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Name | Murdered In | Date |
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10 Victims - Names Unreported | Rochester, Kentucky | November 13, 1914 |
2 Victims - Names Unreported | Henderson, Kentucky | November 21, 1895 |
1 Victim - Name Unreported | Bowling Green, Kentucky | December 28, 1892 |
1 Victim - Name Unreported | Calvert, Kentucky | November 25, 1895 |
1 Victim - Name Unreported | Fulton, Kentucky | May 11, 1896 |
1 Victim - Name Unreported | Paducah, Kentucky | August 19, 1893 |
1 Victim - Name Unreported | Rock Springs, Kentucky | March 8, 1897 |
1 Victim - Name Unreported | Locality Unknown, Kentucky | June 17, 1904 |
Allen, Richard | Mayfield, Kentucky | February 28, 1898 |
Alley, Henry | Hillside, Kentucky | November 13, 1914 |
Arkinson, Henry | Mckinney, Kentucky | September 2, 1893 |
Baker, Arch | Thompkinsville, Kentucky | October 2, 1898 |
Baker, Ernest | Cadiz, Kentucky | January 22, 1906 |
Balmbard, Thomas | Fulton, Kentucky | April 10, 1902 |
Beard, Leon | Normandy, Lentucky | July 7, 1905 |
Bell, Arthur | Princeton, Kentucky | June 4, 1915 |
Bond, James | Guthrie, Kentucky | December 19, 1892 |
Boston, Marshall | Frankfort, Kentucky | August 14, 1894 |
Brinkley, Ephraim | Madison, Kentucky | July 22, 1897 |
Brown, Mark | Shelbyville, Kentucky | July 20, 1891 |
Brown, Thomas | Nicholasville, Kentucky | February 6, 1902 |
Brushrod, Raymond | Hainesville, Kentucky | September 26, 1897 |
Buckner, Ellis | Henderson, Kentucky | November 26, 1915 |
Bumpass, Joe | Hickman, Kentucky | August 30, 1904 |
Butcher, William | Hickman, Kentucky | September 2, 1895 |
Calls, Gams | Glasgow, Kentucky | June 16, 1898 |
Clifford, William | Maple Grove, Kentucky | August 16, 1907 |
Coleman, Richard | Maysville, Kentucky | December 6, 1899 |
Daniels, Theodore | Union, Kentucky | September 1879 |
Dewley, Ernest | Georgetown, Kentucky | April 30, 1902 |
Dickerson, Charles | Boone County, Kentucky | May 4, 1884 |
Drake, Elijah | Madrid Bend, Kentucky | March 20, 1902 |
Dudley, James | Brandonburg, Kentucky | August 28, 1891 |
Duly, Bell | Fulton, Kentucky | February 15, 1902 |
Fields, Jumbo | Shelbyville, Kentucky | October 2, 1901 |
Finley, George | Mayfield, Kentucky | December 22, 1896 |
Garnett, Clarence | Shelbyville, Kentucky | October 2, 1901 |
Gibson, Lee | Owenton, Kentucky | January 28, 1893 |
Godly, Caleb | Bowling Green, Kentucky | June 24, 1894 |
Grange, John | Franklin, Kentucky | July 25, 1891 |
Griffey, Willis | Princeton, Kentucky | October 15, 1894 |
Gumble, M.G. | Jellico Mines, Kentucky | January 21, 1894 |
Haines, Archie | Mason County, Kentucky | June 20, 1894 |
Haines, Burt | Mason County, Kentucky | June 21, 1894 |
Haines, Williams | Mason County, Kentucky | June 20, 1894 |
Hall, Thomas | Kevil, Kentucky | October 9, 1903 |
Harris, Ernest | Wickliff, Kentucky | September 12, 1901 |
Henderson, John | Midway, Kentucky | August 17, 1890 |
Henley, Brock | Paducah, Kentucky | October 16, 1916 |
Hill, Charles | Paducah, Kentucky | June 10, 1892 |
Holmes, Thomas | Mayfield, Kentucky | February 23, 1898 |
