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TOM BROWN SWINGS. Negro Allowed to Live Until Identified by Victim and Then Lynched in the Courthouse Yard. BY THE NEW ASSOCIATED PRESS–P.M. NICHOLLASVILLE (Ky.) Feb. 6. – Tom Brown, the negro who assaulted Miss Della Powell yesterday, was taken…

WAS CAPTURED THIS MORNING Brown Attacked Girl In Secluded Road as She Was Returning From School–Girl Is But Fifteen Years Old. Scripps-McRae Telegram NICHOLASVILER, Ky., Feb. 6. – Tom Brown, a negro was lynched here at noon today by an…

Prompt and Just Punishment. Last week, a negro assaulted Miss Della Powell, a prominent young lady, near her home in Jessamine county, dragging her from a buggy on the public highway, just before dark. The negro was taken to jail, and next morning…

LYNCHED IN NICHOLASVILLE AT HIGH NOON NEGRO WHO COMMITTEE DREADFUL CRIME HANGED FROM TREE IN COURT HOUSE YARD BY A MOB. NICHOLASVILLE, Ky., Feb. 6. – (Associated Press.) – Tom Brown, the negro arrested last night charged with criminally assaulting…

TERRIBLE CRIME NEAR NICHOLASVILLE GIRL RETURNING FROM LEXINGTON WAS DRAGGED FROM HER CONVEYANCE BY A BRUTAL NEGRO. NICHOLASVILLE, Ky., Feb. 5. – (Special) – The entire community was aroused tonight when it was heard that Miss Della Powelll, the…

Prompt and Just Punishment. Last week, a negro assaulted Miss Della Powell, a prominent young lady, near her home in Jessamine county, dragging her from a buggy on the public highway, just before dark. The negro was taken to jail, and next morning…

TRIALS SOON.SUSPECTED POLICEMAN AND HIS ACCOMPLICE ARE AT HICKMAN.Fulton, Ky., Feb. 19. - The examining trials of R. M. Potts and Hardee Beasley will probably take place the latter part of the week at Hickman, Ky. They were arrested as suspects for…

ARRESTS MADETWO MEN ACCUSED OF MURDER OF BILL DOOLEY.One of the Prisoners a Police Officer - Fulton is Quiet, But Great Indignation Prevails. Fulton, Ky., Feb. 18. - Police Officer R. M. Potts and Hardee Beasley were arrested this morning charged…

A HARMLESS NEGRO SHOT BY UNKNOWN MEN.Fulton Council Offers Reward of $200 For the Conviction of the Guilty Persons. Fulton, Ky., Feb. 15. - [Special.] - Bill Dooley, a harmless negro, was dragged from his house last night by three men and shot. The…

RACE CLASH MAY COME AT FULTON The Lynching of Bill Dooley Excites the Negro Population FEAR OF TROUBLE WITH THE BLACKS FELT LAST NIGHT. WHITES READY FOR OUTBREAK More Details of the Mobbing, But No Proof That the Victim Committed a…