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LYNCHED FOR WRITING A DISRESPECTFUL LETTER We learn from the Standard, published in Lexington, Ky., that a Robert Morton was lynched in Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 4th for writing an insulting and insinuating letter to a white lady. The Standards…

A Kentucky Brute Lynched. Barbourville, Ky., Aug. 6. - “Jack” Williams was caught in the mountains near Brush Creek and lynched last night by a mob of enraged men. He and his brother Tom were accused of assaulting a dear mute fairly named Viney…

LYNCHING IN KENTUCKY. Mob Hangs One White Outrager and Menaces Another. A dispatch from Barboursville, Ky., says: Jack Williams was caught in the mountains near Brush Creek and lynched Friday night by a mob of enraged men. He and his brother Tom…

MOB’S QUICK WORK. Jack Williams, Who Helps a Brother to Assault a Girl, is Lynched. Tennessee Comes Forward With Another Instance of the Same Kind. Crimes and Casualties Reported By Telegraph From Various Quarters of the Globe. WAYS OF A WICKED…

A NEGRO LYNCHED In Morgan County fo Writing an Insulting Letter to a White Woman Bawling [sic] Green, Feb. 4.—Last night, near Rockfield, ten miles from this city, a negro named Robert Morton yesterday wrote an insulting note to Miss Tillie…

INDIGNANT KENTUCKIANS Avenge a Wrong Against a Mute - Another Bee May Follow. Louisville, Aug. 6. - A special to the Post from Barbourville, Ky., says: Jack Williams was caught in the marshes near Brush Creek and lynched last night by a mob of…

KENTUCKY JUSTICE. One Man Lynched and His Brother Made to Marry Their Victim. BARBOURVILLE, Ky., Aug. 6. - Jack Williams was caught in the mountains near Brush Creek and lynched last night by a mob. He and his brother Tom were accused of assaulting…

MOB LAW Threatened in the Case of the Williams Trio in Knox County. The (illegible) Offender in Jail. A Report That a Brother Was Lynched Not Verified. Barbourville, Ky., Aug. 6. - (Special.) - General Williams was brought here and lodged…

A Vile PairLOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 6,- A special to the Post from Barbourville, Ky., says: Jack Williams was caught in the mountains near Brush creek and lynched last night by a mob of enraged men. He and his brother were accused of raping a deaf mute…

NEGRO LYNCHED IN KENTUCKY. Mob Strings Up Black Who Assaulted Little Girl. Litchfield, Ky., Sept. 26. – A mob of citizens visited the county jail here about 1 o’clock this morning, overpowered the jailer, took Joe Richardson, a negro, from his cell…