Hi-
I recently acquired this W H Geer wanted poster from 1897. It is from the Pinkerton Detective Agency and mentions that Geer used to be a professional baseball player. I bought it at an antique show I frequent from a dealer who had purchased a large antique policing collection.
When I bought it I just thought it was very cool to have a wanted poster that mentions the suspect used to be a professional baseball player. I did not realize there was a whole SABR article on him.
https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/billy-geer/
He was a somewhat decent baseball player but a fairly prolific forger and general fraudster. The above linked article spends much more time on his criminal history (began during his playing days) than his baseball career.
Does anyone have any other items related to Geer they can post? Or, any other crime related baseball material?
Alan