The Illustrated Police News (ca. 1860–1904) or the Police News was a weekly periodical published in Boston, Massachusetts.Boston Almanac, 1865Boston Directory, 1868 In a popular, sensationalist syle it reported news of crime and legal proceedings with stories about, for instance, Billy the KidIllustrated Police News (Boston), January 8, 1881 and Bat Masterson. Editors or owners included John Stetson and A. H. Millett.American Stationer, June 4, 1896
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External links Picture of the cover of the Easter 1896 edition in the NYPL Digital Gallery Ink from a Circus Press Agent: Part two, 1885 on the Circus History Society website 19th Century Mormon Article Newspaper Index at the Harold E. Lee Library of Brigham Young University The Illustrated Police News, Law Courts and Weekly Record on WorldCat The Illustrated Police News, Law-Courts, and Weekly Record fulltext issues at the Digital Library of Villanova University.