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Rock Tied Around His Neck. Body of Joe Bumpass, Who Was Lynched At Hickman, Found. Hickman, Ky., Sept. 1.--[Special.]--The body of Joe Bumpass was found in the river this afternoon by Jim Ringgold. When found his feet and hands were bound and a…

Kentucky Mob Drowns Negro Takes Him from Jail and Throws Him Into the Mississippi. Special to The New York Times HICKMAN, Ky., Aug. 30.--Joe Bumpass, a negro, was taken from the county jail at 1 o’clock this morning by a mob and drowned in the…

Lynched! Negro, Joe Bumpus, Taken From Jail and Put to Death--Supposed to Have Been Drowned. Joe Bumpus, the black fiend, who was charged with the crime of attempted rape on the person of a respectable white girl near Jordan in this county, was…

William Butcher, a negro, was taken from jail to Hickman, Ky., and shot to death, because in a quarrel with some negroes he threw a brick which struck a white man.

A MOB’S WORK. Negro Killed on General Principles. Pulled a Gun on Another Negro. Then Resisted Arrest by Throwing Bricks. The Offense Was Sufficient for a Mob to Take Him from Jail and Blow Out His Brains. By the Associated Press. HICKMAN, Ky.,…

HICKMAN, Ky., Sept. 6. – William Butcher, colored, was a victim to mob violence last midnight. The crime seems to have been committed on general principles. Butcher, a worthless, quarrelsome negro, had been arrested for drawing a pistol during the…

William Butcher, a negro, was taken from the city jail at Hickman, Kentucky, on Sunday night and shot dead by lynchers. Butcher’s offence was resisting arrest by the police for disorderly conduct and throwing a brick which struck a white citizen.

A HICKMAN MOB Short Work Made of William Butcher, a Desperate Negro.ST. LOUIS, Sept. 2. – A special from Hickman, Ky., says: At 2 a. m. today William Butcher, a desperate negro, was taken from jail bu a mob. His head was shot off and his body was…

The lynching of the negro William Butcher at Hickman Monday night is another disgrace which Kentucky must bear. Butcher seems to have been a worthless and vicious man, but he had committed no serious crime, and his murderers ought to be hanged. But…

RIDDLED. End of Disorderly Hickman Negro. SHOT TO DEATH Taken From the Lock-Up By Unknown Men. Confined For Breach of Peace a Few Hours Before. OTHER KENTUCKY NEWS. Hickman, Ky., Spt. 2. –(Special.)– William Butcher, a negro, was taken from the…