Illustrated Police News (Boston) Explained
The Illustrated Police News (ca. 1860–1904) or the Police News was a weekly periodical published in Boston, Massachusetts.[1] [2] [3] [4] In a popular, sensationalist syle it reported news of crime and legal proceedings with stories about, for instance, Billy the Kid[5] [6] and Bat Masterson.[7] Editors or owners included John Stetson[8] [9] [10] and A. H. Millett.[11]
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Notes and References
- Boston Almanac, 1865
- Boston Directory, 1868
- Book: Mott, Frank Luther . 1938 . A history of American magazines . Cambridge, MA . . 0-19-626431-6 . 6382423M . 310244 . 0196264316.
- Book: Rowell. George P.. George P. Rowell. American Newspaper Directory. 1872. Geo. P. Rowell & Co. New York. 288. 4.
- Illustrated Police News (Boston), January 8, 1881
- Web site: Only authenticated pic of Billy the Kid sells for $2.3 million . June 27, 2011 . The History Blog .
- Dykstra . R . 2000 . Imaginary Dodge City, in: How the West Got Wild: American Media and Frontier Violence A Roundtable . . 31 . 3 .
- Book: Pollock, Channing . Channing Pollock (writer) . 1943 . Harvest of My Years: An Autobiography . Indianapolis . . 112–113 .
- Web site: Sm - Sy . Slout . William L . 2005 . Olympians of the Sawdust Circle . Circus Historical Society . https://web.archive.org/web/20130318173613/http://www.circushistory.org/Olympians/OlympiansS2.htm . 2013-03-18 . dead .
- News: John Stetson's estate small; the property he left is very heavily incumbered. . . August 2, 1896 .
- American Stationer, June 4, 1896