Spalding County GaArchives News.....(OFFICIAL)  A Proclamation October 1, 1869
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The Georgia Enterprise October 1, 1869
$1,000 REWARD
GEORGIA
By Rufus B. Bullock, Gov. of Said State.
     WHEREAS, Reliable information has been received at this Department, that 
on the night of the 22d of August, ultimo, Dr. THOMAS H. BUTLER, and his wife 
were shot at and seriously wounded, at their residence in Spalding County, in 
this State, by a party or parties unknown; and that on the night of the 28th of 
August, ultimo, JOHN P. LOVETT, a citizen of Spalding County, was also shot at 
and seriously wounded by some person or persons unknown, while sitting in the 
plazza of his residence in said county of Spalding; and
     Whereas, It is alleged that one LEWIS TRAVIS, a notorious outlaw, and who 
is now an escaped prisoner from Spalding county jail, under a charge of felony, 
is the perpetrator of those crimes; and it being represented to me, that the 
civil officer of said county of Spalding have used every means in their power 
to apprehend the said Lewis Travis, but without avail;
     Now, therefore, I have thought proper to issue this, my proclamation, 
hereby offering a reward of One Thousand Dollars for the apprehension and 
delivery of the said Lewis Travis, with evidence sufficient to convict, to the 
Sheriff of said county of Spalding.
     And I do moreover charge and require all officers in this State, civil and 
military, to be vigilant in endeavoring to apprehend the said Lewis Travis, in 
order that he may be brought to trial for the crimes with which he stands 
charged.
Given under my hand and the great seal of the State, at the Capitol in Atlanta, 
this 11th day of Sept., 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, Secretary of State


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