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Lynchers Took Dynamiter Out and Hanged Him Was Prisoner in Kentucky Jail- He Had Blown Up Store and Injured the Proprietor Princeton, KY, June 1--(UP)--Masked men in autos rode up to the jail here to-day and removed Walter Merrick, 40, a prisoner,…

Mob Lynches Man Jailed In Blast Masked Crowd Raids Bastille in Princeton, KY,; Victim Found on GibbetPRINCETON, Ky., June 1 (I.N.S.).--Walter Merrick, 45, white farmer, was taken from his cell in the county jail here by a masked mob early today,…

Kentuckians Lynch Dynamite Suspect Man Awaiting Trial on Charge of Blowing Up Store Is Seized in Night at Princeton--------------------------------------- JAILOR BOUND BY CAPTORS------------------------------------- Victim Was Accused of Setting…

KENTUCKY LYNCHERS FREE; OFFICERS REFUSE TO TAKE ANY STEP TO ARREST THEM “I’ve Got Nothing to Say,” Is Only Answer Sheriff Will Give; County Attorney Won’t Make It His Business. ------------------------- KLU-KLUX TERRORS ARE…

Kentuckian Hanged By Lynching Party Princeton, KY., June 1.--(AP)--Walter Merrick, 48, was removed from the county jail by a mob late Tuesday night, and his body was found Wednesday hanging from a tree three miles away. The lynching party entered…

RACE TROUBLES IN KENTUCKY. Colored People Threaten to Avenge the Lynching of Griffey. PRINCETON, Ky., Oct. 23. – There is considerable excitement in South Christian, in the neighborhood of Lafayette and Pee Dee, over the efforts of certain negro…

HENDERSON, KY., Oct. 15. –[Special.]– Willis Griffey, the negro fiend, who committed rape upon the person of Miss Lena Berry, in Christian County, about one month ago, and was soon afterwards arrested and quietly conveyed to the jail at Princeton…

ANOTHER ACCOUNT. HOPKINSVILLE, KY. Oct. 15. –[Special.]– Information has been received here to-day from Princeton to the effect that Willis Griffey, the colored brute who outraged the person of Miss Lena Berry, in the southern portion of this…

FOUND THE KEYS And Entering the Cell Dragged the Negro Out, Took Him Three Miles Down the Road And After Riddling Him With Bullets And Mutilating Him in a Horrible Manner Left His Dead Body Swinging From a Tree. Princeton, Ky., Oct. 15.…

A RACE RIOT. NEGROES ENDEAVORING TO WORK UP A RACE RIOT. Princeton, Ky., Oct. 22. – Considerable excitement is reported in South christian in the neighborhood of Lafayette and Peedee over the efforts of negro leaders to work up a race riot. The…