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Found Hanging to a Tree. Carlisle, Ky., Aug. 16. - The dead body of George Wilson, a negro, was found hanging to a tree in the woods near Myers, this county. His death is a mystery, but it is generally believed he was a victim of a mob. Wilson was…

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George Wilson, a Carlisle Negro, was found hanging to a sapling. There appears to be no especial reason for his taking off.

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A sensation was caused near Deering camp ground Saturday morning by the finding of George Wilson, colored, hanging from a small tree. He was suspended by a handkerchief and the hitch rein from his buggy. The negro bore a good reputation, and had…

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At Carlisle Saturday Lulu Willis and Russell Snapp were arrested charged with the murder of of the negro, George Wilson, who was found hanging to the limb of a tree near town a few weeks ago. The negro had been a lover of Lulu Willis and the…

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Found Hanging to a Tree. Carlisle, Ky., Aug. 16. - A sensation was caused near Deering camp ground Saturday by the finding of one George Wilson, colored, hanging from a small tree, suspended by a silk handkerchief and the hitch rein from his buggy.…

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HANGED TO A TREE. The Mysterious Taking Off of a Colored Man in Nicholas County. Carlisle, Ky., Aug. 14 - (Special.) - George Wilson, colored, a well digger, was found hanging to a small sapling this morning near the roadside on the Blue Lick and…

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Crime Quickly Avenged William Tyler, the Nicholas County Fiend, Hanged by a Mob At Carlisle This Morning– Taken from Jail By Friends of the Girl He Assaulted and Hanged to a Bridge Carlisle, Ky., July 26– (Special.)– William Tyler, the negro who…
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