returned to Paducah where he was tried, convicted and sentenced to
die. Prior to his death, he said that he had killed the woman be-
cause Be loved her,and that she had many times told him that she
would some day be responsible for his death on the gallows or his
spending the remainder of his life in prison, He was hanged in Pa-
ducah on November 19, 1897. His feet landed on a piece of gravel
and two cub reporters, one of whom was Irvin S. Cobb, lifted his
legs and removed the stone. He then strangled to death as his neck
was not broken,
EXIT LAUGHING by Irvin S, Cobb. Published 1942 by Garden City
Publishing Company, New York. Copyright 192 by Cobb. PP 531-535,
PADUCAH DAILY SUN, Paducah, Ky., 11-18-1897 and 11-19-1897
returned to Paducah where he was tried, convicted and sentenced to
die. Prior to his death, he said that he had killed the woman be-
cause Ke loved her,and that she had many times told him that she
would some day be responsible for his death on the gallows or his
spending the remainder of his life in prison, He was hanged in Pa-
ducah on November 19, 1897. His feet landed on a piece of gravel
and two cub reporters, one of whom was Irvin S, Cobb, lifted his
legs and removed the stone. He then strangled to death as his neck
was not broken.
EXIT LAUGHING by Irvin S. Cobb. Published 19)2 by Garden City
Publishing Company, New York, Copyright 192 by Cobb. PP 531-535,
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WINSTON , George ("Devil")
Winston, a black man, was born in Crockett, Tamn., on May 2, 1855.
He left home at an early age and went to New Orleans where he was
employed for a time as,a sailor and roustabout. He then went to
Georgia where he was HERS married for a period. of six months and
arrested on ohe occasion for @arrying a concealed weapon. He then
moved to Paducah, Kentucky, where he worked as a laborer and became
the lover of a notorious black prostitute, Vinnie Stubblefield who
lived in Dunnot's Alley. His violent temper earned him his nickname
of "Devil" and he was generally considered:a terror in the black
community of Paducah, On the night of-April 22,:1897, he went to
Miss Stubblefield's home and when he found that she was not at home,
he lay down on her bed and went to K&XEE Sleep. Shortly after mid-
night she returned with another woman and two men, She struck a
match and this woke Winston who immediately demanded a cigarette,
She said that she did not have any and they got into an argument in
the course of which he leaped from the bed and stabbed her, He then
threw her onto the bed, and in the presence of her friends, literally
Slashed her to ribbons, After he had finished, he grabbed his valise
and left. Winston was arrested in Fulton the following Sunday and-
WINSTON, George ("Devil")
Winston, a black man, was born in Crockett, Tann., on May 2, 1855.
He left home at an early age and went to New Orleans where he was
employed for a time as,a sailor and roustabout. He then went to
Georgia where he was KEES married for a period.of six months and
arrested on ohe occasion for garrying a concealed weapon, He then
moved to Paducah, Kentucky, where he worked as a laborer and became
the lover of a notorious black prostitute » Vinnie Stubblefield who
lived in Dunnot's Alley. His violent temper earned him his nickname
of "Devil" and he was generally considered:a terror in the black
community of Paducah, On the night of ‘April 22,:1897, he went to
Miss Stubblefield's home and when he found that she was not at home,
he lay down on her bed and went to KEXEE sleep, Shortly after mid-
night she returned with another woman and two men, She struck a
match and this woke Winston who immediately demanded a cigarette,
She said that she did not have any and they got into an argument in
the course of which he leaped from the bed and stabbed her, He then
threw her onto the bed, and in the presence of her friends » literally
Slashed her to ribbons, After he had finished, he grabbed his valise
and left. Winston was arrested in Fulton the following Sunday and
WINSTON, Georges ("Devil")
Winston, a black man, was born in Crockett, Tann., on May 2, 1855,
He left home at an early age and went to New Orleans where he was
employed for a time as.a sailor and roustabout. He then went to
Georgia where he was HEE married for a period of six months and
arrested on ohe occasion for farrying a concealed weapon. He then
moved to Paducah, Kent
considered:a terror in the black
Community of Paducah, On the night of-April 22,:1897, he went to
Miss Stubblefield's home and when he found that she was not at hone,
he lay down on her bed and went to EBXES sleep, Shortly after mid-
night she returned with another woman and two men, She struck a
match and this woke Winston who immediately demanded a cigarette,
She said that she did not have any and they got into an argument in
the course of which he leaped from the bed and stabbed her, He then
threw her onto the bed, and in the presence of her friends, literally
Slashed her to ribbons, After he had finished, he grabbed his valise
and left. Winston was arrested in Fulton the following Sunday and
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