Executive Order issued by Governor John W. Carlin in 1982 offering a reward for the perpetrators of recent beatings and killings in Allen County, Kansas.

Executive Order issued by Governor John W. Carlin in 1985 offering a reward for the murderer of June Mary Bidleman of Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas.

Executive Order issued by Governor John W. Carlin in 1983 offering a reward for the perpetrators of recent beatings and killings in Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas.

Executive Order issued by Governor John W. Carlin in 1984 offering a reward for the murderer(s) of Carson W. Friend and Donna K. Friend, both of Big Bow, rural Stanton County, Kansas.

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