Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-10-22

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C,MAHA oct d M was /. 81 eraat ~.
here. Public sentiment 3 Had hs.ss
wrought up highly BY the execution 4
Med Neal. This tension was added q
whom q report became current that littls
Lizzie Yates The, year.olds Victim 4
the lustful assault BY Joe Coe, 4 din.
reputable negro, had died. Cos O..
confined in the city jail. bnt he pleaiad
he did not know it. We will lynch fha
nigger, was soon heard on every sida
and it was evident that before niphtfaII
the day would terminate in q tragedy.
4 Night came on with unusual u11at.
ness, and few people were in the streets
There was no intimation OF trouble Il
sight, untilsuddenly, about 9 80 o. olook
there came confused sounds of tramninr
and hurrying along the paved street,
toward the county jail, and in a'remark.
ably short time the Jail was surrounded.
There was no organization apparent
and no leader seemed to control The.
crowd. Yells filled the air, hundreds
shouting at once what to do. No al.
tack was made on the Jail for MANY mo.
ments, the mob standing irresolute
waiting for some one to lead. n
the meantime few policemen and
the deputy sheriffs who oficiated
in the Neal hanging were concentrated.
the mob was hanging about the east en-.
trance clamoring for some one to start
the trouble. A rush was made for the
south street door of the Jail, but stop
said glittering six.shooter in Cha
hands of Captain Oormack, so the lead
ers halted and finally retreated. Then
sledges were brought and at last the
door was assailed. This was built Of
strong steel lattice, and the crowd had
to desist.
The crowd then secured heavy bars Of
steel to batter down the doors. Ex.
Governor Boyd tried to stop them. His
words were cut off by a man with
sledge who said: "You are not governor
here; get out; go attend to your opera.
house, and smash, the steel Changed
against the steel door. The lattice
yielded slightly and mighty yell went
up from the maddened men, and again
and again the battering ram was hurled
against the door.
Even steel cannot stand everything.
and in five minutes the door was open.
Then there was q. mighty shout: and the
second door was assailed. While this
was going on police force of ninety
men was gathered. but concentration
was impossible, as the officers were lost
in the crowd. Some one suggested that
the fire department be called out and
the hose turned on, but it was not that
kind of mob. When the firemen laid
their hose the. crowd simply carried
away the lines and drove the firemen
away. They were after that negro's
blood, and bang, bang, came The sound
of the steady blows from inside the Jail,
as the men kept up their work. on the
steel doors.
It did not take the crowd long after
the second door was passed to effect an
entrance to the huge steel cage in which
tho cells are located. There, wrapped
in blanket, the cawardly wretch Law
trembling for whom the lynohers were
seeking.
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 triumph went up from the out
side, and soon sledges and cold. chisels
were in the hands of those nearest the
cage.
In the meantime the police, under
Chief Seavey, undertook to mass at the
jail entrance, but 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 inside
the cage. The negro begged and
pleaded, but his shrieks for mercy were
answered with the blows that brought
his execution nearer.
At last the bars gave way and the
wretched negro was seized and thrust
through into the corridor. Here he was
identified. A lamb would have Jared
better among pack of wolves. There
Is driveway fifty yards long leading
from the jail to the intersection Of
Seventeenth and Harvey streets.
This is paved with granite. Over
this rough road the poor wretch was
dragged. Since he had left the Jail door
he had not spoken word, and in all
probability was unconscious. BY the
time the street was reached he was dead.
1t mattered not that life was extinct
The rope was thrown over the trolley
wire of the electric line.
1t had served to drag the doomed man
from his cell. Then q hundred hands
pulled by hundred men surged back
and high above the street directly in
front of the beautiful new Boyd's Thea
tire, swung the lifeless corpse of the lat
est rape fend.
Tho Leader Arrested.
OMAHA, Oct. 10-Joseph Newshaffer,