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Lot 144 - Antique Real-Photo Police Mugshot And Arrest Card For George Frank Carouthers, Yeggman, Arrested For Suspicion, Charge Changed To Having Burglar Tools In Possession, Toledo, Ohio, 1908
Lot 144 - Antique Real-Photo Police Mugshot And Arrest Card For George Frank Carouthers, Yeggman, Arrested For Suspicion, Charge Changed To Having Burglar Tools In Possession, Toledo, Ohio, 1908
Lot 144 - Antique Real-Photo Police Mugshot And Arrest Card For George Frank Carouthers, Yeggman, Arrested For Suspicion, Charge Changed To Having Burglar Tools In Possession, Toledo, Ohio, 1908
This is a police arrest card featuring a mounted photograph depicting George Frank Carouthers in profile and frontal views. The front of the card records Bertillon measurements taken at Toledo, Ohio, on August 31, 1908, by R.F. McKy. Carouthers is identified as a "Yegg" and listed as age 27, born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with blue eyes, dark chestnut hair, fair complexion, weight of 154 pounds, and medium slender build. Red ink annotations reference "Vol. 2 P. 175" and "History 19228." The reverse bears printed headings for the Bureau of Identification, Department of Police - Detective Service, negative number 751. Aliases are listed as Geo. Fenney, Cruthers, Geo. Stewart, and Henry Clay, with residence in Louisville, Kentucky, occupation as machinist, and descent as Irish. Carouthers was arrested on August 30, 1908, on suspicion by Officer Carroll, held for grand jury on $1,000 bail before Judge Austin Jr. on September 8, 1908. The charge was changed to having burglar tools in his possession, indicted October 5, 1908. Previous criminal record is noted in Columbus and Springfield, Ohio. Marks and scars include a tattoo on the left arm and a right arm previously broken at the elbow. Additional notations record sentencing on October 23, 1908, to two years in the Ohio Penitentiary, and a subsequent arrest on April 14, 1911, on suspicion, turned over to U.S. Marshal. Photograph and card show age toning, edge wear, and surface marks consistent with age and handling.
Dimensions are approximate.
Auction Date: 02/12/2026
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