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PRE-APRIL 1923 CLIPPINGS
Mules
March 27, 1903 Columbia Herald
Caught Under Car
August 16, 1906 Columbia Herald
Bought Cottage
January 8, 1908 Columbia Tribune
Went to Mexico
August 28, 1908 Columbia Herald
Complained About Grade
June 2, 1909 Columbia Tribune
Another Poker Raid
November 26, 1909 Columbia Herald
News of Stockmen
June 2, 1910 Columbia Tribune
Leavenworth is very "wet."
August 7, 1910 Columbia Herald
Grace Barkwell Married
April 24, 1914 Columbia Herald
Barkwell's Brother Killed
August 3, 1916 Columbia Herald
To Install Tonight
April 9, 1918 Columbia Tribune
Ernest Rowland Cited
October 9, 1918 Columbia Herald
Rowland Cited
October 9, 1918 Columbia Tribune
Barkwell Arrested
June 19, 1919 Columbia Herald
Sidewalk Bids
August 8, 1919 Columbia Tribune
Kicked by Vicious Horse
August 6, 1919 Columbia Herald
Brick Company Sues Barkwell
October 6, 1919 Columbia Tribune
Chillicothe Emancipation Day Parade 1
September 22, 1920 Chillicothe Gazette
Chillicothe Emancipation Day Parade 2
September 22, 1920 Chillicothe Gazette
Hulen, Brown, Hall Take Office
December 20, 1920 Missourian
Scott Files for Divorce
September 27, 1920 Missourian
Divorce Granted
January 22, 1921 Missourian
Leader of Convicts Shot
September 15, 1921 Columbia Herald
Lions Club Members
June 8, 1922 Missourian
Negroes Celebrate Today
August 4, 1922 Missourian
Eight Street Refused
August 6, 1922 Columbia Tribune
Urban League Permanently Established
June 13, 1922 Missourian
Calkins Loses
August 19, 1922 Missourian
Thanks to the Voters
March 15, 1918 Columbia Herald
Rowland Here
March 26, 1919 Columbia Tribune
Wife of Coal Man Dead
January 5, 1921 Missourian
Will Install Officers
January 31, 1921 Missourian
Boone County Jail
June 8, 1922 Missourian

April - July, 1923 Clippings

H.A. Collier Heads Courts
April 3, 1923 Missourian
McDonnell is Next Mayor
April 4, 1923 Missourian
KKK Palace
April 4, 1923 Missourian
Temporary University President Named
April 4, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Dean Loeb
April 5, 1923 Missourian
Why the Mask
April 6, 1923 Missourian
Tribute to President Jones
April 6, 1923 Missourian
Oldest Blacksmith in Columbia
April 7, 1923 Missourian
Williams is Colonel
April 9, 1923 Missourian
Williams Heads 128th
April 9, 1923 Columbia Tribune
McDonnell is Made Mayor
April 11, 1923 Missourian
Broadway Baptist Church
April 14, 1923 Missourian
Commencement
April 16, 1923 Missourian
Saw John Brown Execution
April 16, 1923 Missourian
Confederates Guests
April 16, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Major Rollins
April 18, 1923 Missourian
Ellwood Writes New Book
April 18, 1923 Missourian
Hupmobile Ad
April 18, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Negro Attacks White Girl, 14
April 21, 1923 Missourian
Negro Attacks 14-Year-Old Girl
April 21, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Negro Brutally Attacks 14-Year Old Girl
April 23, 1923 Herald
Police Search for Assailant
April 23, 1923 Missourian
Several Negroes Have Been Held
April 23, 1923 Columbia Tribune
No New Developments
April 24, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Board Elects New Teachers
April 24, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Police Continue Search
April 26, 1923 Herald
Two More Negroes Held for Rape
April 26, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Action in Negro Attack Case Expected
April 27, 1923 Missourian
Miss Almstedt Identifies Negro
April 27, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Scott Arraigned on Charge of Assault
April 28, 1923 Missourian
Summary Justice
April 28, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Columbia's Proud Pre-Eminence
April 28, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Front Page of Columbia Tribune
April 28, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Grand Jury Will Probe
April 30, 1923 Carthage News
Grand Jury Will Probe (2)
April 30, 1923 Carthage News
Deaf to Cries of Innocence
April 30, 1923 Day
Prosecutor to Ask Probe of Lynching
April 30, 1923 Globe Democrat
Mob Lynches Negro Accused of Rape
April 30, 1923 Herald
Grand Jury to be Called in Negro Hanging
April 30, 1923 Kansas City Journal
Grand Jury to be Called (2)
April 30, 1923 Kansas City Journal
Grand Jury to be called (3)
April 30, 1923 Kansas City Journal
Columbia Mob Lynched Negro Sunday
April 30, 1923 Kirksville Daily Press
Punish the Guilty
April 30, 1923 Missourian
Lynching Coverage
April 30, 1923 Missourian
Missourian Front Page
April 30, 1923 Missourian
State Hopes to Indict Mob Leaders
April 30, 1923 St Louis Post-Dispatch
Picture of Deputy Sheriff Hall
April 30, 1923 St Louis Post-Dispatch
Picture of Sheriff Brown
April 30, 1923 St Louis Post-Dispatch
Lynching Probe on Wednesday
April 30, 1923 St Louis Star
Lynching Probe on Wednesday (2)
April 30, 1923 St Louis Star
Negro Declared He Was Innocent
