Williams, The Valentine (NB) Democrat, August 12, 1897

Mob Hangs One White Outrager and Menaces Another.

A dispatch from Barboursville, Ky., says: Jack Williams was caught in the mountains near Brush Creek and lynched Friday night by a mob of enraged men. He and his brother Tom were accused of raping a deaf mute girl named Viney Bays. Tom Williams was forced to marry the girl. He is now in jail and there are threats of lynching him. The crime was a shocking one. The girl was brought into court, scantily clothed and barefooted. She is in a serious mental condition and there is much indignation.