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CAUGHT THE BRUTE. Willis Griffey Captured by Officers Near Madisonville. Taken to Princeton, Ky., and Lodged in Jail There to Prevent Lynching. The LEAF-CHRONICLE contained an article Saturday about the search in this vicinity for Willis Griffey,…

RACE TROUBLES IN KENTUCKY. Colored People Threaten to Avenge the Lynching of Griffey. PRINCETON, Ky., Oct. 23. – There is considerable excitement in South Christian, in the neighborhood of Lafayette and Pee Dee, over the efforts of certain negro…

Hopkinsville, Ky., Oct. 15. –[Special.]– There was a ripple of excitement here to-day when it became known that a mob of men had taken Griffey from the Princeton jail and hanged him. The Christian county grand jury, which is still in session,…

HENDERSON, KY., Oct. 15. –[Special.]– Willis Griffey, the negro fiend, who committed rape upon the person of Miss Lena Berry, in Christian County, about one month ago, and was soon afterwards arrested and quietly conveyed to the jail at Princeton…

LYNCHED, IF CAUGHT. Brutal Assault on a Kentucky Lady by a Negro Fiend. Clarksville, Tenn., Sept. 29. – News has reached here of one of the foulest attempts at rape ever committed in Southern Kentucky. An adopted daughter of Mr. Davis, at…

Lynching at Winchester. Bob Haggard was hanged by a mob at Winchester, Monday night. The trouble that caused the hanging it set forth in the Democrat as hereunder given: Late Saturday afternoon Bob Haggard, a mulatto, about twenty-one years old,…

“Unknown Persons.” WINCHESTER, Ky., July 18. – The inquest over the body of Bob Haggard, the Negro lynched in this city, resulted in a verdict that his death was caused by “unknown persons.”

Hung an Innocent Man. The lynching which occurred at Winchester, Ky., one day last week has turned out to be another case of “I told you so.” A colored man named Haggard was accused of committing an assault upon a girl and without giving a chance…

BUT WILL THEY DO IT? Clark County Grand Jury Advised To “Get a Move On.” [Louisville Commercial.] It seems to be pretty well settled that the Negro Bob Haggard, who was lynched for rape a short time ago, was innocent. Clark county people would do…

STABLE BURNED At the Winchester Fair Grounds Last Night By Incendiaries. A gentleman from Winchester this morning informs THE LEADER that the stable of John T. Jones, located at the fair grounds, near that place, was burned to the ground last…