Clarksville Weekly Chronicle

Mayfield (Ky.) Democrat: "Several weeks ago an eleven-year-old daughter of a Ballard county farmer mysteriously 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 as 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 there every night and brought her something to eat and drink, and that he violated her person. The farmer told the child to remain 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 commenced at the crown of his head and stripped the skin to his feet. He only survived about five minutes after the operation."