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Law enforcement -- Tennessee.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Chattanooga Police Department Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0775
Abstract

The collection consists of papers from the Chattanooga (Tennessee) Police Department during 1909. There is correspondence to the department, reward fliers, fugitive fliers, and more.

Dates: 1909 January-May

J. P. Rivers Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3174
Abstract

A handwritten letter from J. P. Rivers, sheriff of Pulaski, Tennessee to the Chief of Police in Dallas, Texas, dated January 26, 1906. The letter contains a description of E. O. Stuart, who is wanted in Pulaski for embezzlement.

Dates: 1906 January 26

Rutherford County Sheriff's Department Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3309
Abstract

This photograph, dated 1950 September 30, depicts Sheriff Robert Goodwin and deputies finding a moonshine still in Rutherford County, Tennessee.

Dates: 1950 September 30

Territory of the United States South of the Ohio River Superior Court Judgment

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1138
Abstract

The collection consists of one item, a judgment issued against James Richardson, the former Sheriff of Greene County in the Washington District of the Southwest Territories. The judgment summons him to the next meeting of the Superior Court of Law in Jonesborough in a few months time.

Dates: 1795

William E. Gillenwaters Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3169
Abstract

This collection consists of a letter from W. E. Gillenwaters, deputy warden of the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, to the chief of police in Dallas, Texas, dated February 27, 1909. It provides a description of escaped prisoner William Blase so that he can be recaptured.

Dates: 1909 February 27