Mar 26, 2015 - Sale 2377

Sale 2377 - Lot 266

Price Realized: $ 531
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BLACK LIBERATION ARMY.) CHESIMARD, JOANNE, ET AL. Wanted for Escape * Wanted for Aiding and Abetting Escape. Two posters, issued by the New Jersey State Police: 11 x 8-1/2; 13 x 8-1/2 inches. Both with creases where folded; a couple of old staple marks. Trenton, New Jersey: 3 and 5 November, 1979

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A pair of uncommon 'Wanted' posters, not issued by the FBI as usual but rather by New Jersey, the state in which Chesimard had been held, serving a life sentence for the shooting death of a New Jersey State Trooper. Chesimard's poster bears the following warning: 'USE EXTREME CAUTION TO BE CONSIDERED EXTREMELY DANGEROUS." Chesimard's escape was carefully planned and boldly carried out by a band of fellow Black Liberation Army compatriots. She is still free, living in Cuba.