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Kirby, Paducah News-Democrat, June 16, 1926
Quiet Prevails After Lynching of Todd Negro
Officials Investigate Hanging of Primus Kirby Near Guthrie— Negro Shoots World Veteran in Stomach— Taken From Officers By Mob Following His Arrest
Elkton, Ky., June 15– Todd county officials tonight…
Johnson and Washington, The New York Times, August 9, 1871
Kentucky Elections
Rioting Reported in Various Places– Two Whites Killed in Frankfort– Negro Prisoners Lynched
FRANKFORT, Ky., Aug. 8– A riot commenced here last evening after the closing of the polls. A short scuffle arose among several negroes,…
James, Woodford Sun, March 17, 1921
Lynching Follows Hung Jury in Murder Trial
Mob takes Richard James From Jail — Gov. Morrow Removes Jailer Edger — Judge Mulcahy AppointsMrs. Edger — Special Grand JuryA mob took Richard James, a negro, charged with themurder of Ben T. Rodgers and…
James, The Lexington Herald, March 13, 1921
Versailles, Ky., March 13– Aroused by the failure of a jury Saturday to agree on a death sentence for Richard James, a negro, charged with the murder of two distillery guards at Midway on October 8, a mob of more than fifty men men early this morning…
James, Richmond Daily Register, March 17, 1921
Governor to Hear Jailer’s Plea on 23d
Woodford Official From Whom Mob Took Prisoner to Lynch Says He Wasn’t at Fault
Frankfort, Ky., March 17– John H. Edger, Versailles, who was removed from the office of county jailer of Woodford County by…
James, New York Age, March 19, 1921
Lynch Negro After Jury Fails to Agree
Versailles, Ky.– Richard James, colored, was tried last week before Circuit Judge R.L. Stout for the murder of Ben T. Rodgers, and Homer Nave, two distillery guards. Owing to the evidence, the jury reported to…
James, NAACP Memo, March 29, 1921
Lynching Town Boycotted By State Medical Society
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, today announced receipt of news that the State Medical Society of Kentucky had voted to call off a meeting which it had…
James, Letter to Walter White, March 24, 1921
Enclosed you will find important clippings relative to the Versailles lynching. You will note that the Governor has refused to reinstate the Jailer of Versailles. I think this article a very important one as it shown the attitude of out Governor to…
Hill, Winchester News, December 18, 1908
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…
Hill, Winchester News, December 17, 1908
ELMER HILL IS HUNG BY MOB
Was Taken Out Last Night at Monticello and Lynched.
A mob at Monticello, Ky., last night found and took out of jail and hanged Elmer Hill, the white man charged with assault upon and the murder of his thirteen-year-old…