Holt, Alfred | Owensboro, Kentucky | December 26, 1892 |
Howard, Frank | Wickliff, Kentucky | September 12, 1901 |
Howard, Marion | Scottsville, Kentucky | July 16, 1894 |
Huggard, Robert | Winchester, Kentucky | July 15, 1895 |
Humphreys, Ernest | Princeton, Kentucky | October 2, 1890 |
Jones, Doc | Owensboro, Kentucky | December 19, 1889 |
Jones, Robert | Russellville, Kentucky | August 1, 1908 |
Jones, Thomas | Russellville, Kentucky | August 1, 1908 |
Jones, Virgil | Russellville, Kentucky | August 1, 1908 |
Kelly, James | Paris, Kentucky | July 23, 1889 |
Leavell, Frank | Elkton, Kentucky | October 12, 1905 |
Lewis, Harrison | Springfield, Kentucky | August 26, 1895 |
Malone, Daniel | Covington, Kentucky | July 23, 1889 |
Martin, Formit | Monticello, Kentucky | February 17, 1896 |
Mayo, Parker | Walton, Kentucky | March 1877 |
Mays, James | Spyfield, Kentucky | January 11, 1902 |
McDaniels, Lee | Oak Crossing, Kentucky | July 29, 1892 |
McDowell, Jacob | Providence, Kentucky | May 31, 1908 |
McNeal, Judge | Cadiz, Kentucky | September 1, 1893 |
Miller, Seay J. | Bradwell, Kentucky | July 7, 1893 |
Moody, Samuel | Auburn, Kentucky | April 18, 1890 |
Nalls, Gabe | Blackford, Kentucky | November 8, 1894 |
Moorman, Edward | Guston, Kentucky | January 12, 1893 |
Moorman, Richard | Guston, Kentucky | January 12, 1893 |
Morton, Robert | Rickford, Kentucky | February 4, 1897 |
Murphy, Logan | Mt. Sterling, Kentucky | August 16, 1892 |
Payne, Joe | Burlington, Kentucky | July 1, 1876 |
Nalls, Ulysses | Blackford, Kentucky | November 8, 1894 |
Porter, Austin | Grayson, Kentucky | June 8, 1892 |
Radford, Lewis | Guthrie, Kentucky | January 24, 1904 |
Ray, George | Gensonton, Kentucky | April 26, 1895 |
Richard, Joseph | Leitchfield, Kentucky | September 26, 1913 |
Riley, Jaseph | Russellville, Kentucky | August 1, 1908 |
Sanders, William | Maysville, Kentucky | March 12, 1917 |
Shaw, Robert | Waitman, Kentucky | May 23, 1909 |
Skapp, William | Old Union, Kentucky | April 16, 1891 |
Smith, Charles | Walton, Kentucky | January 14, 1880 |
Smith, Molie | Trigg County, Kentucky | July 1, 1895 |
Stewart, James | Madrid Bend, Kentucky | March 20, 1902 |
Stone, James | Mayfield, Kentucky | December 21, 1896 |
Taylor, Leonard | New Castle, Kentucky | August 28, 1893 |
Thomson, Marie | Lebanon Junction, Kentucky | June 14, 1904 |
Thornhill, James | Paducah, Kentucky | October 16, 1916 |
Thornton, Joseph | Wickliffe, Kentucky | May 20, 1889 |
Turner, John | Greensburg, Kentucky | December 9, 1889 |
Tye, Len | Hariem, Kentucky | March 2, 1894 |
Tyler, William | Carlisle, Kentucky | July 26, 1894 |
Walton, Charles | Morganfield, Kentucky | August 18, 1893 |
Warfield, Fraten | Elliston, Kentucky | October 18, 1900 |
White, Thomas | Aurora, Kentucky | September 14, 1892 |
Wilcoxson, John | Edmonton, Kentucky | September 2, 1892 |
Willis, Nick | Lebanon Junction, Kentucky | June 1, 1892 |
Wilson, George | Meyers, Kentucky | August 15, 1897 |
Williams, Smith | Burlington, Kentucky | June 1, 1876 |
Scales, William | Boone County, Kentucky | September 11, 1885 |