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Hired to Assail a Woman. HICKMAN, Ky., June 12–Three months ago two negroes, Henry Colbert and Pete Hunt, made an assault on Mrs, Lizzie Pratcher. East of here. The men were arrested, and confessed that they had been hired by Hugh Wood, a white man,…

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…

Full Text of Governor’s Reward Offer Denounces Massacre of Negro Family and Calls Upon People to Wipe Out Kentucky’s Awful Disgrace Following is the full text of Governor Willson’s vigorous proclamation offering a reward of $500 for the…

Mob Batters Down Jail Doors and Hangs Negro Officials Helpless While Crowd Takes Former Soldier Away From Them Hickman, Ky., Dec. 16– An infuriated mob broke down the huge iron doors of the county jail here early morning, forcibly took Charlie…