Weaver, Hopkinsville Kentuckian, March 26, 1908

Second Killing That Has Occurred by Night Riders Within a Week.

REIGN OF CRIME STILL UNTOUCHED

Following close upon the murder of Hiram Hedge in Nicholas county, comes the news of another murder by night riders, this time in Trigg county. A band of twenty five night riders, masked and armed, rode Monday night into Golden Pond, a village between the rivers, and after firing off guns went to the hotel and from the servants’ quarters forced Tom Weaver, aged 40, a negro tobacco packer, to accompany them. The band took Weaver a little distance from the village, and after whipping him withdrew a short distance from him and told him to run.

The negro failed to obey promptly and the riders began shooting at him. One bullet entered his shoulder and another his hip. He fell in the road, where neighbors found him next morning in a dying condition, and he died Tuesday. No cause for the outrage is known. Weaver worked for an association prizing house.