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Morton, The Evening Bulletin, Mon, October 15, 1894
A coldblooded Muder Occurs at Lexington
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 15. - A special to the Commercial from Lexington, Ky., says: Another lynching was added to the unusually large fall series of Blue Grass lynching bees Saturday. Saturday at the close of the…
Colson & Smith, St. Louis Globe Democrat, July 3, 1895
Details of the Trigg (Ky.) Tragedy.
Special Dispatch to the Globe-Democrat.
HOPKINSVILLE, KY., July 2.—Additional details have been received here of the tragedy enacted in Trigg County Saturday evening, which resulted in the killing of three…
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…
Colson & Smith, Wilmington Morning News, July 3, 1895
FOUR PEOPLE SLAIN
Result of a Row Caused by a Kentucky Desperado.
HIMSELF WAS ONE OF THOSE KILLED
Abithah Colston Shot Down One Man and Then Another Who Was Bringing the First a Drink of Water—Lynchers Then Killed the Murderer and a…
Colson & Smith, Maysville Public Ledger, July 6, 1895
GAVE THEMSELVES UP.
The Slayers of Colston Claim to Have Acted in Self-Defense.
Hopkinsville, Ky., July 6.—The latest information received from the scene of the Trigg county tragedy, which resulted in the death of four persons, was to the effect…
Colson & Smith, Owensboro Twice-A-Week Messenger, July 3, 1895
FOUR OF THEM DEAD.
A Bad Man in Trigg County Goes Killing and Then Gets Killed
Along with a Notorious Woman Who accompanied Him in His Devilment.
A Ghastly Story from Western Kentucky That Reads Somewhat Like a Tale of the Mountains.
OTHER STATE…
Scott, Nashville Tennessean (Nashville American), June 3, 1898
SPIRITED HIM AWAY.
Charged With Attempted Assault, a Negro is Hidden by Officers.
SPRINGFIELD, June 2.—(Special.)—The community around Adairville, in Logan County, Ky., is greatly wrought up over an attempted assault upon Mrs. William Scoggins, by…
Scott, Nashville Tennessean (Nashville American), June 5, 1898
Article Transcription
Title: Safe in Kentucky
SPRINGFIELD. June 3.—(Special.)—George Scott, the would-be negro rapist, has been turned over to the Sheriff of Logan County, Kentucky. The negro was induced to return to Kentucky without requisition…
Scott, Cincinnati Enquirer, July 27, 1898
LYNCHED
By a Determined Mob Was George Scott, the Colored Assailant of a White Woman
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE ENQUIRER
RUSSELLSVILLE, KY., June 26.—George Scott, a negro, was hanged by a mob here this morning at 1 o’clock. The mob overpowered…
Scott, Louisville Courier-Journal, June 27, 1898
TO A TREE
George Scott, Colored, Was Hanged By a Mob
IN RUSSELLVILLE SUBURBS
WAS IN AIL FOR AN ATTEMPT TO ASSAULT CRIMINALLY
LYNCHING A QUIET AFFAIR
Russellville, Ky., June 26.—[Special.]—Last midnight a mob took George Scott, colored, from the…