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Article Transcription Title: A Warren County Negro Was Lynched. HE INSULTED A WHITE WOMAN Quick Work of a Small Mob From Rockfield. THE GUARDS WERE OVERPOWERED Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 4.—(Special.)—Robert Morton, colored, was hanged by a mob…

Article Transcription Title: JUDGE LYNCH HOLDS COURT And as a Result Robert Morton’s Body Dangled at the End of a Limb. A MOB’S QUICK VENGEANCE Negro Had Written an Insulting Note to a Reputable Young White Woman Near Bowling Green. BOWLING…

Article Transcription Title: NOT LYNCHED. Warren County Negro Boy Who Wrote a Young Lady a Note Only Whipped. Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 8.—Robert Morton, the negro boy who was taken from his home near Rockfield, ten miles south of Bowling Green,…

Article Transcription Title: HE WROTE A LETTER. For That Offense Robert Morton, a Negro, Was Hanged by a Kentucky Mob.BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Feb. 6.—Wednesday night near Rockfield, a little station on the Louisville & Nashville, ten miles from…

Into Eternity Went Ephraim Brinkley at the End of a Rope Last Wednes-day Night. HANGED BY AN AVENGING MOB. The Slayer of Trouillas Meets Death Near Nebo, at the Very Door of the Man He Murdered. Ephraim Brinkley was hanged by a mob of men on last…

Brinkley, Messenger Inquirer, 23 July 1897 Ephraim Brinkley Hanged in Broad Daylight in Hop-Kins County. He Was Suspected of Having Murdered a Wealthy Farmer Named Troullias. A Georgia Negro Rapist Hanged in the Courthouse Yard by a Crowd of…

Found Hanging to a Tree. Carlisle, Ky., Aug. 16. - The dead body of George Wilson, a negro, was found hanging to a tree in the woods near Myers, this county. His death is a mystery, but it is generally believed he was a victim of a mob. Wilson was…

George Wilson, a Carlisle Negro, was found hanging to a sapling. There appears to be no especial reason for his taking off.

A sensation was caused near Deering camp ground Saturday morning by the finding of George Wilson, colored, hanging from a small tree. He was suspended by a handkerchief and the hitch rein from his buggy. The negro bore a good reputation, and had…

At Carlisle Saturday Lulu Willis and Russell Snapp were arrested charged with the murder of of the negro, George Wilson, who was found hanging to the limb of a tree near town a few weeks ago. The negro had been a lover of Lulu Willis and the…