The Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 191?-19??, 1919-10-01
MOB
BREAKS ALL
PAST RECORDS
NOT ONLY HANGS A RAPIST
BUT BURNS COURTHOUSE
AND INJURE MAYOR
TROOPS FINALLY CALLED OUT
Sheriff BraveIy Stays In Burning
Building Until Last Possible
Moment.

Omaha, Neb., Sept. William
Brown, negro, alleged to have as
saulted a white girl, was dragged
from the county jail at IL o'clock
tonight and hanged to an electric
pole following the struggle of nine
hours by an immense mob to wrest
him from the sheriff.
An attempt made to "lynch" May
cd Ed. Smith when he appeared to
appeal to the mob was foiled, but
Mayor Smith was rescued just in
time.
Although reports were conflicting
it is known that a rope was thrown
around his neck.
A policeman cut it off.
The Mayor was carried out un-
conscious by a squad of police Off
GERS and friends and he was hurried
to the Office of surgeon nearby and
! removed to hospital.
The riot centered around the new
county court house building, which
was set on fire in the efforts to reach
William Brown, negro, charged
with attacking Agnes Lobeck white
girl, few days ago.
With the flames mounting steadi
ly from floor to oor, Sheriff Mike
Clark and his deputies fought
grim battle Of hours to save Brow
from those who clamored for hi
> life, but at IL o'clock, with the erie
: of the 100 or more prisoners on tn
top floor, the Jail floor, he was con
PEELED to surrender the prisoner.
The latter was hurried to a
= electric light pole and hanged.
For hours it was not know
whether Sheriff Clark and the pris
oners were alive or dead. There wa
. no way to get word in or out of tn
building. Some faces, supposed t
a be those Of deputies could occasion
ally be discerned from the obscurinl
smoke at the windows from time t.
time and the cries of the Jail pris
= oners, now imprisoned as well b,
h flames and smoke could be hear'
II above the shouts and cries of tn
mob.
a. Sheriff Clark is believed to hav
surrendered Brown only when tn
/ came too menacing.
/ threat of death to his deputies be
After the lynching the fremer
v were for the first time able to ge
I a stream to the flames, which wer
T controlled by hard work and tn
/ prisoners rescued.
: Troops Ordered Out.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 2S.-Permis
sion to use the troops at Forts Oma
L ha and Crook to help to restore or
der in Omaha, where rloting brok
out tonight, has been secured, ac
cording to announcement made b.
Chief of Police johnson here tonight
&c Word to this effect had been receiv
ed, the chief said, by State official
n here following request made t
Secretary of War Baker for author
l. ity.
With 800 troops from Forts Oms
N ha and Crook, and Camp Dodge, o
% rioting duty, and with 500 more so
i diers due to arrive later, Omaha OF
~ ficials were confident there would b
9 no further outbreak of the race riot
ing. The troops have been posteC
machine guns place at points of var
\ tage, and are in control of the city
\ General Leonard A. Wood has take
J charge ofthe situation.
Women Join In Fighting.
= Women joined in the beating ad
4 ministered three negroes. A bis
4 crowd marched to the police static
4 in search Of negro prisoners, but re
coiled when the police made shov
,e of force. Numerous attacks on ne
groes in the downtown district cor
tinued, some dangerously hurt.
Woman Acts Barbara Freitchie.
v At one point Barbara Freitchi
rt appeared at window at the mort
at end of the building in the person Q
an aged woman, who wildly flung a
n. American flag to the wind and al
IL pealed to the mob to desist.
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