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Served Him Right. NASHVILLE, March 7,.—Bob Sarver, colored, was lynched at Franklin, Ky., last night for an attempt to rape a white girl sixteen years old, named Ruly.

Three gentlemen arrested for taking the negro Sarver from the hands of the officers at Franklin, to be mobbed, are guarded in the jailer’s residence, and their trial comes off Monday. Public sentiment seems to be in their favor.

Another Kentucky Lynching. BOWLING GREEN, KY., Feb. 4—Robert Morton, colored, was hanged by a mob about three miles from Rockfield, shortly after midnight last night. The lynchers went about the work in a quiet way, and the people of this vicinity…

18 Indicted For Lynching (Associated Press Telegram) OWENSBORO, May 12.--Indictments were returned here today against 18 well-known citizens of McLane [sic] growing out of the lynching of the negro William Potter at the Opera-house at Livermore…

Two Negroes Hung by a Mob in Russellville

Lynched for Arson

QUICK VENGEANCE FOR NEGRO BRUTE Was Being Taken to Shelbyville to Escape Mob. While in the Smoking Car, a Fusillade Left Him Riddled With Bullets. ATTEMPTED ASSAULT CHARGED Taylorsville, Ky., July. 8. – Lon Beard, a young negro, charged with an…

SHOT TO DEATH BY MOB Lon Beard, a Negro, Charged With Assault, Riddled With Bullets at Normandy, Ky. Louisville, Ky., July 8. – A special to the Times from Shelbyville, Ky., says: Lon Beard, a negro who had been arrested on a charge of assaulting…

The white Christians of Shelbyville, Ky., mobbed and lynched a Negro the first of the week who was simply charged with assaulting Mrs. Chester Crawford, a white lady. To prove that the white Christian gentlemen were simply savaged and not in favor of…

Swift and Speedy Revenge. At Normandy, Spencer county, Ky., Chester Crawford, a young farmer, shot and instantly killed Lon Beard, a negro, who the night before attempted to assault Mrs. Crawford. Beard was being taken from Taylorsville to…