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REORGANIZATION:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
EXECU TIVE DEPARTMENT., !,

COLUMBIA. 9Th June, 1893.
By HIS Ercellenty PIERCE NJ. BUT.
LEX, ESQ. Gorernor and Commander
IN Chitf in omd orcr the State aforesaid.
M 1iEREhS on the 24th of October,
w 1887, a Proclamation was issued bv
this Department, offering a reward OF $500
Tor the apprehension and delivery orJACK,
negro man slave. the property Of George
hcalilly, charged with the murder Of VIM.
NANCE, and which said Jack has cscaped
and He'd from Justice
Ana W herras II was made known 70 tb;s
pePar'hicn'' by letter from His Excelleucv
inc III governor OF kentucky, dated 7tt OF
M arch 1893, thar the said nearo J,ck
n'e or SIX weeks previous to The dutc of said :
letter. hhd been apprchcndcd, and was then
con'incd in the Jail al Frank fort. .as fny;.
tive from Justice, on account of said MIR
der, and ~ such would be dcliyered :, onr
agent clothed with a proper demand from
ms Department: And whereas, in c,nse-
quence of the aforesaid information from
HIS Excol!ency the Governor of Kcntuckv.
Il d"inhnd, m due and legal f)rtn, was made.
brarinS date the l1ih of ApriI last. reo,,;r.
ing me Governor Of Kentucky to surrender
the body of the said Jack to the aren't ,herc.
IN named, to the. end that he micbt be
brought Ia this State and tried for the s,;d
crime: And whereas it appears that before
me arrival of the agent from this State in
hrntnckv, with the demand aforesaid, a
ma" calling his name Hancock ,ppeared
at the Jail III Frankfort, Kentucky, with n
power OF attorney from George McAhlIy.
.'c owner "i sald Jack, and demanded him
from The Jaiinr as IL runaway slave of spi3
Mclliilys. TO whom The said iailor ,,elivcr.
Ell Inn: And that the said Hancock as n.
gent OF said McAliIly. arterwads sold soid
negro Jack To Il Mr.. Mundy. residing in
owing county, Kentucky, who again sold
hi'll' Hnd refused toinform the agent of ,lli.
state To nom sold, or W here he was carried:
Ana VI IS further stated TO this Department
tnat me negro $ name, on the last sale wns
changed from J0ck'o Btn.
NOW KNOW GE, That 10 The iDtenr
lhht justice may hc done. and tho said Jotk
ms hldrcs, and abcttors brought to condicn
punishment for The crime aforesaid. 7 ,l,,
hereby offer Il reward of EIGHT HUN
DRED DOLLARS. in addition to The re-
war! offered in my former proclamation.
dated 2lth October, 1887, for the apprchcn-
SION ana delivery OF the negro Jack into any
jail within this Stale: and halfthat aroune
'"r S"ch Information against any person or
persons who have been guilty Of harborinr,
hiu''I", or assisting the said Jack. as will
effect conviction in Il court of Justice. =
And II Is further proclaimed and ,na.lo
Rh"wn; that the informant, on his. appear
ing and giving evidence on the trial of sucl,
person or persons charged with the crime Of
harb0ring, aiding, or assisting the saiJJacl5
to escape from justice, shall remain free of
anu discharged from any prosecution or
! legal proceedings against himself, for or on,
, account OF any matter 6r thing lic NAV
have done in relation to the escape o.! said
lack.
In testimony whereof have
80 herenn'o set nay hand and
| IL.S caused the seal of tho State
(S~) to be affixed, this tiIhxe
Of June. A. d. 1885
p. NJ BJ Tier.
BY order.
j.. II. SANON, Secretary Of Stale.
June Ia t1u