The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-03-16
Avengers Determined TO
Kill Eight MurdererS
Tonight,
FIRST ATTEMPT FAILED
Aided by Police and Fire
men, Jailer Succeeded in
Saving the Prisoners.

OMAHA. Neb. March t6.-Fearins
smother attack on the Douglas county
5au by mob of 500 citizens bent upon
lynching eight myrderers, the author
tiles Of Omaha prepared today 20 ap-
peal % Governor McCuey fOr troops
N the event of the police being unable
10 cope with the situation
Sheriff McDonald's heroisla and lis
s15tegy n spiritiug away ESe white
and three col0reJ men sought hy the
iynchers mas prevented fcr The time. al
east. The execution Of the prisoners.
Willie the MOB WAS raging outside
the Jail and planning 10 batter dow
tne doors With a telegraph pole. the
sheriff offered % admit a committee in
side the steel part Of the prison The
russ succeeded. and while the search
VAS being made the eight men acre
transferred and hidden.
Police Battered Heads
Forty policemen igured in the melee
n the jail doors and they bates ed
many heads with their clubs Drawn
reVolNers in the hands of the police
and a score Of asemen from a nearby
engine hOnse ready 10 turn the hose
upon tne mob suftced 10 keep the angr,
Jhrong in c.ieJk until the crisis Was
over
Several days ago three colored men
held UP street cer and shot the CON
duet u. James Fiury. The wife OF one
"r the ma -auders took the story 20 the
police and all three were arrested. one
of them confessed The street ear men
in the city made no conceaIment OF
their purpose 10 lynch the men II Fury
died
ln the jail waiting rial were FIVE
white men three accused OF numbering
Nels Lausten. saIoonkeper; another
charged with killing a relative for the
insurance money and another for MUIR
derinZ q companion after quarrel.
The street car conductor. FlUry. died
~ .,3N o'clock last night and within
an hour crowd began 20 assemble
around the Jail
All Eager for Revenge
After II o'clock the ranks of the crowd
were swelled by the arrival OF several
hundred conductors. motormen. and
harm employees OF The street railway
company eager FOR revenge
Sheriff Mcdonald had an early tin
that lynehing would he attempted. and
before the crowd was aware Of MS pur-
pose took all Of the eight murderers
out Of the iail To a place OF safety.
A. midnight there was a cheer as
twenty men came through the crowd
carrying a heavy piece OF timber rxen-
ty-tour feet long. As many men as
could get hold OF il seized IT, and with
2 f-w well delivered blows demolished
the outside doors OF the jail
Forty or fifty men gained access 20 The
corridor. but by this time the police re-
serves arrived and attacked the crowd
outside. Sheriff Mcdonald assured the
men inside the Jail that the prisoners
they wanted had been taken away.
Murderers Had Disappeared.
Shortly after oclock the men search
Ing for dynamite returned without the
explosive. The sheriff later invited AIr
Jsy. roommate of the dead conductor
to go through the jail in search for the
murderers. jay did so. and announced
that ne was unable 10 locate them.
he sheriff made a speech to the mob
ielhng them that the next attempt TO
storm the jail would be met with q
Noiley OF bullets from 100 policemen or
Spidiers, and warned everyone 10 leave
tne streets at once. The mob dispersed.
"a Al I'D a. m. only the uoiice were
lett- The mob swears X will get the
-reruerers tonight.