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NEGRO LYNCHED IN KENTUCKY. Mob Strings Up Black Who Assaulted Little Girl. Litchfield, Ky., Sept. 26. – A mob of citizens visited the county jail here about 1 o’clock this morning, overpowered the jailer, took Joe Richardson, a negro, from his cell…

LYNCHING Of Negro in Kentucky Follows an Attempted Attack on Young White Girl. Jailer Says Keys Were Taken From Him After He Was Gagged By Mob – McCreary SIlent. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE INQUIRER Frankfort, Ky.m September 26 – When Governor James…

LYNCH LAW CARRIED OUT AT LEITCHFIELDLeitchfield, Ky., Sept. 26. – A mob of citizens, at 1 o’clock this morning, overpowered the jailer, took Joe Richardson, a negro, from his cell and hanged him to a tree in the public square.The body was still…

AN ARMED MOB HANGED NEGRO Taken From County Jail and Strung Up to Telephone Pole in Public Square. Litchfield, Ky., Sept. 26. – An armed mob comprised of men and women, early this morning visited the county jail at this place, overpowered the…

Negro Put to Death By A Mob Joe Richardson Who Attempted Assault on 11-year-old Girl Is Hung in Public— Story of Child on Stand Inflamed Hearers Who Came to Jail at Midnight— Siezed [sic] Jailer and Took His Keys Away— Citizens Wake To See…