The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-10-17
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AN OMAHA NEoRor TAKEN FROM
JAIL AND HANGED
Efforts or the Police OF mo Avail In
Checking she Rioters In Their De-
sIgn-Drasgcd over the stones.

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OMAHA. Neb., Oct. ,0.--Public senti-
ment We terday was wrought up high
ly by the execution OF ed Neal.
This tension was added to when report
became current that Lizzie Yates, the
5-year-old victim of an assault by '.oe''
Coc. disreputablc negro. had died.
Coe was confined in the city jail, but
the people did not know it,
1--WE will lynch the Niger" was
soon heard on every side and IL was
evident that before night all the days
comment would terminate in a trag-
edy. Night came on with an ominous
quiet. Few people were in the streets
There was no intimation OF the trouble
in sight.
Suddenly, about gao o'clock. there
were confused sounds OF tramping
and nurrying along the paved street
toward the county Jail, and in re
markably short time the Jail was SUR
rounded. There was no organization
apparent. No leader seemed To con-
troll the crowd. Yells filled the air.
hundreds shouting mt once what To do.
No attack was made on the Jail for
many moments, the mob standing
irresolute, waiting for some one TO
lead.
In the meantime few policemen
and force of deputy sheriffs that
otiiciated I'm the Neal hanging were
con, entrated at the Jail The mob was
lowering about the east entrance,
clamoring for some one To start the
trouble. A rush was made for the
south door OF the Jail. I'VE will get
in here, shouted the leader.
"Stopl' said glittering six-shooter
| in the heads of Capt. Cormack, so the
leaders halted.
What do you want ?" asked the cap
tain.
I'VE want that negro" was the re-
ply, and we will get nim-get out OF
the way" HaNH&N NAt#
IF you take a step tins way I'll
kill you said the captain, as he
showed the pistol under the spokes-
mans nose. persuasivcly silent, the
little round hole in the BARREL backed
by n true officers iron nerve, did the
work. and the crowd abandoned the
Ilarnev street door.
About block away is the power
house Of the cable street railway com
pany. Near IL are huge piles OF rails
| and long heavy bars OF steel In a
minute half a 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
| wns no communication with the Jail.
Ex-Gov. Boyd pushed his way
| through the crowd 90 the Jail door and
before blow by the battering ram was
| struck he essayed TO speak To the
| crowd
ut will be disgrace TO Omaha,
he commenced IL implore you To be
quiet and dcsist from your unlawful
efforts Let the law take It's due
course; let +"
| His words were cut off by man
with n sledge, who said, "You are not
| Governor here Get out; go attend to
| your opera house." ana the steel rail
changed against the steel door.
In five minutes the door was open.
Then there was a short parley and the
second door was assailed.
| While all tins was gong on the
Omaha police force OF ninety men was
| gathered but concentration was i'm
possible. The officers were lost In he
crowd. Some one suggested that the
| fire department be called out and the
hose turned on, but IL was not that
kind OF mob. The firemen came and
Il
| carried away the lines and drove the
fircmen away. They were after the
negro.
| II did not take the crowd long after
the second door was passed TO effect an
entrance TO the huge steel cage in
which the cells are located. There,
wrapped in q blanket, covered the
trem bling wretch for whom the lynch
ers 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 triumph went up from the
outside and soon sledges and cold
| chiscls were in the hands of those
nearest the cage. AS the clang of the
blows rang through the Jail and into
the courtyard the crowd kept up its
bowling.
| In the meantime the police under
| Chief Seahy undertook To mass at the
! jail entrance The crowd surgcd 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. lie insisted he was
charged with burglary. lie 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. With one last yell OF
terror the negro was seized by the
hands of men eager for his blood aud
thrust through the corridor. Here
men to identify him were called for.
IL was determined To make no mis-
take. So on pressed those who knew
him and his doom was sealed.
lamb would have Jared better amid
| n pack Of wolves. Coo 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 intcrscc.
ton of Seventeenth and Harvey
streets. This Is paved with granite.
Over this rough road the wretch was
dragged by his ruthless captors. Since
he had reached the door he had not
spoken word aud In nll probability
was unconscious. by the time the
street was reached he was dead. II
mattercd not that life was extinct.
A rope was thrown over trolly
wire of the electric line. IL had served
TO drag the doomed man from his cell.
Then hume red hands pulled and a
hundred men surged back and high
above the street directly In front OF the
beautiful new Boyd theater swung
the lifelcss body.