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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…

AN ARMED MOB HANGED NEGRO Taken From County Jail and Strung Up to Telephone Pole in Public Square. Litchfield, Ky., Sept. 26. – An armed mob comprised of men and women, early this morning visited the county jail at this place, overpowered the…

LYNCH LAW CARRIED OUT AT LEITCHFIELDLeitchfield, Ky., Sept. 26. – A mob of citizens, at 1 o’clock this morning, overpowered the jailer, took Joe Richardson, a negro, from his cell and hanged him to a tree in the public square.The body was still…

LYNCHING Of Negro in Kentucky Follows an Attempted Attack on Young White Girl. Jailer Says Keys Were Taken From Him After He Was Gagged By Mob – McCreary SIlent. SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE INQUIRER Frankfort, Ky.m September 26 – When Governor James…

ANOTHER NEGRO LYNCHED FOR THE “USUAL CRIME” Louisville, Ky., July 7. – A special from Shelbyville, Ky., says “Lon” Beard, the negro who was arrested charged with assaulting a white woman at Normandy, was lynched there to-day. He was being taken to…

Swift and Speedy Revenge. At Normandy, Spencer county, Ky., Chester Crawford, a young farmer, shot and instantly killed Lon Beard, a negro, who the night before attempted to assault Mrs. Crawford. Beard was being taken from Taylorsville to…