceNemey PIERCE NJ. BUT
So LEX, ESQ. GoUtrnor and Commander
.lM.Chisf IN and Orer the State 0forssaid
iN&HEREAS on The 9th of October,
1887, Il Proclamation was issued bv
thlssDcpartmcnt, Offering 81 reward of 5000
7 ior Epe apprehension ana delivery ofJACK,
a:ncgro man slave, the property of George
McAtlly, charged with The murder of WM.
NANCE, and Which said Jack has escaped
and He'd from Justice
And Whereas !, w"s made known to this
Departmcnt bv letter from Ills Excc!!cmcy
the sGoyernor of kentucky, dated 1th of
Mafch, 1888, thar the said negro Jack,
hVe crs'x weeks previous to The date Of said
icttess had been arprchcndcd. and was then
contned in the Jail Il, Frankfort, as Il fu.i-
i've rom Justice, on account Of said niur-
der, and as such would hc iclivcrc,! to any
agent clothed with proper demand from
this lsDeparmcnt: And whereas, in consc-
Iuencc of the aforesaid Information from
fiis EScc'icncy the Governor of Kentucky,
a demand. in due and lcgnlf f,ini, was n.;,.i,,
bearing date the i7h Of April last rcquir-
ing the Governor of Kentucky to surrender
the body of The said Jack to the agent there
IN named, To the cud that he might be
crime: Anal whereas it appears thai before
The arrival of the agent from this State in
Kentucky, with the demand aforesaid, Il
man calling his name llANcock appeared
at the Jail III Frankfort. kcntuckv, with Il
power of attorney from George McAiiIy,
the owner at said Jack, and demanded HIM
from the Jnilor as runaway slave of SAID
McAliiyS. to whom The said iailur deliver
cd nm: And that the sail Ilaucnck. as IL
Scnt.oi SAID McAliliy, Afterwards sold said
negro Jack To MIR. Mundy, residing in
Owing county, kentucky, who again sold
ium,land refused to nfnrin the agent of Iii :
Stnte TO whom soil or where he WIS car:icd:
Anditis further stated 10 this Dcparimcn,
that the ncsro's name, on the last sale, Was
changed from jack to Boa.
NOV KNOW YE, That TO the intcn,
thatjpstice may hc done. and the said Jack
his iti'ircs, aud ,hctto's brought To con,lign
punishment for The crime aforesaid, | ,lo
!lerf5S o!icr "a reward of EIGHT HUN
uRisD DOLLARS. in addition to The re.
wary Pticrcd in my former proclamation,
dafsik24th October, 1897, Tor The apprchcn
sIof3and delivery the negro Jack into anv
Jail Nuhn this State: and hail that amoun,
ier such Information against any person or
p"rsnns,who have been guilty of liarboring.
'i''hS,, oT assiSt!Hc HE Salu Jack. is W III
etiecI sconvicilon III Il courr of Justice.
And u Is further proclaimed and made
known. that the informant. on his appear
ing and giving evidence on the trial OF such
person.or persons charged with tho crime of
harooring, aiding, Or assisting lie said Jack
to escape from justice, shall remain free OF
and discharged from any prosecution or
leSa, proceedings against himself. for or on
account OF any matter or thing he ma,
have done in relation to the escape of said
Jack.
In testimony whereof lav,
hrrcun'o set my hand an,
L.S caused the seal of the State
(N~) 10 be affixed, This 9th da,
o! June, a. ID. 1888
Il. NJ. BUTLER.
BY order.
i. III. SANON, Secretary of State.
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