Woman known discovers shocking letter claiming a criminal from a 1900s murder FAKED his own death

A woman dubbed the “family heirloom hunter” has revealed that she discovered an earlier letter that claimed a man faked his own death after a murder.

chelsey brown28-year-old from New York finds diaries, letters and family heirlooms and reunites them with the descendants of those who have died.

Recently, he came across some shocking letters at a flea market dating back to 1901, revealing information about a criminal.

She said the letter came from the ex-wife of an alleged murder victim to her alleged killer, who she says faked her death and fled to Scotland after the attack.

Chelsey was quick to share the jaw-dropping details with fellow crime detectives on TikTok, where the post racked up 24,000 views.

In the clip, she says, “I’m trying to solve a crime that happened over 100 years ago.”

“These letters prove that a criminal from 1900, who was registered as dead, faked his death and fled to Scotland,” he explained.

The relic hunter then detailed exactly how the crime occurred.

She revealed that while robbing a post office, one of the post office employees shot some of the gang members.

And one of the gang, said to be James, died, however now Chelsey claims the letters prove he’s still alive.

These letters revolve around a shooting that occurred in 1901.

‘A gang and this specific criminal we’re talking about, his name was James, or at least that was one of his aliases.

“This gang actually robbed a post office, and one of the post office workers, who was stationed there overnight, ended up shooting a group of gang members.”

She continues: “One of the gang members ends up dying, and when the police identify him, they identify him as this James.

‘So he was proclaimed deceased. However, these letters from James’ ex-wife tell a very different story, as he was not killed in the shooting, but instead, a few days later, he fled to Scotland.

The most interesting piece of this puzzle is that I have a letter from 1901 from a reverend.

‘This local reverend received a letter from James, posing as the post office shooter, asking for a description of the man who died, who he killed.

‘Now why would James want a description of the deceased when he was the ‘deceased’? It’s a piece of the puzzle that I’m still trying to figure out,” he told his followers.

She explained that it wouldn’t be unusual for James to run away since he had “five different aliases.”

The relic hunter added: “This specific man had five different aliases so now I’m trying to trace his journey back to Scotland and I want to find his descendants, or if not his descendants then just trace what happened to him.”

He ends the video by saying that hopefully he will have more news to update his followers soon.

“James had multiple aliases from being in the gang in the 1900s,” Chelsey said.

‘I am still trying to find out why he was asking for the description of the deceased and am trying to trace the descendants in Scotland.

“I love researching these artifacts because I find the most incredible stories behind them.

“It’s like I’m constantly trying to solve mysteries on a daily basis and I just can’t get enough of it.”

Her TikTok followers are just as engaged as she is, and many of them beg her to keep them updated.

“I’m so invested in this,” one person commented.

Another user added: ‘This is Peaky Blinders Ish.’ [sic]

“I suppose he wanted to take the identity of the deceased,” someone else said.

One person added: “Maybe he wanted to know which of the gang members really died.”

Someone else commented, ‘Wow, that sounds amazing, please give us every little bit.’

Someone else said, ‘Um, I’ll follow you right away, this is going to be great.’