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Charged With Murder. RUSSELLVILLE, Ky., Aug. 2.--Moses Cook and Robert Henderson, two prominent citizens, were arrested yesterday charged with the murder of Edwin Traughber, who was hanged by masked men on July 15. It is said three others will be…

A Terrible Deed. CLARKSVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 15.--During the trial of the men charged with lynching Edwin Traughber, Thursday, Prince McGuire, a colored man, swore he was compelled to assist in the crime, and that the four whites made him, after they…

Lynched Russellville, Ky., July 17.--The body of Edwin Traughber was found hanging to a limb in a thicket near Adairville. Sunday night masked men went to his home at Adairville and after calling him out tied his hands and feet and carried him to a…

Two more sensational arrests were made in connection with the brutal hanging of Edwin Traughber at Adairsville, Logan county, July 15. They are Robert Traughber, cousin to the murdered man, and Thomas Mackey, a well known livery man of Adairsville.

Found Hanging to a Limb. RUSSELLVILLE, Ky., July 16.--The body of Edwin Traughber was found hanging to a limb to-day in a thicket near Adairville. Last night masked men went to Traughber’s home at Adairville, and, after calling him out, tied his…

Held Without Bail. At the examining trial held at Russellville Tuesday bail was refused Frederick P. Apgar, Wm. B. Proctor, Moses Cook, Robert Henderson and Thos. Mackey, who are charged with the murder of Edwin Traughber, who was taken from his…

Lynched. Russellville, Ky., July 17.--The body of Edwin Traughber was found hanging to a limb in a thicket near Adairville. Sunday night masked men went to his home at Adairville and after calling him out tied his hands and feet and carried him to a…

ANOTHER MASKED MOB INVADES RUSSELLVILLEHangs Four Negroes Who Were in Jail Charged With Complicity in the Cunningham Murder.

Two Negroes Hung by a Mob in Russellville