The Red Cloud chief., 1891-10-16

Of the Jail and the condemned man
marched up with a firm step. His az
lions On the scafold were in accord
ance with the nerve that he has shown
since his arrest
At the last m Neal confessed
that he did the crime unassist-d aud
asked the forgiveness OF ALL especially
Of the Jones family.
All that is known Of Meats past life
is hat he served terms In the Iowa and
Kansas penitcntiaries. His real name
was never divulgei. nor 81 far as
known did he communicate 10 his farni-
ly. IL n ne had. intelligence Of his
sad plight
This is the first legal hanging in this
county in twentv-three years
A NEGRO LYNCHEp.
OMAHA, Neb, Oct l0.-Over an cleo
trio railway trolley wire in front of
Omaha's most beautiful place Of amusc-
ment naked As when he came into the
world save for n fragment Of a blue
blouse and the shoes he wore, swings
the dead body of Joe Coe. a negro of
90, the victim Of an angry mob of in
censed citizens.
Public sentiment here had beer
wrought up To a high pitch by the ex-
~ecution of Ed Neal and this tension
was added TO when the rep 1T became
current hat Lizzie Yates, the five
year-old victim IF a ficndish assault by
John Coo, "a disreputablc negro. had
died.
ave will lynch the negro" was
heard on every side aud IL was evident
before nightfall that the day would Lee
made memorable by Il l%ynching.
Night came on with all ominous quiet
and few people were on the streets
Suddenly. about $50 o'clock, there
came a confused sound of tramping
and hurrying along the paved streets
toward the county Jail and in a re-
m~arkably short time the Jail was sur
rounded.
No leader seemed to control the
row and yclls filled the air, hundreds
shouting at once what 10 ds No as
sault was made on the Jail for nan
moments. the mol standing i~rrcsolutc.
waiting for some one o. lead.
A rush was made for the south street
door of the Jail. IA self-appoin;ed leader
shouting: I'VE will get In here"
The nerve of Officer Cormack. who
presented a revolver 10 the face IF the
leader caused the crowd 70 abandon
the attempt NJ this entrance.
Then sledges were brought aud the
east door was assailed This was built
of strong steel lattice. Once inside
four more steel lattice doors must ~
broken through. This seemingly i'm
wall stood between the
Of angry men and their victim.
I'VE will get the niger" now went,
from the crowd as solid blows rang
on the solid doors. II was useless No
would tell against that door.
About a block away Is the power
house Of the cable street railway com
pany. Near it are huge piles Of rails
long. heavy bars Of steel. In u minute
half a dozen of these were borne by
hands up the hill.
Ex-Gov. Boyd pushed his way through
the crowd IN the Jail door and before a
blow from The battering ram was
he essayed TO speak 20 the crowd:
1T will te a disgrace 10 Omaha" he
II implore you - bc quiet
and desist from your unlawful efforts
Let the law take its due course. let"
The governors words were u OF
by a man with ssledgc who sail: You
are not governor here. Get out. Gao
to your opera house"
Then the steel rail changed against
The steel door. The latter yielded
and a mighty yell went up
rom the madiened men and again ant
again the battcring ram was hurled
the door. Steel cannot stand
and in Ave minutes the door
open
Then there was a short parlcy and
he second door was assailed. While
Ill this was going on Onaha's puny po-
ice force OF ninety men "a gathered.
put the officers were lost In the crowd.
The doors were finally battered down
md the wre,ched negro. begging for
mercy. was dragged out The mob
and beat him a. they dragged
,im out lie was identified, and al
iusensible fr n the rouRI treat
nent received the negro was hanged a.
trolley wire of the electric stree;
'ailway near Boyd's opera house