PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.

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OTAME OF [2ORTH GAROLINA,

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

NWA7 hereas, official information has been received by me that several aggravated offenses of incendiarism have recently
been committed in the County of Pitt and State of North Carolinas And Whereas, it appears that the party or parties committing
said offenses are unknown,

wow, Therefore, | THOMAS M. HOLT, Governor of the State of North Carolina, by virtue of authority in

me vested by law, do issue this my PROCLAMATION, offering a reward of TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS to the person
or persons who shall secure the arrest, delivery and conviction of the person or persons who burned the property of J. J. LAOGH-
INGHOUSE, and TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS reward for the arrest, delivery and conviction of the person or persons
who burned the property of J. BRYAN GRIMES, and TWO HUNDRED DOfLARS reward for the arrest, delivery and
conviction of the person or persons who burned the property of Mrs. JOS. H. SAUNDERS. These criminals must be delivered
the Sheriff of Pitt County, at the ce. Greenville, and I do enjoin all officers of the State and all good citizens to assist in

bringing said unknown criminal or criminals to justice.
Done in the City of Raleigh, this 24th day of October, 1891,
and in the one hundred and sixteenth year of our

American Independence.

 

By the Governor: THOS. M. HOLT,

Governor.

S. Fi. teLFYAIR,

Private Secretary.