Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1877 — A Terrible Story from Kentucky. [ARTICLE]

A Terrible Story from Kentucky.

Several weeks ago an 11-year-old daughter of a Ballard county farmer mysteiiously disappeared, and all efforts to find her whereabouts were fruitless until ten days after her disappearance, when a neighboring farmer, while out searching for his cow, heard the cries of some one in distress, and, following the direction of the sound, found the lost child in a dense thicket, with both hands tied together with a rope, one end of which was tied to a tree. Near the tree were some old clothes upon which the child slept. The farmer inquired of the child how she happened to be there in that condition, when she told him that a negro man had brought her there, and that he came every night and brought her something to eat and drink, and assaulted her. The farmer told the child to remaiu quiet until night and he would procure assistance, and when the negro came back that night they would secure him, which they did. When the girl was asked what must be done with him, she said “skin him alive,” which they proceeded to do immediately. They began at the crown of his head and stripped the skin to his feet. He only survived the operation five minutes. —Mayfield ( Ky .) Democrat.