Hickman County

Hired to Assail a Woman. HICKMAN, Ky., June 12–Three months ago two negroes, Henry Colbert and Pete Hunt, made an assault on Mrs, Lizzie Pratcher. East of here. The men were arrested, and confessed that they had been hired by Hugh Wood, a white man,…

Will Clifford, a Negro, who confessed that he assaulted Mrs. Mary Cowan and threw her body into to the river, and that he had killed another white woman a year ago, was lynched by a mob at Maple, this State. Clifford was arrested at Tiptonville,…

Will Clifford, a negro, was arrested at Tiptonville, Tenn., and confessed assaulting Mrs. Mary Cowan (white), and throwing her body into the river; also that he killed another woman a year ago. Constable Burrus secreted Clifford in a barn to avoid…

LYNCHING TAKES PLACE AT MAPLE, KY., FOLLOWING ASSAULT. Tennessee Posse Follows Assailant and Murderer Across the Border. Cincinnati, Aug. 17.—A Memphis dispatch to the Times-Star says: “Will Clifford, a negro, was arrested at Tiptonville, Tenn.,…

NEGRO TAKEN FROM SHERIFF. Assailant of Mrs. Cowan Expiates His Crime. Tiptonville, Tenn., August 16.—Will Clifford, the negro who assaulted and murdered Mrs. Mary Cowan, was taken from the sheriff’s posse early yesterday morning, eighteen miles…