— To the Gov: of Ky. —

E. Kinny who is chard with murder in theFranklin circuit; & is indictd; fled some months ago has retured & is lurking about Home in the flat [...] creek neighborhood, has once been arrested but escaped; is a dangerous & desperate man, the officers are afraid to attempt to arrest him — The case is one of cool deliberate murder, theHe shot his victim while at the plow; some resolute men here will arrest him if a reward his offered; fifty dollars is enough; I respectfully petition that such reward be offered that the [...]may be murderd may be arrested — I petition under the Statute in 1 Stanton page 374 — Sec XXII

Respectfully —
J. Swigertpresiding Judge of Franklin county.

— The reward should not be published —

Franklin Co

Offer of Reward for E Kinney
$25.

Murder —
Iss^d. Feby 123 1862