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Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
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Two young men from wealthy families in Maysville, Ky., set fire to a sleeping colored waiter's hair and whiskers with camphene during a drunken spree on Thanksgiving night, causing his death after two weeks of torture. They agreed to pay owner Mr. Ball $1,200, with no legal investigation yet.
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Maysville, Ky.
Event Date
Night Of Thanksgiving
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the colored waiter lived for two weeks in extreme torture and then died. the young men agreed to pay mr. ball $1,200 for the loss of his servant. no steps have as yet been taken to have a legal investigation.
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Two young men of respectable wealthy families were on a drunken spree at the Parker House and, being in want of liquor, poured some camphene over the hair and whiskers of a colored waiter whom they found asleep, and then set fire to it.