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KENTUCKY NEWS. The Latest News From All Parts of the Commonwealth. ------------------ Jim Stone ----------------- In Danger of Lynching at Mayfield, Ky.-- A Mob Forming. Mayfield, Ky., Dec. 21.--Jim Stone, the Negro charged with outraging Mrs. J.…

Lynching Is In Order. A Mayfield Lady The Victim of a Brutal Negro. At eleven o’clock Monday night the wife of Prof. J. M. R. Green, of this city, was outraged by Jim Stone, a brutal negro living three miles south of town. At the hour named Mrs.…

STONE RETURNED TO MAYFIELD. Suspected of Attempting to Assault Mrs. J. M. R. Green. James Stone, the young colored man who was brought to this city several weeks ago to escape the vengeance of a mob, who believed him guilty of criminal assault upon…

Hurried Away To Escape a Mob That Was Forming, ------- Fiend James Stone Taken to Louisville. Louisville, KY., Nov. 26.--James Stone, who is charged with the assault on Mrs. J. M. Green in Mayfield, was spirited to this city last night from Paducah.…

Left The Mob Mayfield Negro Brought Here From Paducah. --------------- A NARROW ESCAPE. -------------- James Stone Says He Did Not Commit the Assault. -------------- SHERIFF HOLLAND’S STORY James Stone, the young colored man who is…

Stone Talks Freely Will Likely Be Kept Here for Several Weeks. ----------- SAYS HE IS INNOCENT. ----------- But the Mayfield People Think He Is Undoubtedly Guilty. James Stone, the young colored man who was brought to this city from…

MURDER AND ARSON IN MUHLENBERG COUNTY Henry Allen Hanged to a Tree Near His Home – Was Under Indictment “Possum Hunters” Outrages Meet With No Hindrance REWARD OFFERED FOR MEN WHO TOOK PART IN HANGING Hillside, Ky., Nov. 14. – Finding of the body…

POSSUM HUNTERS TO BE TRIED Muhlenberg Circuit Court Is In Session At Greenville. Greenville, Ky., Jan. 11. – The regular January term of the Muhlenberg Circuit Court convened here to-dau with Judge John S. Rhea on the bench. The criminal docket…

KILLED BY NIGHTRIDERS Nightriders Wednesday night destroyed Pedro Mohundro, a farmer from his home near Lovelaceville, and shot him to death. Mohundro’s death is the second recently charged to nightriders in Western Kentucky. Previously Henry Allen…

GRAND JURY GETS AFTER THE “POSSUM HUNTERS” In Muhlenberg County and Eleven Alleged Offenders Are Indicted. Greenville, Ky., May 14. - The Muhlenberg Circuit Court adjourned after having been in session three weeks and two days. A number of civil…