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Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05

The lynching of Will Brown in
Omaha Sunday night was the first
that'has occurred in this city since
Saturday, October 10, 1891, when
Joe Coe, alias George Smith, was
hanged to wire supporting the
Harvey street trolley wire in front
of the Boyd theater, Seventeenth
and Harvey street, just one block
from the scene of the hanging OF
Brown Sunday night.
Smith, alias Joe Coe, was charged
with brutally assaulting a 5-year-
old girl named Lizzie Yates, who
was reported dead the afternoon'be-
fore Coe was lynched. The alleged
death of the little girl later proved
to hs without foundation.
Taken Before Parents.
The accused negro was taken
from the city jail Friday afternoon
and driven to the home of the girls
parents, living at l712 North
Eighteenth street, for the purpose
of Identification. He was dressed in
different clothes than he wore at the
time or the attack, but Mrs. Yates
was quite certain he was the negro
who had been proving around the
house representing himself to be a
garbage man.
She said she would not be willing
to Swear positively as to his identity.
The little girl was still timid and
very nervous from her experience,
and could not be induced to look
at the negro, so nothing could be
obtained from her in the way of
identifying her assailant.
At $3.50 crowd collected around
the city jail, but they were told that
the accused negro had been taken
to the county jail By there was
a crowd of over 1000 around the
county Jail yelling bring out the
Niger" numerous cries like this
and almost at exactly the same time
were heard at the courthouse Sum
day night.
Break the Door"
After a good deal of bowling,
some one yelled, Lets break the
door," and soon a line of men ap-
peared carrying long, heavy post.
Sheriff John F. Boyd appeared and
standing on the steps said: Gentle
men and fellow citizens, as sheriff of
Douglas county, | command you to
dispense. l know what you want,
but Smith is not here, he was taken
away about supper time"
"A fake, lie," the crowd
howled. After a moment the sheriff
was able to continue, and said that
he must do his duty and protect
the jail.
IF l had my way" said Boyd to
closing, II would furnish the rope
to hang the wretch"
Governor Appears.
Governor James E. Boyd was
sent for, and crowding his way to
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05

the steps, attempted to speak, but
the bowling stopped only for a
moment, while the governor said:
"For the honor of Omaha. men,
desist. Your actions are disgrace
to the city and will bring shame to
every man in it. I implore you to
cease and let the law. take its
course Be men and dispense"
Councilman Moriarty grabbed
hold of the bars over the window
of the jailer's office and urged the
mob on. Moriarty started things
by thrusting his cane through the
bars and breaking the windows. A
couple dozen men took up the heavy
post and using it as a ram, started
to break through the steel bars.
This could not be done, and atten-
ton was turned to the window cas-
ing. Every stroke of the timber
was greeted with lusty cheers.
Tailor Presents Gun.
An old white-haired man, Uncle
Jimmie Cannon, who was as much
of a leader. as any one. said he
would go and started to climb into
the window, but he was met by
Jailer Lynch, who held heavy re-
volver at the old mans head and
told him to get out. Then a 20
foot plank was brought up and
showed into the room, clearing it of
its occupants, who retreated into
the hall.
Once inside, the crowd made short
of the door opening from the Of
fee into the corridor. The door
opening into the large cell on the
lower floor was broken and the
crowd made its way upstairs to the
room where the negro spent the last
hours of his life.
Break Steel Cage.
The. door leading to his room was
broken open and the crowd rushed
in, surrounding the steel cage, in
one corner of which crouched the
miserable object of their search. A
blanket was wrapped around him
and he was endeavoring to conceal
himself The sight of the steel
cage did not daunt the attacking
party and demands for sledge ham
mers, crowbars, cold chisels, ETC.,
shouted through the window met
with quick response from those out
side and soon the noise of resound-
ing blows awakened the echoes out
Meanwhile a dozen policemen
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05

stood outside, but they were utterly
helpless and did not attempt to do
anything. The crowd was con-
stantly receiving accessions,, until
about 10000 people were collected.
The hill about the Jail was literally
black with people, and Harvey
street, from Eighteenth to Six
teenth, was filled with a bowling,
surging mob.
At this time the fire department.
arrived on the scene, but every at
tempt of the men to connect hose
was stopped by members of the
mob, the same as occurred last Sun
day. The hose was cut into bits.
Seeing all attempts to turn the hose
on the crowd we're useless, the fire.
men were withdrawn.
4 Bring Negro Out.
At 1925 the leaders of the mob
called to the crowd to give them
room to get out of the window of
the Jail Office. With a blood curd-
ling YELL the crowd gave way for
the leaders and the doomed man.
Several men sprang out of the
window with the rope in their hands,
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05

