The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1891-10-15

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OxAHA, Neh, Oct. 1O.--The Omaha
county jail Saa surrounded Friday
sss & sss!'Rs re- 9Th aGs s9s
Joe Coo, negro who recently made
fap atthtk upon I lzxteI Yates esyssrls
old Mwas reported that thes .childs
was dead and FkiSr 'cAus1zf The tbresar9.
Public sentiment has been wrought
NJ RhlksRy tbaexccntion Qf Ed Neal,
Thle ttnst1p - adSti t6 Xheigtl4
senekt -. krs( Aat - u
had died. We viii lynch fhes niger
was soon heard on every side and
it was evident that be5oso~ai9htfau
the days event would eliminate in
aktragedy. Night came on with an
ol.inoua quiet. There were few peo-
ple iDstke streets, and there Was 10 il.
timatiod Of The trouble insight Abort
ESQ o'clock there were confused sounds
! "a p " pug 0A4A hurry lux okOuX VuG
paved street toward the county Jail
and In remarkably short" time~thee
Jail was surrounded.
A rush was made for the Harvey
street door Of the Jail. 1--WE will get
in here" shouted 4 leader who sudden
ly appeared. =
"Stop!' said Capt. Cormack who pre-
Esented;s tevoNer. The leaderg heltsd. q
"What do You want?' asked the caps
tain.
1--WE want that IT. negro,"' was the
reply, "and we will get him. !; Get out
q 1T If yse take step this way IN kill
you," said the captain, as he showed the
pistol under the spo<esman's nose.
Persuasiyely the little round hole in
the barfV,s backed by true officers
| iron nerve did the work snd
] the crowd abandoned the Har-
ney street door. Then sledges
were brought and the east door was
assaulted. This was built OF strong
steel lattice Once inside four more
steel lattice doors must be -, broken
through This seemingly impenetra-
BILE wall stood between the crowd Of
angry men who having tasted blood
thirsted for more. Solid blows: rang
on the doors. It was useless. No sledge
| would tell against that door.
About block away. was the power
house of the cable street railway COM
pany. Near it were huge piles of rails
and long, heavy bars st steel. m q
minute some of these were borne by
sturdy hands up the hill. While this
was being done the telephone wires
had been cut and there: was no COM
munication with the Jail. The steel rail
changed against the steel door. The
latter yielded slightly. A mighty yell
went up from the maddened 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
short parley and the second door was
assailed. While all this was going on
Omaha's police force of ninety
men was gathered, but concentra-
ton was impossible. The officers
were lost in the crowd. Some
one suggested that the fire de-
partment 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 simply car
ried away the lines and drove the fire.
men away.
| 1t did not tslke 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 a blanket, covered the
trembling wretch for whom the
lynchers sought.
In the meantime the police, under
Chief Seavy, undertook to mass at the
Jail entrance. The crowd surged up,
picked up the police and carried them
to the edge of the yard. There they
| staid Then the work went on.
Inside the cage the negro begged and
pleaded. 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 doorwas open.
| Then with one last yell of terror the,
negro was seized by the hands of men
eager for his blood and thrust through
the corridor. Here men to identity
him were called for It was deter
] AAAAASSA W Al0nO ~ "ASLdhc % On
pressed those who knew him and his
doom was sealed. A lamb would have
Jared better amidst pack Of wolves.
Coe. was not torn limb from limb, but
he got thousand curses and blow
for every curse
There is a driveway so yards long
leading from the Jail: to the intersec-
ton of Seventeenth and Harvey streets.
This is paved with g, ante. Over this
rough road the wretch was dragged by
his ruthless captors. After he reached
the door he did not speak word, and
In all probability was unconscious. BY
| the time the street was reached he
was dead. 1t mattered not that life
was extinct A rope was thrown over
! trolley wire Of: the electric line. 1t
had served to, drag the doomed man
from his c, H., Then q hundred hands
pulled and a hundred men surged back,
and high above tile street directly in
front of Boyd's theater swung the life
less corpse of Omaha's fiend. = ,,..s:
Last Wednesday afternoon young
Coe went to the honse Of Mr.. Yates on
an errand and, the mother supposed,
| went away; but instead he returned,
and picking up the little girl, who was
playing in the yard, carried her to
barn a short distance away and accom-.
plished his purpose. He was arrested
that night and was bound over to the
district court for trial. :. The little girl
was not seriously injured and her ultis
mate recovery is anticipated.
| Want Her to Resign. =: :
| KANSAS CITY, Kan. Oct: 10.-The
town of Kiowa, Kan, is all in tur-
moil, the people being in open re-
volt against the woman mayor,
Mrs. Paxton. They have ! petit,
toned her to resign, The business
men. who; depend for much Of their
trade on the cattlemen, are opposed to
prohibition, and Mrs: Paxton has kept
up, continual war on: the liquor