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[OUTLAWS]. [ANDERSON, Peter “Rattlesnake”]. Wanted poster for the theft of a valuable coin collection. Rawlins, Wyoming, ca. 11 February 1893. Broadside, 432 x 222 mm, several old folds. Two photograph illustrations in the text of the wanted outlaw. The sheriff of Carbon County, Jens Hansen, announces the theft of C.F. Johnson’s coin collection and a $100 reward to any person that will arrest the thief. Included in the collection is an eight-cornered $50.00 gold piece dated 1851 and a $5.00 Mormon gold piece. “He was last seen at Niagara Falls, New York. Keep a sharp lookout. He may try to dispose of the coins.” A local newspaper reported that the collection was worth $5,000 and that Anderson skipped town and took it with him to Denmark. He was soon apprehended by Danish authorities and sentenced to 10 years in prison for his crime. The coin collection was soon returned to its original owner.