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Colson & Smith, St. Louis Globe Democrat, July 3, 1895
Details of the Trigg (Ky.) Tragedy.
Special Dispatch to the Globe-Democrat.
HOPKINSVILLE, KY., July 2.—Additional details have been received here of the tragedy enacted in Trigg County Saturday evening, which resulted in the killing of three…
Colson & Smith, Louisville Courier Journal, July 2, 1895
SHOT-RIDDLED.
Four Alleged Bad Characters Brought to Earth.
TRIGG COUNTY TRAGEDY.
The Bloody Affair Started By An Ex-Convict.
Prospect for Lively Times in Carter County.
THE RAILROAD TAX AGAIN.
Hopkinsville, Ky., July 1—(Special.)—News reached…
Colson & Smith, Wilmington Morning News, July 3, 1895
FOUR PEOPLE SLAIN
Result of a Row Caused by a Kentucky Desperado.
HIMSELF WAS ONE OF THOSE KILLED
Abithah Colston Shot Down One Man and Then Another Who Was Bringing the First a Drink of Water—Lynchers Then Killed the Murderer and a…
Colson & Smith, Maysville Public Ledger, July 6, 1895
GAVE THEMSELVES UP.
The Slayers of Colston Claim to Have Acted in Self-Defense.
Hopkinsville, Ky., July 6.—The latest information received from the scene of the Trigg county tragedy, which resulted in the death of four persons, was to the effect…
Colson & Smith, Owensboro Twice-A-Week Messenger, July 3, 1895
FOUR OF THEM DEAD.
A Bad Man in Trigg County Goes Killing and Then Gets Killed
Along with a Notorious Woman Who accompanied Him in His Devilment.
A Ghastly Story from Western Kentucky That Reads Somewhat Like a Tale of the Mountains.
OTHER STATE…
Smith, The Bourbon News, April 2, 1920
Negro Taken From Paris Officer Is Lynched
When The News closed its report Monday night if the action of a mob of men in taking officers at this point Grant Smith, colored, wanted in Fleming county, on a charge of criminal assault, it was not known…