By Niall McArdle
On September 26th, 1913, a man named Joseph Richardson was lynched by a mob in the town square in Leitchfield, Kentucky. He had been accused of assualting an eleven year old white girl. According to a newspaper report, “the little girl was on her way to school when she was attacked by the negro who was frightened away by approach of the neighbors.” This photo was printed on postcards and sold door-to-door. Subsequent investigation determined that Richardson was the local drunk; he had “merely stumbled into the child, and not even torn her dress.”
The Fluff Is Raging 
I’m trying to learn more about Mr.Richardson. Does anyone know if he has any living relatives? I’ve discovered through research he was buried in the poor cemetery, and he is not listed on the plaque at the cemetery that list’s all those buried there. One is listed as “unknown ” which should be Mr. Richardson.
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