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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…

LYNCHING TAKES PLACE AT MAPLE, KY., FOLLOWING ASSAULT. Tennessee Posse Follows Assailant and Murderer Across the Border. Cincinnati, Aug. 17.—A Memphis dispatch to the Times-Star says: “Will Clifford, a negro, was arrested at Tiptonville, Tenn.,…

Will Clifford, a negro, was arrested at Tiptonville, Tenn., and confessed assaulting Mrs. Mary Cowan (white), and throwing her body into the river; also that he killed another woman a year ago. Constable Burrus secreted Clifford in a barn to avoid…

Will Clifford, a Negro, who confessed that he assaulted Mrs. Mary Cowan and threw her body into to the river, and that he had killed another white woman a year ago, was lynched by a mob at Maple, this State. Clifford was arrested at Tiptonville,…

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…

VENGEANCE Meted Out to Negro By Hickman Mob. -------------------- DRAGGED FROM JAIL TO RIVER. ------------------- ROCK TIED TO HIS BODY AND THROWN INTO WATER. ------------------ ASSAULT ON GIRL CHARGED. ----------------- Hickman,…

Negro is Run Out. Trenton, Ky. - There is no truth in the report sent out that George Tutt, colored, was taken from jail here by a mob of masked men. Tutt was sent to jail for carrying concealed weapons and when his sentence expired he was ordered…

TO ANSWER CHARGE OF FALSE SWEARING George Tutt, Colored, Arrested in Louisville and Brought Here… Thursday Afternoon (From Friday’s Daily.) George Tutt, colored, indicated at the last term of court for false swearing was arrested in Louisville…

Lynching Reported in Todd County Man Arrested for Carrying a Concealed Weapon Taken From Jail by Masked Gang. (Special to The Leader.) LOUISVILLE, KY., April 3. - George Tutt, colored, is said to have been taken from jail at Trenton, Todd county,…

Negro is Gone - Where? Nashville, Tenn., April 3. - A Hopkinsville, Ky., dispatch to the Banner says that George Tutt, colored, has mysteriously disappeared from Trenton, Ky., where he was in jail on a charge of carrying concealed weapons. He is…