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Fratus Warfield, a negro, was lynched at Elkton, Ky., by a mob for attempting to enter a farmer’s home when the farmer’s home when the farmer’s wife and little child were the only occupants.

Full Text of Governor’s Reward Offer Denounces Massacre of Negro Family and Calls Upon People to Wipe Out Kentucky’s Awful Disgrace Following is the full text of Governor Willson’s vigorous proclamation offering a reward of $500 for the…

Crime Quickly Avenged William Tyler, the Nicholas County Fiend, Hanged by a Mob At Carlisle This Morning– Taken from Jail By Friends of the Girl He Assaulted and Hanged to a Bridge Carlisle, Ky., July 26– (Special.)– William Tyler, the negro who…

Negro is Gone - Where? Nashville, Tenn., April 3. - A Hopkinsville, Ky., dispatch to the Banner says that George Tutt, colored, has mysteriously disappeared from Trenton, Ky., where he was in jail on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. He is…

Negro is Run Out. Trenton, Ky. - There is no truth in the report sent out that George Tutt, colored, was taken from jail here by a mob of masked men. Tutt was sent to jail for carrying concealed weapons and when his sentence expired he was ordered…

TO ANSWER CHARGE OF FALSE SWEARING George Tutt, Colored, Arrested in Louisville and Brought Here… Thursday Afternoon (From Friday’s Daily.) George Tutt, colored, indicated at the last term of court for false swearing was arrested in Louisville…

Lynching Reported in Todd County Man Arrested for Carrying a Concealed Weapon Taken From Jail by Masked Gang. (Special to The Leader.) LOUISVILLE, KY., April 3. - George Tutt, colored, is said to have been taken from jail at Trenton, Todd county,…

Prisoner Whipped; Freed. Mob Takes Man From Jail and Drives Him From Country. Hopkinsville, Ky., April 3. - George Tutt, colored, who was in jail at Trenton, Ky., on a charge of carrying concealed weapons, was taken from the prison by thirty or…

Edwin Traughber Murder. Prominent Kentuckians Said to Be Guilty of the Crime. Special to the Republic. Clarksville, Tenn., Sept. 27.--Much excitement is reported from Adairville, Southern Kentucky, 35 miles from here, since the convening of the…

Traughber Lynching. Jury Failed to Agree--Four Were Defendants. Special to The Republic. Clarksville, Tenn., Fe. 22--The highly sensational trial of William Proctor, F. P. Apgar, Moses Cook, Jr. and Robert Henderson for the lynching of Edwin…