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Name Murdered In Date
10 Victims - Names UnreportedRochester, KentuckyNovember 13, 1914
2 Victims - Names UnreportedHenderson, KentuckyNovember 21, 1895
1 Victim - Name UnreportedBowling Green, KentuckyDecember 28, 1892
1 Victim - Name UnreportedCalvert, KentuckyNovember 25, 1895
1 Victim - Name UnreportedFulton, KentuckyMay 11, 1896
1 Victim - Name UnreportedPaducah, KentuckyAugust 19, 1893
1 Victim - Name UnreportedRock Springs, KentuckyMarch 8, 1897
1 Victim - Name UnreportedLocality Unknown, KentuckyJune 17, 1904
Allen, RichardMayfield, KentuckyFebruary 28, 1898
Alley, HenryHillside, KentuckyNovember 13, 1914
Arkinson, HenryMckinney, KentuckySeptember 2, 1893
Baker, ArchThompkinsville, KentuckyOctober 2, 1898
Baker, ErnestCadiz, KentuckyJanuary 22, 1906
Balmbard, ThomasFulton, KentuckyApril 10, 1902
Beard, LeonNormandy, LentuckyJuly 7, 1905
Bell, ArthurPrinceton, KentuckyJune 4, 1915
Bond, JamesGuthrie, KentuckyDecember 19, 1892
Boston, MarshallFrankfort, KentuckyAugust 14, 1894
Brinkley, EphraimMadison, KentuckyJuly 22, 1897
Brown, MarkShelbyville, KentuckyJuly 20, 1891
Brown, ThomasNicholasville, KentuckyFebruary 6, 1902
Brushrod, RaymondHainesville, KentuckySeptember 26, 1897
Buckner, EllisHenderson, KentuckyNovember 26, 1915
Bumpass, JoeHickman, KentuckyAugust 30, 1904
Butcher, WilliamHickman, KentuckySeptember 2, 1895
Calls, GamsGlasgow, KentuckyJune 16, 1898
Clifford, WilliamMaple Grove, KentuckyAugust 16, 1907
Coleman, RichardMaysville, KentuckyDecember 6, 1899
Daniels, TheodoreUnion, KentuckySeptember 1879
Dewley, ErnestGeorgetown, KentuckyApril 30, 1902
Dickerson, CharlesBoone County, KentuckyMay 4, 1884
Drake, ElijahMadrid Bend, KentuckyMarch 20, 1902
Dudley, JamesBrandonburg, KentuckyAugust 28, 1891
Duly, BellFulton, KentuckyFebruary 15, 1902
Fields, JumboShelbyville, KentuckyOctober 2, 1901
Finley, GeorgeMayfield, KentuckyDecember 22, 1896
Garnett, ClarenceShelbyville, KentuckyOctober 2, 1901
Gibson, LeeOwenton, KentuckyJanuary 28, 1893
Godly, CalebBowling Green, KentuckyJune 24, 1894
Grange, JohnFranklin, KentuckyJuly 25, 1891
Griffey, WillisPrinceton, KentuckyOctober 15, 1894
Gumble, M.G.Jellico Mines, KentuckyJanuary 21, 1894
Haines, ArchieMason County, KentuckyJune 20, 1894
Haines, BurtMason County, KentuckyJune 21, 1894
Haines, WilliamsMason County, KentuckyJune 20, 1894
Hall, ThomasKevil, KentuckyOctober 9, 1903
Harris, ErnestWickliff, KentuckySeptember 12, 1901
Henderson, JohnMidway, KentuckyAugust 17, 1890
Henley, BrockPaducah, KentuckyOctober 16, 1916
Hill, CharlesPaducah, KentuckyJune 10, 1892
Holmes, ThomasMayfield, KentuckyFebruary 23, 1898
Holt, AlfredOwensboro, KentuckyDecember 26, 1892
Howard, FrankWickliff, KentuckySeptember 12, 1901
Howard, MarionScottsville, KentuckyJuly 16, 1894
Huggard, RobertWinchester, KentuckyJuly 15, 1895
Humphreys, ErnestPrinceton, KentuckyOctober 2, 1890
Jones, DocOwensboro, KentuckyDecember 19, 1889
Jones, RobertRussellville, KentuckyAugust 1, 1908
Jones, ThomasRussellville, KentuckyAugust 1, 1908
Jones, VirgilRussellville, KentuckyAugust 1, 1908
Kelly, JamesParis, KentuckyJuly 23, 1889
Leavell, FrankElkton, KentuckyOctober 12, 1905
Lewis, HarrisonSpringfield, KentuckyAugust 26, 1895
Malone, DanielCovington, KentuckyJuly 23, 1889
Martin, FormitMonticello, KentuckyFebruary 17, 1896
Mayo, ParkerWalton, KentuckyMarch 1877
Mays, JamesSpyfield, KentuckyJanuary 11, 1902
McDaniels, LeeOak Crossing, KentuckyJuly 29, 1892
McDowell, JacobProvidence, KentuckyMay 31, 1908
McNeal, JudgeCadiz, KentuckySeptember 1, 1893
Miller, Seay J.Bradwell, KentuckyJuly 7, 1893
Moody, SamuelAuburn, KentuckyApril 18, 1890
Nalls, GabeBlackford, KentuckyNovember 8, 1894
Moorman, EdwardGuston, KentuckyJanuary 12, 1893
Moorman, RichardGuston, KentuckyJanuary 12, 1893
Morton, RobertRickford, KentuckyFebruary 4, 1897
Murphy, LoganMt. Sterling, KentuckyAugust 16, 1892
Payne, JoeBurlington, KentuckyJuly 1, 1876
Nalls, UlyssesBlackford, KentuckyNovember 8, 1894
Porter, AustinGrayson, KentuckyJune 8, 1892
Radford, LewisGuthrie, KentuckyJanuary 24, 1904
Ray, GeorgeGensonton, KentuckyApril 26, 1895
Richard, JosephLeitchfield, KentuckySeptember 26, 1913
Riley, JasephRussellville, KentuckyAugust 1, 1908
Sanders, WilliamMaysville, KentuckyMarch 12, 1917
Shaw, RobertWaitman, KentuckyMay 23, 1909
Skapp, WilliamOld Union, KentuckyApril 16, 1891
Smith, CharlesWalton, KentuckyJanuary 14, 1880
Smith, MolieTrigg County, KentuckyJuly 1, 1895
Stewart, JamesMadrid Bend, KentuckyMarch 20, 1902
Stone, JamesMayfield, KentuckyDecember 21, 1896
Taylor, LeonardNew Castle, KentuckyAugust 28, 1893
Thomson, MarieLebanon Junction, KentuckyJune 14, 1904
Thornhill, JamesPaducah, KentuckyOctober 16, 1916
Thornton, JosephWickliffe, KentuckyMay 20, 1889
Turner, JohnGreensburg, KentuckyDecember 9, 1889
Tye, LenHariem, KentuckyMarch 2, 1894
Tyler, WilliamCarlisle, KentuckyJuly 26, 1894
Walton, CharlesMorganfield, KentuckyAugust 18, 1893
Warfield, FratenElliston, KentuckyOctober 18, 1900
White, ThomasAurora, KentuckySeptember 14, 1892
Wilcoxson, JohnEdmonton, KentuckySeptember 2, 1892
Willis, NickLebanon Junction, KentuckyJune 1, 1892
Wilson, GeorgeMeyers, KentuckyAugust 15, 1897
Williams, SmithBurlington, KentuckyJune 1, 1876
Scales, WilliamBoone County, KentuckySeptember 11, 1885

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