tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501801448727519087.post7507945055734409563..comments2023-10-25T05:27:29.747-04:00Comments on Hazard's Glory Years: Wandererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317006270413179850noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501801448727519087.post-4109627426643072052009-03-12T20:21:00.000-04:002009-03-12T20:21:00.000-04:00Thanks for shedding some light and helping me piec...Thanks for shedding some light and helping me piece together some vague memories I had of this event. Billie, I appreciate your suggestion that I go the the Hazard Herald Archives and I will try to do that. Billie and Wanderer, please keep posting our history.jean willoughby moateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957403918367131656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501801448727519087.post-20372607805534398322009-03-10T14:15:00.000-04:002009-03-10T14:15:00.000-04:00Jean, you are thinking of two different events tha...Jean, you are thinking of two different events that are often confused. The only lynching that ever happened in Hazard took place in 1934. It was the last lynching in the state of Kentucky. The rape you are referring to happened in 1942. Billie is correct, they were afraid another lynching would take place in 1942 since it happened only 8 years earlier and was fresh on everyone's minds. In 1942, they snuck the suspect out of Hazard and secretly kept him in the Jackson jail that first night. He went on trial and was found guilty and sentenced to the electric chair.Wandererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317006270413179850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501801448727519087.post-35531301892748477182009-03-10T13:49:00.000-04:002009-03-10T13:49:00.000-04:00TO JEAN,ALTHOUGH I REMEMBER WHEN THIS HAPPENED, TH...TO JEAN,<BR/>ALTHOUGH I REMEMBER WHEN THIS HAPPENED, THE STORY WAS ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE HAZARD HERALD. IT WAS ABOUT 1942. THE MAN WAS "WILDMAN" ROBINSON, I THINK, AND THE LADY'S FIRST NAME, I THINK, WAS JEAN. SHE WAS ON HER WAY HOME FROM A MEETING, WALKING UP BAKER HILL TOWARD HER APARTMENT. HER BODY WAS FOUND BY SOME BOY SCOUTS (ONE OF WHOSE NAME WAS JACK REEVES) IN THE BUSHES. SOME OF THE TOWNSPEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GET IN THE JAIL TO LYNCH THIS MAN BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL. HE WAS QUICKLY REMOVED TO EDDYSVILLE PENITENTIARY WHERE HE WAS LATER ELECTROCUTED. THIS STORY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ON THE HAZARD WEBSITE POSSIBLY UNDER THE TITLE OF HAZARD HERALD ARCHIVES. I DO REMEMBER READING IT SEVERAL YEARS AGO. I HAD MET THE LADY ONCE WHEN A SCHOOL FRIEND OF MINE AND I WERE CAUGHT IN A STORM WHILE GOING HOME FROM SCHOOL. WE DUCKED INTO THIS CHURCH FOR COVER WHEN THIS LADY CAME OUT OF HER OFFICE AND GAVE US AN UMBRELLA AND TOLD US WE COULD BRING IT BACK TO HER THE NEXT DAY. SHE WAS A PRETTY REDHEAD 29 YEARS OLD ORIGINALLY FROM KINGSPORT, TN.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501801448727519087.post-18893916011188432832009-03-09T22:08:00.000-04:002009-03-09T22:08:00.000-04:00Is there any record of the lynching of an African ...Is there any record of the lynching of an African American man who allegedly raped a church staff person? This may have been in the late 1930's or early 40's.jean willoughby moateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03957403918367131656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501801448727519087.post-55493314937171804412009-03-09T14:02:00.000-04:002009-03-09T14:02:00.000-04:00I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ABOUT THE TIME THAT ...I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING ABOUT THE TIME THAT TYPISTS AND STENOGRAPHERS WERE RECRUITED FROM THE HAZARD AREA TO APPLY FOR CIVIL SERVICE JOBS IN WASHINGTON DC DURING WORLD WAR II. I THINK THIS TOOK PLACE IN 1942. I WONDER IF THERE IS A RECORD SOMEWHERE IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE HAZARD HERALD. THERE WAS A WRITE-UP IN THE NEWSPAPER DESCRIBING THE EVENT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com