TWO NEGRO GIRLS
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Title
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TWO NEGRO GIRLS
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Source Type
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Newspapers
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Publisher
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The Bourbon News
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Publication Place
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Paris, Kentucky
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Publication Date
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5/14/1897
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Transcript
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TWO NEGRO GIRLS Suspected of Poisoning the Kelly Family at Jeff Ala Hanged by a Mob Nashville Tenn May 13 A Huntsville Ala special to the Banner states that at daybreak Wednesday the bodies of Mollie Smith and Mandy Franks negro girls were found swinging- from ropes from trees on the side of the road leading from Jeff Ala to Huntsville The lynching- was done at an early hour by a mob of about 20 persons The two girls were suspected cf poisoning the family of Joshua O Kelly of Jeff Mollie Smith was arrested Tuesday night while making her way across I the Tennessee line andMandy Franks was captured at home The latter as said to have made a confession The first poisoning of the Kelly family was about two months ago and Mr Kelly died A few days ago several other members of the family were poisoned but all recovered.