1 10 2 https://drvk.createuky.net/news-articles/files/original/e45fbacbbd0c4643c5a8c4753209b64a.png 3ac3834d4af014c1bcb578635e486946 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Laurel County Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bowers, Hartford Republican, October 20, 1905. Subject The topic of the resource Bowers, Virgil Mob, hanged. Description An account of the resource <h3>Negro Lynched<br />Virgil Bowers Hanged to an Apple Tree One Half Mile From Jail</h3> London, Ky., Oct. 17. – The only lynching in Laurel County in thirty-eight years took place here last night. Virgil Bowers, colored, was taken out of the county jail about midnight, carried about half a mile out the road leading to Barboursville, and hanged to an apple tree by the roadside. The body was not located until daylight this morning, when James Bowling, porter for a hotel here, found it. The hands were tied securely, and the body was hanging to a limb with the feet almost touching the ground. A regular hangman’s noose was pinned to the clothes, which reads as follows: Since we have trusted our case in the hands of the court, through and packed and perjured jurors and attorneys, we did not get justice. Therefore we are forced to resort to this plan. Abe Lincoln said the voice of the people must rule in all instances. We find recorded in the Holy Scriptures that whosoever sheddeth man’s blood by man shall his blood be shed. Now, let us take warning. The least said is the best. Yours truly. THE WRITER. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Newspapers.com Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Hartford Republican Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905-10-20 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Katie Craig Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Barboursville, Laurel County https://drvk.createuky.net/news-articles/files/original/01b2cae59038efc58c0d1b2a29a95c00.jpg 3d12b9c2e5e2c9bc44e54d57eb3bc611 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Laurel County Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bowers, Mountain Advocate, October 20, 1905. Subject The topic of the resource Bowers, Virgil Charge, Murder Mob, Hanging Mob, Masked Description An account of the resource <h3>&nbsp;Strung Up<br /><br />Virgil Bowers, Negro Murderer of George Farris, Lynched by Laurel County Mob</h3> At an early hour Tuesday morning a masked and armed mob of Laurel county men, at the point of guns, overcame the guards at the Laurel county jail in London and took Virgil Bowers, the self-confessed murderer of George Farris. Proceeding a short distance out of London on the Barbourville road the negro was strung to an apple tree. So quietly was the work done that few knew of the deed outside the members of the mob until daylight, when the dead body of Bowers was discovered by a hotel porter. The lynching, the first that has occurred in that county for over forty years, has created great excitement. Last Monday large crowds from the surrounding country flocked into London. Monday evening a mass meeting was held, participated in by a large number of representative citizens, condemning the summary proceedings of the mob. Efforts will be made to apprehend the members of the lynching party, it is said. The murder of Farris, who was a wealthy lumberman of Grays, this county, occurred at the London fair, and for a time there was talk of mobbing Bowers. He received two trials, the last time receiving a life sentence. It said that arrangements had been made for taking an appeal. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Newspapers.com Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Mountain Advocate Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905-10-20. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Katie Craig Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Image. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant London, Laurel County.