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Mob Batters Down Jail Doors and Hangs Negro Officials Helpless While Crowd Takes Former Soldier Away From Them Hickman, Ky., Dec. 16– An infuriated mob broke down the huge iron doors of the county jail here early morning, forcibly took Charlie…

Full Text of Governor’s Reward Offer Denounces Massacre of Negro Family and Calls Upon People to Wipe Out Kentucky’s Awful Disgrace Following is the full text of Governor Willson’s vigorous proclamation offering a reward of $500 for the…

WHO KILLED BILL DOOLEY? W. M. POTTS HELD FOR TRAIL BOND FIXED AT $5,000The examining trial of W. M. Potts, charged with killing Bill Dooley, a negro, at Fulton, last week, was held before Judge Kearby, Tuesday and Wednesday last and resulted in…

RACE CLASH MAY COME AT FULTON The Lynching of Bill Dooley Excites the Negro Population FEAR OF TROUBLE WITH THE BLACKS FELT LAST NIGHT. WHITES READY FOR OUTBREAK More Details of the Mobbing, But No Proof That the Victim Committed a…

A HARMLESS NEGRO SHOT BY UNKNOWN MEN.Fulton Council Offers Reward of $200 For the Conviction of the Guilty Persons. Fulton, Ky., Feb. 15. - [Special.] - Bill Dooley, a harmless negro, was dragged from his house last night by three men and shot. The…

ARRESTS MADETWO MEN ACCUSED OF MURDER OF BILL DOOLEY.One of the Prisoners a Police Officer - Fulton is Quiet, But Great Indignation Prevails. Fulton, Ky., Feb. 18. - Police Officer R. M. Potts and Hardee Beasley were arrested this morning charged…

TRIALS SOON.SUSPECTED POLICEMAN AND HIS ACCOMPLICE ARE AT HICKMAN.Fulton, Ky., Feb. 19. - The examining trials of R. M. Potts and Hardee Beasley will probably take place the latter part of the week at Hickman, Ky. They were arrested as suspects for…

RIDDLED. End of Disorderly Hickman Negro. SHOT TO DEATH Taken From the Lock-Up By Unknown Men. Confined For Breach of Peace a Few Hours Before. OTHER KENTUCKY NEWS. Hickman, Ky., Spt. 2. –(Special.)– William Butcher, a negro, was taken from the…

The lynching of the negro William Butcher at Hickman Monday night is another disgrace which Kentucky must bear. Butcher seems to have been a worthless and vicious man, but he had committed no serious crime, and his murderers ought to be hanged. But…

A HICKMAN MOB Short Work Made of William Butcher, a Desperate Negro.ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2. – A special from Hickman, Ky., says: At 2 a. m. today William Butcher, a desperate negro, was taken from jail bu a mob. His head was shot off and his body was…