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Henley and Thornhill, The Washington Post, October 17, 1916
Race Rioting Is Feared
Saloons at Paducah Cloesd [sic] After Two Men Are Lynched
Paducah, Ky., Oct. 16– On the heels of two lynchings here today, Paducah prepared for possible further trouble tonight by ordering its saloons to remain closed,…
Wilson, Louisville Courier-Journal, October 11, 1873
The Latest Outrage
The Kuklux of Owen, frightened from their native haunts by the recent vigorous prosecution of their gang in that county, seem to have betaken themselves to Franklin, where one of their cowardly exploits was perpetrated the other…
Taylor, Maysville Evening Bulletin, August 29, 1893
A Very Quiet Mob
They Take a Negro Out and String Him Up to a TreeLouisville, Aug. 29-- Late at night about 30 horsemen rode into Newcastle, the county seat of Henry county, and, waking up Joel Head, the jailer, told them they had a prisoner.When…
Macklin, Louisville Courier-Journal, July 8, 1868
The Pulpit and the Bar
Father Lambert Young— Letter from Hon. John L. Scott to Judge Ballard
The case of Father Lamber Young drags, and will not be finally disposed of for two or three months to come. He was fined fifty dollars and costs by…
Buckner, Owensboro Twice-A-Week Messenger, December 1, 1915
Negro Hanged By a Henderson Mob
Ellis Buckner Lynched While Jailer Is Held Prisoner— Quick Action Follows Arrest on Girl’s Complaint— He Attacks Mary Hardin— Crowd Disbands After the Prisoner Is Hanged to Tree at River Front
Henderson, Ky.,…
Pulliam, Lexington Herald-Leader, July 21, 1891
Took A Brute’s Life
An Enraged Mob Hangs A Shelbyville Rapist— His Foul Crime Sets a Whole Community On Fire, and Hundreds of Men Surround the Field Where it Was Committed, But Only Catch Him Later
Shelbyville, Ky., July 20– Sam Pulliam, a…
Tarpin, Junction City Tribune, April 27, 1876
At Danville, Ky., on the night of the 15th, four masked men entered the Jail and took therefrom Jim Tarpin, who was imprisoned for committing an outrage on a little girl at Perryville. The next morning Tarpin's body was found suspended from a tree.
Harper, Lexington Weekly Leader, December 29, 1892
Bob Harper Dies
At the Hands of a Mob at Bowling Green— Sudden Ending to the Inquiry in Progress— The Prisoner Captured in the Court House— And Hung From a Beech street in the Fair Grounds
Bowling Green, Ky., Dec. 28– Bob Harper has paid the…
Miller, The Hickman Courier, July 14, 1893
Vengeance
C.J. Miller, the Murderer of the Ray Sisters, Hanged
Bardwell, Ky., July 8– C.J. Miller, the mulatto charged with outraging and murdering Mary Ray and her little sister, and whom the people of Bardwell had resolved to burn at the…
Walker, Lexington Herald-Leader, October 13, 1908
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…