Morton, Owensboro Twice-A-Week Messenger, February 10, 1897
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Title
Morton, Owensboro Twice-A-Week Messenger, February 10, 1897
Subject
Morton, Robert
Charge, writing an insulting letter to a young unmarried white woman
Mob, unknown number
Mob, hanging
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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, Thursday night by the mob, has not yet been found. It is claimed by the people of this city that the negro was not lynched, but only severely whipped.
Morton’s offense consisted in sending an offensive letter to Miss Tommie Johnson, of Rockfield. Her friends heard of this and several young men went to the home of the negro, took him to the woods and gave him one hundred lashes on his back. It is said the boy left the country, fearing more serious punishment.
Source
Publisher
Twice-A-Week Messenger [Owensboro, Ky.]
Date
1897-02-10
Contributor
Kailly Oum
Format
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Coverage
Rockfield, Warren County
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“Morton, Owensboro Twice-A-Week Messenger, February 10, 1897,” DRVK News Articles , accessed July 26, 2026, https://drvk.createuky.net/news-articles/items/show/188.