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Man is Lynched By Armed Mob Leonard Woods, Negro, Arrested in Slaying, Shot to Death; Body Placed on Platform and Structure Fired; Inquiry Is Begun Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 30 (AP)— Gov. William J. Fields, when informed today of the lynching of…

George Wilson, a Carlisle Negro, was found hanging to a sapling. There appears to be no especial reason for his taking off.

Found Hanging to a Tree. Carlisle, Ky., Aug. 16. - A sensation was caused near Deering camp ground Saturday by the finding of one George Wilson, colored, hanging from a small tree, suspended by a silk handkerchief and the hitch rein from his buggy.…

At Carlisle Saturday Lulu Willis and Russell Snapp were arrested charged with the murder of of the negro, George Wilson, who was found hanging to the limb of a tree near town a few weeks ago. The negro had been a lover of Lulu Willis and the…

A sensation was caused near Deering camp ground Saturday morning by the finding of George Wilson, colored, hanging from a small tree. He was suspended by a handkerchief and the hitch rein from his buggy. The negro bore a good reputation, and had…

The Latest Outrage The Kuklux of Owen, frightened from their native haunts by the recent vigorous prosecution of their gang in that county, seem to have betaken themselves to Franklin, where one of their cowardly exploits was perpetrated the other…

HANGED TO A TREE. The Mysterious Taking Off of a Colored Man in Nicholas County. Carlisle, Ky., Aug. 14 - (Special.) - George Wilson, colored, a well digger, was found hanging to a small sapling this morning near the roadside on the Blue Lick and…

Found Hanging to a Tree. Carlisle, Ky., Aug. 16. - The dead body of George Wilson, a negro, was found hanging to a tree in the woods near Myers, this county. His death is a mystery, but it is generally believed he was a victim of a mob. Wilson was…

Six men took Wick Willis from the jail at Lebanon and hung him. He was accused of attempting to rape Miss Dice in Adair county and was in the Lebanon jail to keep a mob from getting him.

His Neck Cracked A Negro Ravisher Hanged to a Tree Near Champbellsville.------------------------ The Marion County Jailer Overpower And The Brute Quietly Taken Out.---------------------- He Was Started Back To The Scene of the Crime, but…