reward contained the phrase "dead or alive". Thus one would get a reward for either bringing the person or his body to the authorities. This could indicate that the person was an outlaw, and that it was permissible to kill him. Alternatively, it might mean that it was permissible to kill him if he resisted arrest. While most issuers of wanted posters instead preferred the target to be taken alive in order to stand trial, some private organizations were willing to go to these extreme measures to protect their interests. Wanted posters in the media Wanted posters have been used by media sources to cast prominent figures as wild west criminals. Popular examples of this include the September 4, 1939 Edition of the British newspaper the Daily Mirror, which cast Adolf Hitler as a "reckless criminal" "wanted dead or alive". This idea was also used by The New York Post in their global search for Osama Bin Laden in 2001, shortly after President George W. Bush made the reference, "And there's an old poster out West, that I recall, that said, 'Wanted: Dead or Alive'." Famous wanted posters John Dillinger Billy the Kid Bonnie and Clyde Baby Face Nelson Jack the Ripper James Earl Ray John Wilkes Booth D. B. Cooper Dan Breen Pablo Escobar Jesse James Zodiac Killer Osama bin Laden Pretty Boy Floyd Apollo Quiboloy See also All-points bulletin America's Most Wanted Clarendon (typeface) Most wanted list Mug shot publishing industry Pittura infamante Rewards for Justice Program References External links Wanted Posters Collection. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Espionage techniques FBI: Most Wanted Fugitives Law enforcement techniques Posters