Meriwether County GaArchives News.....(OFFICIAL) A Proclamation October 1, 1869
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The Georgia Enterprise October 1, 1869
$2000 REWARD
GEORGIA
By Rufus B. Bullock, Gov. of Said State.
     WHEREAS, Official information has been received at this Department that on 
the night of the 10th instant, a rape was committed upon the person of ANNIE 
REED, a woman of color, residing in the county of Meriwether, by one ALEXANDER 
MOBLEY, aided and abetted by one JOHN M. TIDWELL; and
     Whereas, It is further alleged in said information that the said Mobley 
and the said Tidwell have fled from justice, the said Tidwell having made his 
escape after being arrested:
     Now, therefore, I have thought proper to issue this, my proclamation, 
hereby offering a reward of One Thousand Dollars each for the apprehension and 
delivery of the said Alexander Mobley and the said John M. Tidwell, with 
evidence sufficient to convict, to the Sheriff of said county of Meriwether.
     And I do moreover charge and require all officers in this State, civil and 
military, to be vigilant in endeavoring to apprehend the said Alexander Mobley 
and the said John M. Tidwell for the crime with which they now stand charged.
Given under my hand and the great Seal of the State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, 
this 25th day of September, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred 
and Sixty- Nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the 
Ninety-Fourth.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK, Governor
By the Governor:
DAVID G. COTTING, Sec. of State
DESCRIPTION
     The said Mobley is about 25 years of age, 6 feet high, sandy colored hair, 
freckled complexion, and weighs about 150 pounds.
     The said Tidwell has dark hair, ruddy complexion and dark eyes; is about 5 
feet 10 inches in height, and weighs 130 pounds.


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