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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…

The white Christians of Shelbyville, Ky., mobbed and lynched a Negro the first of the week who was simply charged with assaulting Mrs. Chester Crawford, a white lady. To prove that the white Christian gentlemen were simply savaged and not in favor of…

SHOT TO DEATH BY MOB Lon Beard, a Negro, Charged With Assault, Riddled With Bullets at Normandy, Ky. Louisville, Ky., July 8. – A special to the Times from Shelbyville, Ky., says: Lon Beard, a negro who had been arrested on a charge of assaulting…

QUICK VENGEANCE FOR NEGRO BRUTE Was Being Taken to Shelbyville to Escape Mob. While in the Smoking Car, a Fusillade Left Him Riddled With Bullets. ATTEMPTED ASSAULT CHARGED Taylorsville, Ky., July. 8. – Lon Beard, a young negro, charged with an…

Lynched for Arson

Two Negroes Hung by a Mob in Russellville