Lot 310

Framed Invitation to a Montana Execution

Estimate: $200 - $400

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$0 $5
$50 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$25,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000
For your consideration in this lot is a unique item, a framed Print of an invitation to a Montana execution. In side the frame on blue turquoise matting is a card 5 1/2" X 3 1/2". The card reads, "Office of Sheriff Missoula County, Montana Missoula Montana, Dec. 8th 1890 Mr. Greenoiugh (?) you are respectfully invited to be present at the execution of Pierre Paul, Lala See, Pascafe and Antfey, Friday the 19th day of December, A.D. at 10:30am at the Missoula County Jail, Yours very respectfully W.H. Huston." The trial and execution made national news. below the card is another card with an ink interpretation of the condemned. But wait there's more! On the back is a newspaper clipping of a letter written to the paper by Louie Gingras the said grandson of a chief involved in the capture of one of the men. This is set in a heavy wood frame measuring 15 3/4" X 13 1/2".