NEGRO LYNCHED.
LEGISLATURE TAKES STEPS.
AUTHORITY TO GOVERNOR. (United Press Association —Copyright) FRANKFURT (Kentucky), Jan. 25. The Legislature passed a resolution to-day authorising the Governor to take steps to prevent lynching. This followed the lynching late last night of Alex Sc-ott, a young negro, who was charged with fatally heating Alex Johnson, a "white coalminer. Over 30 masked men led a mob of 300 to the gaol, dragged Scott out and hanged him on a tree.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 91, 27 January 1934, Page 5
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