A COLONEL LYNCHED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE.
Nkws reached New York ou March 6th that Colonel Y. A. Witcher, well-known throughout the lover end of the State as a politician and outor, has been lynched by a mob for th** murder of hia wife The story is plausibla when taken in con nection with facts known in Wayne County. "Witcher was a Virgiuian by birth, and came to Wayne County nt just about the outbreak of the war When hostilities began he entered the Confederate service and rose to the raak of colonel. When his term expired he commanded a volunteer regiment ot guerillas oa the Virginia and Kentucky border. At the close of tlie war he went to Utah, where he joined the Mormons, and at one time had a good deal of influencejji church matter* at Salt Lake. He returned to West Virginia about six' years ago. He has been married five times, the last being a match not of the colonel's choosing.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2146, 10 April 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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167A COLONEL LYNCHED FOR THE MURDER OF HIS WIFE. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2146, 10 April 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)
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