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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…
West and Dever, Newton (KS) Daily Republican, December 31, 1895
To The End of the Law
Governor Bradley Will Do All in His Power to Punish the Guilty.
Cincinnati, O., Dec. 31.--The Commercial Gazette’s special from Frankfort, Ky., says:
Governor Bradley feels that the law has been greatly outraged and the state…
West and Dever, Louisville Courier Journal, December 30, 1895
Shocking Assassination.
Horrible Crime of a Marion County Mob.
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WOMAN BURNED TO DEATH.
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Her Paramour Shot Down As He Fled.
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DONE AT MIDNIGHT.
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Mrs. T. J. West and William Dever the Victims.
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THEIR MURDERERS…
West and Dever, Maysville Public Ledger, December 30, 1895
Burned Alive.
A Mob Wreaks Vengeance on a Faithless Woman.
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They Attack the House in Which She and Her Paramour Resided.
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Failing to Get the Couple Out They Fire the Dwelling--The Man, Attempting to Escape, is Shot…
West and Dever, Wichita Eagle, December 31, 1895
Now It’s Women They Burn
Southern Mob H lds [sic] an Auto-Da-Fe to Punish Suspected Immorality.
Lebanon, Ky., Dec. 30.--Within two miles of this city Saturday night a relentless mob burned to death a woman and riddled with bullets her grayhaired…
Haggard, Lexington Leader, July 16, 1895
HE WAS LYNCHED
Bob Haggard Taken From The Jail at Winchester
And Swung From the Kentucky Central Bridge Early This Morning. The Body Cut Down And Buried Today.
WINCHESTER, Ky., July 16. – Bob Haggard, the Negro who was accused of assaulting Myrtle…