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Harper, Lexington Weekly Leader, December 29, 1892
Bob Harper Dies
At the Hands of a Mob at Bowling Green— Sudden Ending to the Inquiry in Progress— The Prisoner Captured in the Court House— And Hung From a Beech street in the Fair Grounds
Bowling Green, Ky., Dec. 28– Bob Harper has paid the…
Morton, Brookhaven Semi-Weekly Leader, February 10, 1897
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Title: HE WROTE A LETTER.
For That Offense Robert Morton, a Negro, Was Hanged by a Kentucky Mob.BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Feb. 6.—Wednesday night near Rockfield, a little station on the Louisville & Nashville, ten miles from…
Morton, Freeman, February 13, 1897
LYNCHED FOR WRITING A DISRESPECTFUL LETTER
We learn from the Standard, published in Lexington, Ky., that a Robert Morton was lynched in Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 4th for writing an insulting and insinuating letter to a white lady. The Standards…
Morton, Hartford Ohio County News, February 10, 1897
Another Kentucky Lynching.
BOWLING GREEN, KY., Feb. 4—Robert Morton, colored, was hanged by a mob about three miles from Rockfield, shortly after midnight last night. The lynchers went about the work in a quiet way, and the people of this vicinity…
Morton, Louisville Courier Journal, February 5, 1897
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Title: A Warren County Negro Was Lynched.
HE INSULTED A WHITE WOMAN
Quick Work of a Small Mob From Rockfield.
THE GUARDS WERE OVERPOWERED
Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 4.—(Special.)—Robert Morton, colored, was hanged by a mob…
Morton, Nashville Tennessean, February 5, 1897
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Title: JUDGE LYNCH HOLDS COURT
And as a Result Robert Morton’s Body Dangled at the End of a Limb.
A MOB’S QUICK VENGEANCE
Negro Had Written an Insulting Note to a Reputable Young White Woman Near Bowling Green.
BOWLING…
Morton, Owensboro Twice-A-Week Messenger, February 10, 1897
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Title: NOT LYNCHED. Warren County Negro Boy Who Wrote a Young Lady a Note Only Whipped.
Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 8.—Robert Morton, the negro boy who was taken from his home near Rockfield, ten miles south of Bowling Green,…
Morton, Owensboro Twice-A-Week Messenger, February 6, 1897
A NEGRO LYNCHED
In Morgan County fo Writing an Insulting Letter to a White Woman
Bawling [sic] Green, Feb. 4.—Last night, near Rockfield, ten miles from this city, a negro named Robert Morton yesterday wrote an insulting note to Miss Tillie…
Morton, Richmond Climax, February 10, 1897
GUARDS OVERPOWERED
And Robert Morton Taken out By a Mob and Hanged
BOWLING GREEN, KY., Feb. 5.—Robert Morton, colored, was hanged by a mob about three miles from Rockfield, shortly after midnight Wednesday night. It is said that the negro, a son of…
Scott, Nashville Tennessean (Nashville American), June 5, 1898
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Title: Safe in Kentucky
SPRINGFIELD. June 3.—(Special.)—George Scott, the would-be negro rapist, has been turned over to the Sheriff of Logan County, Kentucky. The negro was induced to return to Kentucky without requisition…