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Fratus Warfield, a negro, was lynched at Elkton, Ky., by a mob for attempting to enter a farmer’s home when the farmer’s home when the farmer’s wife and little child were the only occupants.

NEGRO LYNCHED. Fratus Warfield Who Attempted to Asoult Mrs. Penick Taken From Jail by a Mob at Midnight. Elkton Ky. Oct. 18, - Last night at midnight the negro Fratus Warfield, who attempted to outrage Mrs Len Penick, the wife of a prominent farmer…

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…

NEGRO TAKEN OUT AND MURDERED BY NIGHT RIDERS AT GOLDEN POND. Second Killing That Has Occurred by Night Riders Within a Week. REIGN OF CRIME STILL UNTOUCHED Following close upon the murder of Hiram Hedge in Nicholas county, comes the news of…

Shot Down Inoffensive Negro. A band of twenty-five night riders, masked and armed, rode Tuesday night into Golden Pond, a village in Trigg county, and after firing off guns went to the hotel and from the servants’ quarters forced Tom Weaver, aged…

ANOTHER VICTIM DEAD. Injuries Inflicted By Night Riders Fatal. Hopkinsville, Ky., April 9. – [Special.] – Another murder is laid at the door of the night riders by the death of Tom Weaver at Canton, in Trigg county. About three weeks ago Weaver,…

RIDDLED. End of Disorderly Hickman Negro. SHOT TO DEATH Taken From the Lock-Up By Unknown Men. Confined For Breach of Peace a Few Hours Before. OTHER KENTUCKY NEWS. Hickman, Ky., Spt. 2. –(Special.)– William Butcher, a negro, was taken from the…

The lynching of the negro William Butcher at Hickman Monday night is another disgrace which Kentucky must bear. Butcher seems to have been a worthless and vicious man, but he had committed no serious crime, and his murderers ought to be hanged. But…

A HICKMAN MOB Short Work Made of William Butcher, a Desperate Negro.ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2. – A special from Hickman, Ky., says: At 2 a. m. today William Butcher, a desperate negro, was taken from jail bu a mob. His head was shot off and his body was…

William Butcher, a negro, was taken from the city jail at Hickman, Kentucky, on Sunday night and shot dead by lynchers. Butcher’s offence was resisting arrest by the police for disorderly conduct and throwing a brick which struck a white citizen.