Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-10
4 NEGRO LYNCHED
. omaha, Neb, for an Outrageous
and Fatal Assault
rpm LITTLE LIZZIE YATES.
,v5 Vent Quietly to the Jail and Demanded
ss Prisoner, Eus Were Driven from the
Front DoOr-Rails Battered Down
tas Side poor and the
Eruls Vas hung.

O,nHA, NEB., October 9.-This was
.-sat day here. Public sentiment
-.5 neon wrought up highly by the exc
.--i1n of Ed. Neal.
Tsf, tension was added to when re-
-.-- became current that little Lizzie
,.as. the fve-year-Old victim OF
..,f.l assault by Joe COe, a disreputa-
t.. oarrO. had died. COe was confined
the city jaih but people did not know
.W, viii lynch the niger" was soon
heard on every side, and it was evident
,... before nighttal the days comment
...It terminate in q tragedy. Nlght
.,..e on with an OminOuS quiet. Few
,..1,e were in the streets. There was
r, Irtimauion OF the trouble in sight
.,85culy about $50 o'clock there came
lsrfused sounds of tramping aud hur-
,-..r along the paved street toward
.te .au1ty Jail, and In remarHaOIy
short time the Jail was surrounded
There was no organization apparent
NJ attack was made on the jail lor
my moments. IN the meantime a Few
,sicemen and force OF deputy sherius
rar ofliciated in the Neal hanging were
lsreentrated at the jail The moo was
f4ytring about the east entrance clam
a-.ng for some one 20 start the trouble.
rush was made for the South street
door of the Jail.
I'VE will get in here." shouted the
leader. ,
stop" said a giiitering siX-shooter
F.. the hands of Captain Cormack, so the
Leaders, halted
"What do you want?' asked the
Captain. ,,
t5s reply; sand we will get him. Get
ont OF the way"
"lf YOU take a step this way I'll kill
rar." said the Captain, and be showed
n. pistol under the spOkesman's nose.
The crowd then abandoned this en-
t-.uee and brought sledgeS and the east
t5l- was aSSailed.
Che s.edges not being strong enough
% break some of the iOterlor
f.5rs. rails, which were laying on a
Stree, railway, some distance, were
fr1rrht into operation. While this
was going on, Ex-Governor Boyd ar
rived on the scene and prayed the mob
O. jssisJ. They paid no attention to
tu.
Ninety policemen were brought but
could not be concentrated. They were
l,tiu the crowd.
TIE pounding on the doors still con-
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The police, under Chief Seavey, un-
derto0k % mass az Jail entrances. The
crowds surged 20, picked up the police
and carried them 70 the edge Of
the yard. There they stayed.
Then the work went on. Inside
the cage the negro begged and pleaded,
His ShriekS for mercy were answered
with blows that brought his execution
ers nearer.
AZ this time the door was open. Then
with one last yell OF terror the negro
was seized by the hands of men eager
i0- his blood and thrust
through the corridor. Here, men, to
Identify him were called for.
twas determined to make no mistake.
soon pressed forward those who knew
h.w aud his doom was sealed. A lamb
would have Jared better among pack
OF wolves. Coe was not torn limb from
limo, but he got a thousand curses and
a blow for every curse.
There was drive way fifty yards
long leading from the jail to the inter
section OF Seventeenth and Harvey
streets. The poor wretch was dragged
over the rough granite pavement. II
u4,,ored not that life was extinct.
a rope was thrown over q trolley wire
Of 'Le electric line. Then a hundred
hands pulled and hundred men Surged
back, aad high above the street, direct
lyi front of the beautiful new Boyd's
Iaeater, swung the lifeless corpse Of
Uuaha'S latest rape fiend.