Mildred Wilson
 

Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 17 October 1899, page 1

Woman Died under Mysterious Circumstances


The colored colony of Newport was thrown into a state of intense excitement Tuesday when Mrs. Rose Turner, of 103 East Second Street, Newport, asked the police of that city to arrest Mildred Wilson, colored, on the charge of murder. Mrs. Turner's daughter, Hattie, died suddenly Sunday night, Mrs. Turner told the police that the Wilson woman hoodooed her which resulted in her death.

The dead woman and Mildred Wilson were both in love with Rev Hugler, pastor of the colored church. The Wilson woman was cut out and she swore vengeance. Witnesses claim that she made some mysterious signs while Hattie lay ill and then struck her, which process, the colored people allege, brought death.

 

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