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Morton, Louisville Courier Journal, February 5, 1897
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Title: A Warren County Negro Was Lynched.
HE INSULTED A WHITE WOMAN
Quick Work of a Small Mob From Rockfield.
THE GUARDS WERE OVERPOWERED
Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 4.—(Special.)—Robert Morton, colored, was hanged by a mob…
Morton, Nashville Tennessean, February 5, 1897
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Title: JUDGE LYNCH HOLDS COURT
And as a Result Robert Morton’s Body Dangled at the End of a Limb.
A MOB’S QUICK VENGEANCE
Negro Had Written an Insulting Note to a Reputable Young White Woman Near Bowling Green.
BOWLING…
Morton, Owensboro Twice-A-Week Messenger, February 10, 1897
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Title: NOT LYNCHED. Warren County Negro Boy Who Wrote a Young Lady a Note Only Whipped.
Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 8.—Robert Morton, the negro boy who was taken from his home near Rockfield, ten miles south of Bowling Green,…
Morton, Brookhaven Semi-Weekly Leader, February 10, 1897
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Title: HE WROTE A LETTER.
For That Offense Robert Morton, a Negro, Was Hanged by a Kentucky Mob.BOWLING GREEN, Ky., Feb. 6.—Wednesday night near Rockfield, a little station on the Louisville & Nashville, ten miles from…
Skaggs, Milwaukee Daily Sentinel, April 17, 1891
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Title: Lynched a Negro Murderer.
Louisville, Ky., April 16.—Near Bowling Green, seven masked men visited the Old Union neighborhood at an early hour this morning and shot to death Will Skaggs, a negro, 18 years of age, who on…
Skaggs, Anaconda Standard, April 17, 1891
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Title: Shot by Masked Men.
LOUISVILLE, KY. April 15.—Near Bowling Green seven masked men visited the old union this morning and shot to death Will Skaggs, a negro, who on Tuesday fatally cut a young white man named Kirby.
Skaggs, Nashville Tennessean, April 17, 1891
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Title: KENTUCKY. A Young Negro Boy Brutally Shot to Death by a Mob.
BOWLING GREEN, April 16.—[Special.] At an early hour this morning a mob, composed of seven masked men, visited the house of Boyd Johnson, a negro, in the old…
Morton, Richmond Climax, February 10, 1897
GUARDS OVERPOWERED
And Robert Morton Taken out By a Mob and Hanged
BOWLING GREEN, KY., Feb. 5.—Robert Morton, colored, was hanged by a mob about three miles from Rockfield, shortly after midnight Wednesday night. It is said that the negro, a son of…
Morton, Freeman, February 13, 1897
LYNCHED FOR WRITING A DISRESPECTFUL LETTER
We learn from the Standard, published in Lexington, Ky., that a Robert Morton was lynched in Bowling Green, Ky., Feb. 4th for writing an insulting and insinuating letter to a white lady. The Standards…
Morton, Owensboro Twice-A-Week Messenger, February 6, 1897
A NEGRO LYNCHED
In Morgan County fo Writing an Insulting Letter to a White Woman
Bawling [sic] Green, Feb. 4.—Last night, near Rockfield, ten miles from this city, a negro named Robert Morton yesterday wrote an insulting note to Miss Tillie…