Williams, Wilkes-Barre Record, August 7, 1897

Barbourville, Ky., Aug. 6. - “Jack” Williams was caught in the mountains near Brush Creek and lynched last night by a mob of enraged men. He and his brother Tom were accused of assaulting a dear mute fairly named Viney Bays. Tom Williams was forced to marry his victim. He is now in jail here and there are threats of lynching his before to-morrow. The crime was a shocking case. The girl was brought into the court to-day, scantily clothed and barefooted. She is in a precarious mental and physical condition. There is much indignation.