| Description | William Dudley Pelley was a well-known novelist and screenwriter in the late 1920s, but he went on to gain more notoriety as an outspoken fascist, Nazi-sympathizer, and founder of the Silver Legion of America (or the Silver Shirts). This poster is typical of the WANTED posters of the day, featuring a photo of the criminal being sought, in this case, Pelley. The poster provides a detailed description of Pelley, down to his Van Dyke beard, and indicates that a bench warrant has been issued "by the Judge of the Superior Court of Buncombe County ... for sentence on conviction of felony, making fraudulent representation, and also for violating the terms of a suspended sentence on another charge by failing to remain of good behavior, and by engaging in, among other things, UN-AMERICAN activities." 9 x 6 in. |
