Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-02-22
SOUTH OMAHA MOB
WRECK HOMES or GREEKS.
Ten Buildings Were Attaeksd--For-
eianers Fired Into the Mob.

Omaha. Neb., Feb. 21.--A mon OF
more than ave hundred persons gath
cred in the streets Of South Omaha
this afternoon and began an assault
on the homes of aeyerai Greeks,
smashing them with bricks. stones
and other missiles. and otherwise at
tempting to run the Greeks from the
town. The foreigners fired into the
crowd, two boys being shot. but not
fatally.
Ten buildings were attacked bv the
rioters and store fronts and residence
windows were smashed. The inmates
OF one of the buildings fred on the
mob and Michael Sweeney, a bo- was
shot in the stomach, arms and hands.
and another boy was injured In the
leg. Only birdshot was. used and thu
boys are not thought TO be seriously
hurt A second riot call was sent In
at six o'clock and additional police
were hurried to the scene.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 2i.-At 9 o'clock
tonight the mob again began depre-
dations and riot calls came I'm from
several places. At Thirty-second
street and Q street the mob set frs
to the house OF a Greek. Three men
were taken from the place. After be-
ing severely beaten, two of them were
put on a passing street car and while
the other was taken away by a por-
him on board an outgoing train. "a
is not known what was done with him.
The fire department eXtinguished the
blaze. Charles Nestroyl a member of
the mob which was trying TO break
into a building at 2sth and Q streets.
suffered a gunshot wound in the fore
head. He was taken to a hospital.
mob smashed the front OF a store
at Both and @ streets. and one Of the
Greek employees Of the place was Sc
verely injured. The police rescued him
and sent him to q hospital In an au-
tCmobile
At 2sth ana 4 streets the mob SET
fire 10 a double frame building occu-
pied as a boarding house. Twenty
five or thirty Greeks made II their
home. The building was destroyed,
but all the occupants escaped.
Omaha Neb., Feb. 21.--After an aft
ernoon and evening Of rioting by 5000
men and boys bent on driving Greeks
from South Omaha, the police late to-
night quelled the disturbances after
the mob had wrecked or burned more
than thirty buildings and injured mora
than score OF persons, mostly Greeks.
There was no loss Of life and all the
in 'ured win probably recover.
Governor Shallenger tonight ex-
pressed q willingness to call out the
troops T. necessary but no such de-
mand Was made tonight. as Sheriff
Bradley believes he has the situation
under control. Fifteen arrests were
made tonight in connection with the
riots.
When the rioters reached 3oth and
@ streets thew smashed In the plate
glass front OF a Greek grocery. The
proprietor, DionsiOs Catapodis, and his
family were in the rear OF the store,
and as the husband came oct he was
shot In the leg. Officers reached the
place In a few minutes and took the
wounded man to the police station in
an automobile by stealth. The FIRE de-
Qartment was called to SOD and q
str' ets where the mob had set fire to
Greek grocery and residence. e. The
rioters beat two Of the Greeks into un-
consciousness and started Gown town
with third, beating him as they went
7 he police took the man away from
the crowd and took all three OF the
injured men 70 the police station.
Chief of Police Briggs urged the
crowd to disperse. but his words were
received with silent contennt. In an
tutomobile with several ceputies he
patr4led the streets ready 10 rush to
SaCh point OF new trouble.
Late in the evening William Chan
Ter and Edward Porter were arrested
and sent to the police sation charged
with disturbing the peace. Chanler
was haranguing a crowd 10 violence
and Porter was leading a crowd OF
hoodlums.
At II o'clock a riot call was turned
in from 26th and y streets where a
crowd had gathered. The mob quickly
fed to gath street. where they demol-
ished Greek candy store