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Charles A. Siringo Autograph Letter Signed on verso of a New Year's Day Card, along with a business card. Following the ...
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Charles A. Siringo Autograph Letter Signed on verso of a New Year's Day Card, along with a business card. Following the New Year's Day card's four-line printed sentiment, Siringo has written, "(over)." The letter (n.d., n.p., 3.5" x 4.5") reads, "New Years Eve: - Dear Doctor: Yes, I have a negative of Jim Miller hanging with the two bankers and the innocent man, West, in a barn near Ada, Oklahoma. Should you ever want a copy let me know. Sincerely, Chas. A. Siringo." Siringo is referring to a famous photograph showing Jim Miller, a Texas outlaw thought to have killed fifty men, hanging with three other men from the rafters of a livery stable as a white horse stands in the background. Miller and three others had been arrested for murdering with a shotgun Oklahoma rancher and deputy Gus Bobbitt of Ada, Oklahoma. On April 19, 1909, a mob broke into the jail and lynched all four in the stable behind the jail.The business card (4.5" x 2.75") of "Chas. A. Siringo" gives the following printed information about the noted western author: "A lone star cowboy. A cowboy detective. History of Billy the Kid. Booklet of Cow-Camp Songs. Writer of books on the wooly old west. When the cowboys, buffalo hunters, and Indians had room to come and go. Before the wire fences cut off the trails." Another hand has struck-through Siringo's printed New Mexico address and replaced it with his Hollywood, California, address. The verso contains two printed letters of recommendation for Siringo's books.
Charles Siringo (1855-1928), a native Texas cowboy and author, moved to Chicago when he was thirty-one years old to join the Pinkerton Detective Agency. After he retired from the agency in 1907, he wrote three controversial books about the agency. Both items are in fine condition. Ex Ben E. Pingenot.
Auction Info
2009 November Signature Texana Auction #6028 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2009
21st
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