St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-10
MAD MOB'S REVENGE
LuStful Murderer Of a Child
Swiftly Swung to Glory
in Omaha.
Steel Doors and Iron Bars
Fell Beneath Blows In
spired by Revenge.
Piteous Pleadings OF a Guilty
Wretch Had No Effect
on the Mob.
q Trolley Wire Does Duty as
a Gibbet for a Victim AL
ready Dead.

MAHA, Neb., Oct 9.-This was a
great day here, public sentiment had
been wrought up highly by the eXecu-
ton of Ed. Neal. This tension was adj
ded to when a report became current
that little Lizzie Yates, the tive-year-
old victim of luStful assault by Joe
Coe, a disrepuUable negro, had
died. Coe was confined in the
city jail, but people did not know it.
1--WE will lynch the nlgger" was soon
heard on every side, and it was evident
that before nightfall the days comment
would terminate in a tragedy. Night
came on with an ominous quiet. Few
people were in the streets. There was
no intmation of the trouble in sight.
Suddenly about $50 o'clock there
came confused sounds of tramping and
hurrying along the paved street toward
the county jail, and in a remarkably
short time the Jail was surrounded.
There was no organization apparent.
No leader seemed to control the
crowd. Yells filled the air, hun
dreds shouting at once what
to do. No attack was made on the
Jail for many moments, the mob stand
ing irreSolute. waiting for some one to
lead. In the mean time few police
men and a force of deputy sheriffs that
officiated in the Neal hanging was con-
centrated at the Jail. The mob was
lowering about the east entrance clam
Oring for some one to start the trouble.
A rush was made for the south street
door of the Jail. 1--WE will get in here, :"
shouted the leader.
Baked at the Start.
"Stopn said a glittering six-shooter
In the hands of Capt. Mccormack, SO
the leaders halted.
what do you want?'' asked the cap
tain.
I'VE want that id nigger," was
Che reply, land we Will get him. Get
out of the way"
''If you take step this way I'll kill
yOu." said the captain, as he showed the
pistol under the spokesman's nose.
PersuaSively silent. the little round hole
i'll the barrel, backed by the officers
iron nerve, did the work, and the crowd
abandoned the Harvey street door.
Then sledgeS were brought and
the east door was assailed.
This was built of strong steel lattice.
doors must be broken through. This
seemingly impenetrable wall stood be-
tween the crowd of angry men who,
having tasted blood thirsted for more
Owe will get the niger now" went up
from the crowd as solid blows rang on
the doors. 1t was useless. No Sledge
would tell against that door.
About block away is the power
house of the cable street railway COM
Z ali = l.
and long, heavy bars of steel. In a
minute half dozen of these were
borne by sturdy hands up the HILL
While this was being done, the tele-
phone wires had been cut and there was
no communication with the Jail.
Gov. Boyd pushed his way through
the crowd to the Jail door, and before a
blow from the battering ram was struck
he essayed to speak to the crowd. III
commenced. Il implore you to
be quiet and desist from your unlawful
efforts. Let the law take its course :;
let -" His words were cut off by
A Man with a SIedge
who said: 'Youar not governor here ::
get out: go attend to your opera house,''
and smash the steel rail changed against
the Steel door. The latter yielded
slightly. A mighty yell went up from
the maddcned men, and again and
again the battering ram was hurled
against the door. Steel cannot stand
everything, and in five minutes the
door was open. Then there was a short
parley, and the second door was as
sailed. While all this was going on
Omana's police force of ninety men was
gathered, but concentration was impos-
sible. The officers were lost in the
crowd. Some one suggested that the
fire deparement be called out and
the hose turned on. But it was
not that kind of mob. The firemen
came and laid their hose, and the crowd
the tiremen away. They were after the
negro.
Bang! bang! came the sound of steady
blows from inside the jail as the crowd
worked on the steel doors.
1t didn't take the crowd long after the
second door was passed to effect an en-
trance to the huge steel cage in which
the cells are located. There, wrapped
in blanket, covered the trembling
wretch for whom the lynchers sought
A howl of wild eXultation was
sent up by the leaders, who
called for tools to cut their way
into the cage. Yell after yell of tri-
umph went up from the outside, and
D. soon sledges and cold chisels were in
the hands of those nearest the cage. AS
the clang of the blows rung through the
Jail and into the court yard the crowd
kept up its bowling.
Ia the meantime the police, under
Chief Seavy, undertook to mass at the
Jail entrances. The crowd surged up,
picked up the police and carried them to
the edge of the yard. There they stayed.
Then the work went on.
No Mercy was There.
Inside the cage the negro begged and
pleaded. He insisted he was charged
with burglary. damn you, wen
burglary YOU" came the response.
He prayed and cried and rolled on the
floor in terror. His shrieks for mercy
were answered with blows that brought
his eXecutioners nearer. AT this time
the door was open. Then with one last
yell of terror the negro was seized bv
the hands of men eager for his blood
and thrust through the corridor.
Here men 70 identify him were called
for. 1t was determined to make no
mistake. So on pressed those who
knew him and his doom was sealed. A
lamb would have Jared better amidst a
pack of wolves. Coe was not torn limb
from limb, but he got thousand curses
and blow for every curse.
There is driveway fifty yards long
leading from the Jail to the intersection
OF Seventeenth and Harvey streets.
This is r1ved with granite, Over this