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(CIVIL RIGHTS--CRIME--TEXAS.) TOBIN, SHERIFF JONATHAN W. $10 REWARD. I will pay $10.00 reward for the arrest and detention anywhere in Texas, of each of the following negroes. Small broadside, 8-1/2 x 5-7/8 inches, printed on ochre yellow paper. San Antonio, TX, 1911
a rare wanted poster for six escaped men issued by 'gunless' sheriff john tobin. John Wallace Tobin (1867-1927) was a true son of San Antonio. He worked his way up from the Texas Militia, Belknap Rifles to Alderman, then Fire Chief, County Treasurer and in 1900 began a 21-year tenure as sheriff of San Antonio. A definitely peaceful 'peace officer,' Tobin was known to not wear a gun.
