Sold for:
$1,800
$1,800
Hardeen. Two page TLS regarding handcuffs and escapes. Dated May 8, 1942, Hardeen writes to A. Nugent of Richmond, Virigina regarding a variety of restraints he is sending Nugent, including the Spanish Thumb Cuff, Egyptian Leg Iron, Oregon Boot and Shoe, Rankin “fixed” cuff, the Bean Giant “fixed” (“…once I place any of these cuffs on any one ---- THEY WONT [sic] GET OUT.”), and more. The letter also describes methods of escape from several of these manacles. Mounted to two sides of a single sheet; extremities worn. Signed “Hardeen.”
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-08-23
