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Thacker, The Lexington Herald, July 16, 1903.
MobHanged White Prisoner.William Thacker Dragged From Jail At Flemingsburg And Strung Up.Had Twice Been Given a Life Sentence For Murder of John Gordon and Was Awaiting Third Trial.
Boyer, Jones, Jones, and Riley, Hopkinsville Kentuckian, August 04, 1908.
ANOTHER MASKED MOB INVADES RUSSELLVILLEHangs Four Negroes Who Were in Jail Charged With Complicity in the Cunningham Murder.
Skaggs, Anaconda Standard, April 17, 1891
Article Transcription
Title: Shot by Masked Men.
LOUISVILLE, KY. April 15.—Near Bowling Green seven masked men visited the old union this morning and shot to death Will Skaggs, a negro, who on Tuesday fatally cut a young white man named Kirby.
Skaggs, Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, April 17, 1891
Article Transcription
Title: Lynched a Negro Murderer.
Louisville, Ky., April 16.—Near Bowling Green, seven masked men visited the Old Union neighborhood at an early hour this morning and shot to death Will Skaggs, a negro, 18 years of age, who on…
Ardell, Lexington Herald-Leader, June 27, 1889.
LYNCHED AT NIGHT.A Murderer in Bullitt County Taken From Jail and Hung to a Tree.
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Morton, Brookhaven Semi-Weekly Leader, February 10, 1897
Article Transcription
Title: HE WROTE A LETTER.
For That Offense Robert Morton, a Negro, Was Hanged by a Kentucky Mob.BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Feb. 6.—Wednesday night near Rockfield, a little station on the Louisville & Nashville, ten miles from…
Morton, Owensboro Twice-A-Week Messenger, February 10, 1897
Article Transcription
Title: NOT LYNCHED. Warren County Negro Boy Who Wrote a Young Lady a Note Only Whipped.
Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 8.—Robert Morton, the negro boy who was taken from his home near Rockfield, ten miles south of Bowling Green,…
Morton, Nashville Tennessean, February 5, 1897
Article Transcription
Title: JUDGE LYNCH HOLDS COURT
And as a Result Robert Morton’s Body Dangled at the End of a Limb.
A MOB’S QUICK VENGEANCE
Negro Had Written an Insulting Note to a Reputable Young White Woman Near Bowling Green.
BOWLING…
Morton, Louisville Courier Journal, February 5, 1897
Article Transcription
Title: A Warren County Negro Was Lynched.
HE INSULTED A WHITE WOMAN
Quick Work of a Small Mob From Rockfield.
THE GUARDS WERE OVERPOWERED
Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 4.—(Special.)—Robert Morton, colored, was hanged by a mob…
Sarver, Daily Memphis Avalanche, March 8, 1882
RAVISHER LYNCHED IN KENTUCKY.
Nashville, March 7.—Bob Sarver, colored, was lynched at Franklin, Ky., to-night, for an attempt to rape a white girl 16 years old named Ruly.