April 30, 1923 St Louis Star
Front Page of Columbia Tribune (2)
April 30, 1923 Columbia Tribune
James T. Scott Hung by Mob
April 30, 1923 Columbia Tribune
What the World Thinks
May 1, 1923 Missourian
After the Mob Got Its Victim
May 1, 1923 Missourian
Lynching Case
May 1, 1923 Missourian
First Arrest Made Today
May 2, 1923 Missourian
Grand Jury Investigating
May 3, 1923 Herald
Warning Letter Received
May 3, 1923 Herald
Stewart Bridge Pictured
May 3, 1923 Herald
Scott's Jail Cell Pictured
May 3, 1923 Herald
All Witnesses Are Heard
May 3, 1923 Missourian
Card of Thanks
May 3, 1923 Missourian
University Shadows Mob Atrocity
May 4, 1923 St Louis Argus
H.H. Rowland Gives Self Up
May 4, 1923 Missourian
H.H. Rowland Gives Self Up (2)
May 4, 1923 Missourian
No Lynching Arrests Today
May 5, 1923 Missourian
No Lynching Arrests Today (2)
May 5, 1923 Missourian
Delay in Arrests in Lynching Case
May 6, 1923 St Louis Post-Dispatch
Delay in Arrests in Lynching Case (2)
May 6, 1923 St Louis Post-Dispatch
Grand Jury Indicts Three
May 7, 1923 Herald
Three Arrests on Lynching Charge
May 7, 1923 Missourian
Three Arrests
May 7, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Barkwell Pleads Not Guilt Today
May 8, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Grand Jury Renews Inquiry
May 12, 1923 Missourian
What the World Thinks of Lynching
May 18, 1923 Missourian
Negroes Brought Back
May 18, 1923 Missourian
Hulen Ready
May 18, 1923 Herald
Mob Lynched Wrong Man
July 6, 1923 Chillicothe Tribune
Mob Victim Believed Innocent
July 6, 1923 Daily American
It's All A Big Error
July 6, 1923 Daily Republican
Mob At Columbia Got Wrong Man
July 6, 1923 Joplin Globe
May Try to Prove Negro's Innocence
July 6, 1923 St Louis Post-Dispatch
May Try to Prove Negro's Innocence (2)
July 6, 1923 St Louis Post-Dispatch
State Silent on Negro Hanging Probe
July 7, 1923 Chillicothe Tribune
State Silent
July 7, 1923 Globe-Democrat
Chief: "Right Man Was Lynched"
July 7, 1923 Mexico Daily News
Gantt to Sit on Bench
July 7, 1923 Missourian
Attempt to ID Watson as Attacker
July 9, 1923 Herald
Watson To Probably Face Scott's Charge
July 9, 1923 Missourian
Lynching Case is Begun Here
July 9, 1923 Missourian
Lynching Case is Begun Here (2)
July 9, 1923 Missourian
Barkwell Case Called
July 9, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Barkwell Case Called (2)
July 9, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Panel Selection Complete
July 10, 1923 Missourian
Panel Selection Complete (2)
July 10, 1923 Missourian
Panel of 40 Completed
July 10, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Panel of 40 Completed (2)
July 10, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Nutter ID's Barkwell
July 11, 1923 Missourian
Nutter ID's Barkwell (2)
July 11, 1923 Missourian
Barkwell Trial Began This Morning
July 11, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Barkwell Trial Began This Morning (2)
July 11, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Barkwell Found Not Guilty
July 12, 1923 Herald
Barkwell Freed of Mob Lynching
July 12, 1923 Maryville Tribune
Not Guilty Says Barkwell Jury
July 12, 1923 Missourian
Not Guilty
July 12, 1923 Missourian
Barkwell Acquitted
July 12, 1923 St Louis Post-Dispatch
Barkwell Acquitted (2)
July 12, 1923 St Louis Post-Dispatch
Barkwell Acquitted (3)
July 12, 1923 St Louis Post_Dispatch
Jury Declares Barkwell Not Guilty
July 12, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Barkwell Not Guilty (2)
July 12, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Barkwell Freed of Mob Lynching
July 12, 1923 Weekly Democrat
Scott's Lawyers Secure Change
July 13, 1923 Columbia Tribune
Dyer Not Surprised at Barkwell Verdict
July 13, 1923 Columbia Tribune
The Verdict at Columbia
July 16, 1923 Missourian
Will Ask for Death Penalty for Watson
July 23, 1923 Missourian
Post-July 1923 CLIPPINGS
Judge Collier is Forty
April 3, 1924 Sturgeon Leader
Bettors Named In State Warrants
December 30, 1924 Columbia Tribune
Rev J.L. Caston Called to Canada
February 27, 1925 St Louis Argus
E.C. Anderson's Death
October 2, 2025 Centralia Guard
Grace Barkwell's Death
February 23, 1926 Missourian
Seven Charged With Gambling
August 21, 1926 Missourian
Crouch-Barkwell Wedding Today
December 21, 1928 Missourian
Rowland Outlines Platform
October 16, 1938 Arizona Republic
Former Officer Taken by Death
November 29, 1945 Arizona Republic
Long Illness Fatal to G.W. Barkwell
September 14, 1948 Missourian
George Barkwell is Dead at 73
September 14, 1948 Columbia Tribune
Barkwell Estate to John Whitlock
September 22, 1948 Columbia Tribune
Ernest Rowland Dies in Arizona
June 6, 1949 Columbia Tribune
Rites Friday for Ernest Rowland
June 8, 1949 Missourian
Based on the book "Summary Justice: The Lynching of James Scott and the Trial of George Barkwell" by Doug Hunt. (Click on cover for Amazon link.)
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