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Scott, Nashville Tennessean (Nashville American), June 5, 1898
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Title: Safe in Kentucky
SPRINGFIELD. June 3.—(Special.)—George Scott, the would-be negro rapist, has been turned over to the Sheriff of Logan County, Kentucky. The negro was induced to return to Kentucky without requisition…
Scott, Cincinnati Enquirer, July 27, 1898
LYNCHED
By a Determined Mob Was George Scott, the Colored Assailant of a White Woman
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE ENQUIRER
RUSSELLSVILLE, KY., June 26.—George Scott, a negro, was hanged by a mob here this morning at 1 o’clock. The mob overpowered…
Scott, Louisville Courier-Journal, June 27, 1898
TO A TREE
George Scott, Colored, Was Hanged By a Mob
IN RUSSELLVILLE SUBURBS
WAS IN AIL FOR AN ATTEMPT TO ASSAULT CRIMINALLY
LYNCHING A QUIET AFFAIR
Russellville, Ky., June 26.—[Special.]—Last midnight a mob took George Scott, colored, from the…
Scott, Hartford Ohio County News (Hartfold Herald), June 29, 1898
Lynched at Russellville.
RUSSELLVILLE, KY., June 26.—Last night a mob took George Scott, colored, from the county jail and hanged him to a tree in the southern suburbs of town. The gallows-tree was the same from which Dink and Arch Proctor were…
Scott, Hopkinsville Daily Kentuckian, June 4, 1898
Lynching Probable.
Nashville, Tenn., June 3.—George Scott, a young colored man, is in jail at Springfield, Tenn., charged with attempting criminal assault on Mrs. William Scoggins, wife of a well-to-do farmer living just across the line, in Logan…
Scott, Earlington Bee, June 30, 1898
Saturday night a mob took George Scott, colored, from the jail in Russellville and hung him to a tree in the suburbs. The mob was composed of about forty persons most of whom were boys, and but few were disguised. The jailor did not recognize any…
Scott, Russellville Herald-Ledger, July 1, 1898
HANGED BY A MOB.
Geo. Scott Answers for his Crime to Judge Lynch
Approached and Threatened Mrs. Scroggins—Had Planned to Assault and Kill Her.
AN ACCOUNT BY AN EVANSVILLE PAPER
Russellville was again the scene of a lynching Saturday night. The…
Coffey, Nashville Tennessean, October 27, 1901
GUARD KILLED
Robert Coffee Assassinated Near Empire Mines.
STRIKERS FIRED ON MINERS
Coffey Started in Pursuit and Was Shot From Ambus.
SEVEN MEN UNDER ARREST
Five of Them Are Union Miners and Striker — Excitement Over the Affair.
Special…
Bumpus (Bumpass), The Courier Journal, August 31, 1904
VENGEANCE
Meted Out to Negro By Hickman Mob.
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DRAGGED FROM JAIL TO RIVER.
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ROCK TIED TO HIS BODY AND THROWN INTO WATER.
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ASSAULT ON GIRL CHARGED.
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Hickman,…
Stone, Courier Journal, November 28, 1896
Feeling At Mayfield
Has Not Abated Against Stone--Little Doubt of His Guilt.
Mayfield Ky., Nov. 27.--(Special)-- The feeling here against Jim Stone, held for the outrage Monday night on Mrs. J. M. R. Green, one of the most highly respected women in…