Illustrated Police News (Boston)

This article is about the defunct U.S. newspaper. For the similarly-named, defunct British newspaper, see The Illustrated Police News.

The Illustrated Police News (ca. 1860–1904) or the 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]

References

  1. ↑ Boston Almanac, 1865
  2. ↑ Boston Directory, 1868
  3. ↑ Mott, Frank Luther (1938). A history of American magazines. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-19-626431-6. OCLC 310244. 0196264316.
  4. ↑ Rowell, George P. (1872). American Newspaper Directory 4. New York: Geo. P. Rowell & Co. p. 288.
  5. ↑ Illustrated Police News (Boston), January 8, 1881
  6. ↑ "Only authenticated pic of Billy the Kid sells for $2.3 million". The History Blog. June 27, 2011.
  7. ↑ Dykstra, R (2000). "Imaginary Dodge City, in: How the West Got Wild: American Media and Frontier Violence A Roundtable". Western Historical Quarterly 31 (3).
  8. ↑ Pollock, Channing (1943). Harvest of My Years: An Autobiography. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill. pp. 112–113.
  9. ↑ Slout, William L (2005). "Sm - Sy". Olympians of the Sawdust Circle. Circus Historical Society.
  10. ↑ "John Stetson's estate small; the property he left is very heavily incumbered.". New York Times. August 2, 1896.
  11. ↑ American Stationer, June 4, 1896

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