Estill County KyArchives News.....Lynched From A Jail October 10, 1894
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Daily State Press, Iowa City Iowa October 10, 1894
Oct 10, 1894 Daily State Press, Iowa City Iowa
LYNCHED FROM A JAIL
Alexander Richardson, a White Man, Pays the penalty for a Crime
Irvine KY Oct 10 - A mob broke into the jail at 12:15 am and took Alexander 
Richardson, a white man, out and hung him to a railroad bridge about 100 yards 
from the telegragh office. Richards, who was 21 years old, was arrested 
charged with murdering Mrs. Wylie White, 80 years old, mother of five children 
and the wife of an industrious farmer, 4 miles from here. Mrs. White was found 
near her home with head and face crushed,a  blood-covered club lyng near. An 
attempt had been made at criminal assault, but evidences of the struggle 
showed she had resisted this successfully. She was then murdered. Suspicion 
pointed strongly to Richardson. He strongly denied it, but told several 
conflicting stories. Circumstantial evidence against him was very strong. He 
was the son of White's neighbor.

Additional Comments:
online references indicate Alexander "Elic" Richardson was the son of Levi 
Richardson and Armilda Kirby and is buried in Kirby cemetery, Estill county, 
KY.

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