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Livermore Citizens Arrested on Indictments Of Murder for Alleged Participation In Lynching Of A M’Lean [sic] County Negro LIVERMORE KY., May 13.--As a result of the most vigorous instructions ever given a grand jury in Western Kentucky by Circuit…

18 Indicted For Lynching (Associated Press Telegram) OWENSBORO, May 12.--Indictments were returned here today against 18 well-known citizens of McLane [sic] growing out of the lynching of the negro William Potter at the Opera-house at Livermore…

Realism With a Vengeance At Livermore, KY. Negro Hung in Opera House---Mob Fills Swaying Body With Shot at So Much, Per---Seats on Sale---Brought Good Prices. Special to THE FREEMAN Not many people have known of such a town as Livermore, Ky. And…

Audience Shoots a Negro Lynched in Opera House Kentucky Town is Scene of Most Melodramatic Act of Vengeance Ever Enacted----------------------PRICE PAID FOR SHOOTING NEGRO Calhoun, Ky., April 21.--With militia upon the scene to prevent a race…