Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-02-22
Wild Outbreak Of Race Hatred
Follows Murder Of Policeman
in South Omaha Packing Dis
trict.
STORES PILLIGED AND
DESTROYED BY RIOTERS
Authorities Powedess 10 Stay
Fury Of People Stirred to
Frenzy by incendiary Speech
es of Politicians,

tBy Morning Journal special Leased WireI
Omaha, E'b 21-From midattcr-
noon until far into the night South
omaha. this city's big suburb. has
been the scene Of roting. murderous
assaults and pillage. More than 30
buildings have been burned. wrecked
or badly damaged and probably
score of persons injured half that
number seriously BY heroic work the
police have prevented actual loss OF
nfe
The immediate cause Of the trouble
,eas the killing on Friday night OF
Policeman Ed lowery by kohn Mas
uredes. a greek whom the officer had
placed under arrest Masuredcs was
brought to the Douglas county Jail
here ut once ANA for fear OF an ut
tempt to lynch him he was talScn sat-
urday afternoon to Lincoln and nlaecd
m the penitentialY to await his pre-
liminary hearing
ON saturday Il petition was cireu-
lated in south Omaha and signed by
hundreds of citizens, setting forth
thot a large number OF creek resi-
dents Of the place were of the unde-
I sirabl. class and calling mass meet
| ing at th, city hAll tor SanllaS nfter-
noon 60 dscusss methods OF riddine
the city OF them
More than a thousand men attend
ed the meeting which was addressed
bv men OF prominence. including two
members of the state legislature
whose speeches were calculated to ia
namc the passions OF the more eScit-
able.
THE meeting ended. large portion
Of The crowd started out with the in
tantion of carrying out the suggcs-
zion Of the speakers ia the most sum-
mar, mannor
| Governor Shallenhcrger was con-
| sultch ana exprcssed willingness 70
caIl ont troops if necessary No such
| dnr,ord was made tonight however.
r,,,,.n arrests had bcen made M to
,,td,i.b,
r,lln,,ing inc barnneiro nt the mass
| n,o.,in. a. tbo CITY hall Of south
! omaha this afternoon at which two
,,crhera of thc state legislature and
a, ,ttornec were tho principal speak
~ , eytId mob of 500 to 900 men
star,rd for the creek quarter TO
o,nn.,. tho death of patromau Ed
card t.overN Before their thirst
for blood had been satisfied two boys
were shot and at least eight persons
hod hr.n inhired hy heavy missilcs
which the crowd used as weapons and
NOT loss thnn thirty buildings were
partftlN demolished The injured
how. ora Frank Sweeney and Joseph
| ,t,rhte narh about 15 years OF age.
,,bo received part OF the contents OF
, shot enn ared into the crowd by the
muddcned creeks Thc other per-
sons injured we're AN foreigners and
,,tor thah wounds we're dressed they
o.er,. srnt to their hons
crowd Of perhaps 1000 or 4o0O
quickly gathered to augment the size
~ inc mob and a general a~-ault was
bepan on the homes and business
places of the Greeks The maddened
crowd began IT'S work of destruction
by throwing stones and bricks through
the windows Of stores and houses
known to De occupied by the crooks.
In a very short time havoc was nude
with The fronts of these plnHs and
the stocks OF the stores We're quickly
laid waste TWO blocks away am
other crowd smashed the front "i Il
tempted to pinage the interior when