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Clifford, Union City Commercial Courier, August 23, 1907
NEGRO TAKEN FROM SHERIFF.
Assailant of Mrs. Cowan Expiates His Crime.
Tiptonville, Tenn., August 16.—Will Clifford, the negro who assaulted and murdered Mrs. Mary Cowan, was taken from the sheriff’s posse early yesterday morning, eighteen miles…
Coffey, Earlington Bee, October 31, 1901
ASSASSINATION OF COFFEY.
Brave Officer Shot Down From Ambush Near the Empire Mine.WAS FOLLOWING UNION OUTLAWS WHEN KILLED.Party of Unionists Had Fired on Guard Preceding Miners Going Peaceably to WorKFIVE UNION MEN ARE UNDER ARRESTIndignation…
Coffey, Hopkinsville Kentuckian, October 29, 1901
BLOODSHED AT LAST.
Officer Bob Coffey Assassinated at Empire Saturday.Slain While Searching the Woods for a Party of Strikers who Fired on Guards.
The reign of lawlessness at Empire on Saturday culminated in the slaughter of Robt. H. Coffey, of…
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…
Coffey, Owensboro Messenger-Inquirer, October 29, 1901
MINE GUARD Killed from Ambush at Empire Mines in Christian County.
Detective Murdered as He Search [sic] for Hidden Marauders.Three Men are Under Arrest Charged With Having Fired the Fatal Shot.FIRST BLOOD THAT HAS BEEN SHED
Hopkinsville, Ky., Oct.…
Coffey, Richmond Times-Dispatch, October 27, 1901
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
Union Strikers Under Arrest Suspected of Crime.
(By Associated Press.)
HOPKINSVILLE, KY., Oct. 26.—Special Officer Robert Coffey, chief of the guards at the Empire Mines, was killed to-day from ambush. He had been leading a…
Colbert, Boston Globe, June 12, 1883
Hired to Assail a Woman.
HICKMAN, Ky., June 12–Three months ago two negroes, Henry Colbert and Pete Hunt, made an assault on Mrs, Lizzie Pratcher. East of here. The men were arrested, and confessed that they had been hired by Hugh Wood, a white man,…
Coleman, Louisville Courier-Journal, December 7, 1899
The Latest
Richard Coleman, colored, the confessed murderer of Mrs. James Lashbrooke, was burned to death by a mob at Maysville yesterday. Immediately upon his arrival from Covington in charge of the officers he was surrounded by several thousand…
Coleman, Maysville Evening Bulletin, December 12, 1899
Timely Advice to Colored People
We regret to notice a disposition among the less intelligent of the colored people to attribute the recent expression of public sentiment in regard to the crime of Richard Coleman to the existence of a deep seated…
Colson & Smith, Louisville Courier Journal, July 2, 1895
SHOT-RIDDLED.
Four Alleged Bad Characters Brought to Earth.
TRIGG COUNTY TRAGEDY.
The Bloody Affair Started By An Ex-Convict.
Prospect for Lively Times in Carter County.
THE RAILROAD TAX AGAIN.
Hopkinsville, Ky., July 1—(Special.)—News reached…