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Lynched At Day A Black Devil Hanged To a Tree Near Campbellsville.----------------------Taken From the Lebanon Jail By An Adair County Mob.---------------------His Crime the Attempted Outrage of a Helpless Young Woman.…

Wick Willis, col., was lynched by a mob at Campbellsville, Kentucky., in Adair county, Monday night for an attempted outrage upon Miss Dice, a young white woman. The mob consisted of only six men and the jailer gave up the prisioner [sic] without…

A Kentucky Brute Lynched. Barbourville, Ky., Aug. 6. - “Jack” Williams was caught in the mountains near Brush Creek and lynched last night by a mob of enraged men. He and his brother Tom were accused of assaulting a dear mute fairly named Viney…

LYNCHING IN KENTUCKY. Mob Hangs One White Outrager and Menaces Another. A dispatch from Barboursville, Ky., says: Jack Williams was caught in the mountains near Brush Creek and lynched Friday night by a mob of enraged men. He and his brother Tom…

MOB’S QUICK WORK. Jack Williams, Who Helps a Brother to Assault a Girl, is Lynched. Tennessee Comes Forward With Another Instance of the Same Kind. Crimes and Casualties Reported By Telegraph From Various Quarters of the Globe. WAYS OF A WICKED…

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…

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…

Now It’s Women They Burn Southern Mob H lds [sic] an Auto-Da-Fe to Punish Suspected Immorality. Lebanon, Ky., Dec. 30.--Within two miles of this city Saturday night a relentless mob burned to death a woman and riddled with bullets her grayhaired…