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James, New York Age, March 19, 1921
Lynch Negro After Jury Fails to Agree
Versailles, Ky.– Richard James, colored, was tried last week before Circuit Judge R.L. Stout for the murder of Ben T. Rodgers, and Homer Nave, two distillery guards. Owing to the evidence, the jury reported to…
James, The Lexington Herald, March 13, 1921
Versailles, Ky., March 13– Aroused by the failure of a jury Saturday to agree on a death sentence for Richard James, a negro, charged with the murder of two distillery guards at Midway on October 8, a mob of more than fifty men men early this morning…
James, Woodford Sun, March 17, 1921
Lynching Follows Hung Jury in Murder Trial
Mob takes Richard James From Jail — Gov. Morrow Removes Jailer Edger — Judge Mulcahy AppointsMrs. Edger — Special Grand JuryA mob took Richard James, a negro, charged with themurder of Ben T. Rodgers and…
Woods, Lexington Herald-Leader, November 30, 1927
Man is Lynched By Armed Mob
Leonard Woods, Negro, Arrested in Slaying, Shot to Death; Body Placed on Platform and Structure Fired; Inquiry Is Begun
Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 30 (AP)— Gov. William J. Fields, when informed today of the lynching of…
Kirby, Paducah News-Democrat, June 16, 1926
Quiet Prevails After Lynching of Todd Negro
Officials Investigate Hanging of Primus Kirby Near Guthrie— Negro Shoots World Veteran in Stomach— Taken From Officers By Mob Following His Arrest
Elkton, Ky., June 15– Todd county officials tonight…
Shannon, Lexington Herald-Leader, October 28, 1924
Mob Shoots Alleged Slayer to Death, Takes Victim From a Jail
Paintsville, Ky., Oct. 28– Marching to the jail at Wayland, Ky., late Sunday night, a mob composed of about 200 reputed residents of Floyd county, with sledge hammer and drills battered…
Smith, The Bourbon News, April 2, 1920
Negro Taken From Paris Officer Is Lynched
When The News closed its report Monday night if the action of a mob of men in taking officers at this point Grant Smith, colored, wanted in Fleming county, on a charge of criminal assault, it was not known…
Lewis, Louisville Courier-Journal, December 17, 1918
Mob Batters Down Jail Doors and Hangs Negro
Officials Helpless While Crowd Takes Former Soldier Away From Them
Hickman, Ky., Dec. 16– An infuriated mob broke down the huge iron doors of the county jail here early morning, forcibly took Charlie…
James, Letter to Walter White, March 24, 1921
Enclosed you will find important clippings relative to the Versailles lynching. You will note that the Governor has refused to reinstate the Jailer of Versailles. I think this article a very important one as it shown the attitude of out Governor to…
James, NAACP Memo, March 29, 1921
Lynching Town Boycotted By State Medical Society
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, today announced receipt of news that the State Medical Society of Kentucky had voted to call off a meeting which it had…