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Mineral Point Tribune
Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin
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In Kentucky, Mr. Jett's young daughter was brutally murdered by a man who slashed her with a knife and slit her throat. The perpetrator was arrested near Mayfield, jailed in Paducah, seized by a mob, given a hasty trial, and sentenced to be burned alive on the morning of October 12, 1859 (per context of Cairo Times, Oct 13).
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The Cairo Times and Delta of the 13th, gives the following additional particulars of the murder of a girl in Kentucky:
The girl was the daughter of Mr. Jett, of Blandville, Ky. The dastardly villain cut the little girl with his knife, in a most cruel manner, and after accomplishing his hellish purpose he cut her throat from ear to ear. The devil was arrested near Mayfield, and taken to Paducah, where he was lodged in jail. A delegation demanded and took possession of him. After a preliminary lynch trial, he was sentenced to be burnt, and the sentence was to have been executed yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. We have not heard from there to-day, but suppose the sentence was executed to the very letter.
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Blandville, Ky; Near Mayfield; Paducah
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Around The 12th (Per Report On The 13th)
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Mr. Jett's daughter in Blandville, Kentucky, was cruelly cut and her throat slit from ear to ear by a villain after his assault. He was arrested near Mayfield, jailed in Paducah, seized by a mob for a lynch trial, sentenced to burning, and likely executed on the morning of the 12th.