James Newman
 

Penny Press, Saturday, 7 January 1860, page 4

James Newman, recently sentence to one year in the penitentiary for obtaining goods by false pretenses, was yesterday claimed as a slave by Col. Taylor of Newport. Should his claim be established the negro will be tried again and if found guilty, will be whipped.

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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 24 December 1904, page 3

James Newman, 62, colored, formerly of Newport Ky. was sent to City Infirmary Saturday. He has been a familiar figure, begging on Fourth and Fifth sts. For 20 years Newman traveled with the John Robinson Circus as a general utility man and was a favorite of the original John Robinson, Robert Stickney, the famous bareback rider; John Lowlow, the clown and other circus celebrities. Some years ago Newman lost his left foot in a railroad accident.

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