Taylor, Maysville Evening Bulletin, August 29, 1893

Taylor, Maysville Evening Bulletin, August 29, 1893

Taylor, Leonard

Charge, assault

Mob, hanging

Mob, 30 members

Mob, masked

A Very Quiet Mob

They Take a Negro Out and String Him Up to a Tree

Louisville, Aug. 29-- Late at night about 30 horsemen rode into Newcastle, the county seat of Henry county, and, waking up Joel Head, the jailer, told them they had a prisoner.

When Mr. Head made his appearance with the keys, the visitors, most of whom were seen to be masked, after a fashion, overpowered him and let themselves into the jail. They were after a negro named Leonard Taylor, who was also known as Dennis Goff.

Securing their man they took him about a quarter of a mile out on the road to Franklinton and strung him up to an oak tree. The lynching was conducted with as much order as was possible with the business at hand.

The crime which aroused the party into action was his brutal and unprovoked assault upon an Italian boy peddler. It occurred a week ago at Franklinton, a little place seven or eight miles from Newcastle, towards the river. The negro struck the boy over the head, fracturing his skull. He was brought to this city, which was his home, and the people of Franklinton learned Sunday that he had died.

The Evening Bulletin [Maysville, Ky.]

1893-08-29

Micah Lynn

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Franklinton; New Castle, Henry County