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Lynched By A Mob. LOUISVILLE, Dec. 24.--A Horse Cave special to the Courier-Journal says: “Yesterday morning about daylight Esquire John A. Gardner, who lives about one mile from Rawlett’s Station, In Hart County, was called to go to his barn by a…

Lynching in Tennessee. LOUISVILLE, December 25.--John A. Gardner was nearly killed in his barn at Rowlett’s station yesterday. A negro named John Campbell and his brother Sam, who staid in the barn with him, were arrested on suspicion, and money was…

Two Negroes Lyncned. [sic] LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 24.--A Horse Cave special to the Courier Journal says; Side by side they hang on the banks of Green river. Yesterday morning, about daylight, Esquire John A. Gardner, who lives about one mile from…

Two Negroes Lynched in Kentucky LOUISVILLE, December 24th.-- John A. Gardner was nearly killed in his barn at Rowlett’s Station yesterday. A negro named John Campbell and his brother Sam, who staid in the barn with him, were arrested on suspicion,…

LYNCHED. Elmer Hill Taken from Monticello Jail and Hanged. Monticello, Ky., Dec. 17. – Elmer Hill, the youth charged with assaulting and murdering little Mamie Womack, in Russell county, was taken from the Wayne county jail here last night and…

FULL STORY OF HILL LYNCHING Confesses Crime and Mob Sings Hymn Before Hanging Murderer. DANVILLE, Ky., Dec. 18. – Elmer Hill, confessed child-murdered, paid the death penalty for his crimes Wednesday night. As the hangmen were looping the rope…

LYNCHED IN NICHOLASVILLE AT HIGH NOON NEGRO WHO COMMITTEE DREADFUL CRIME HANGED FROM TREE IN COURT HOUSE YARD BY A MOB. NICHOLASVILLE, Ky., Feb. 6. – (Associated Press.) – Tom Brown, the negro arrested last night charged with criminally assaulting…

TERRIBLE CRIME NEAR NICHOLASVILLE GIRL RETURNING FROM LEXINGTON WAS DRAGGED FROM HER CONVEYANCE BY A BRUTAL NEGRO. NICHOLASVILLE, Ky., Feb. 5. – (Special) – The entire community was aroused tonight when it was heard that Miss Della Powelll, the…

Prompt and Just Punishment. Last week, a negro assaulted Miss Della Powell, a prominent young lady, near her home in Jessamine county, dragging her from a buggy on the public highway, just before dark. The negro was taken to jail, and next morning…

Livermore Citizens Arrested on Indictments Of Murder for Alleged Participation In Lynching Of A M’Lean [sic] County Negro LIVERMORE KY., May 13.--As a result of the most vigorous instructions ever given a grand jury in Western Kentucky by Circuit…