and others showed the half dead
brute out the window. Then the
most fearful work ever witnessed
at the hands of a mob in Omaha,
up to that time, was performed
amid the piercing yells of thou
sads of desperate men.
The rope was grasped by nearly 4
hundred men, who ran down to Sew
enteenth and Harvey streets. The
accused negro was dragged by tho
neck all the way and was nearly
dead before he had been dragged
100 feet. The mob rushed upon
him, kicking and jumping upon him
as he was jerked down over the
rough pavement, his clothing being
almost torn from his body and the
skin and flesh bleeding in a shocking
manner.
The leaders in the rope brigade
made for a telegraph pole at the
southwest corner of Seventeenth
and Harvey streets One of the
lynchers climbed up the pole, bu,
IOuHu lO PiOJSSllOu " tHlOW tIlS
rope across, and quickly descended
to lead the way to pole that stood
diagonially across the street, direct
ly north and across the street from
the Boyd theater.
Strung Into Air.
Within a short time the end of
the rope was returned to the mob
below, and in a second the body
OF the negro was dangling in the
air. Beneath the dangling body
stood the mob, looking up at the
object of their fearful revenge.
cleaning in the electric light, and
their voices filling the air with the
cries of a vengeance fully satisfied.
While the majority of the great
crowd quietly left for home, fully
1000 persons remained and COM
pletely blocked the streets and side
walks near the dead man.. Calls for
speeches were sent up by the crowd.
Julius S. Cooley was first spotted
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05

and compelled to make 4 talk.
Cooley didn't say much of anything
beyond claiming a great saving to
the county by such action, and adj
vocated the laws of Judge Lynch
on account of celebrity and economy.
Heafy & Heafy's undertaking
wagon drove up. as the speech end
ed and was greeted with cheers.
Some cried: "Let him hang, d-n
him, let him hang" Amid such re-
marks the body was lowered into
the box, after having hung one hour,
and with one final hurrah the wagon
drove down Farnam street on gal
lop.
Notwithstanding the terrific jam,
no serious accidents occurred.
though several persons were more
orless injured. being knocked down
and walked over.
Coe was married man and had a
wife and child, who resided in the al
ley between Eleventh and Twelfth
streets in the rear of the Wells
Fargo Express company.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
Films Inspire Girls to
Beautify Themselves

Chicago, Oct. Ats the film
that make girls so pretty, dorado
Taft, sculptor, and Miss Indiana Gy-
berson, Irish painter of women, have
advance this theory as the principal
reason for Americas remarkably
attractive girls.
See that lovely young girl there
with the soft, fawn eyes, the angelic
poise of the head" said Miss Gyber-
son. See how she filings up her chin
with the right touch of aristocratic
audacity. She is a clerk and the
product of the movies. Through
limitations of famous stars, these
girls are gradually being nodded
into their own ideals"
Girls are psychologically affected
by the beautiful women on the
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
Flight for "FIu" is
the Prescription New

Lew;stown, Pa, Oct. 4.-The time
has come when the diagnostican OF
bodily ills no longer says: go
south for change of climate" He
prescribes: Take trip through
the air"
This was the advice given by her
physician to Mrs. Ammon Bubb.
who had influenza last fall and had
been ill every since.
Despite her husbands objections
that such a cure would be so dan
gerous, Mrs. Bubb followed the doc
tors advice. She obtained permits
sion to fly to Bellefonte with Gilbert
Budwig.
After the trip Mrs. Bubb declared
she felt much better. The thrills,
s'e says. have quoted her nerves
aid she feels that she will recover.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
Grows Bean 43 Inches Long,

Kansas City, Oct. Airs. Perry
Simpson of Kansas City, Kan.
claims the long-length champion
ship in bean growing.
I And, as a sample of her proves,
she will exhibit to all who dare dis
pute her title, bean vine n feet
long, containing bean or bean
pod IS inches long, which she grew
Ia her backyard garden at 81 South
Porter street. It's some bean.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
Kansas to Reclaim More ~
Than a Million Acres

Topeka, Kan, Oct. ito reclaim
more than a million acres of Kan
sas land is task facing George
Knapp commissioner Of state irriga-
ton, former superintendent of the
plant at Garden City. According to
Mr.. Knapp. only 10000 acres are
now being fed by pumping plants,
and the rest of the 100000 acres
would mean doubling Of the homes
in the Sun1ower state if people but
understood the wealth in irrigated
land.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
QUICK Relief FROM
CONSTIPATION
Get DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive Tablets,
the substitute for calomel. =
DR.. Edwards. practicing physician for
II years and calomels old-time enemy.
discovered the formula for Olive Tablets
while treating patients for chronic con-
stipation and torpid livers.S
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not con-
tain calomel, but a healing. soothing vege-
table laxative.
No gripping is the keynote" of these
little sugar-coated. olive-colored tablets.
They cause the bowels and liver to act
normally. They never force them to un-
natural action.
If you have dark brown mouth
bad breath-a dull. tired feeling-sick
headache-torpid liver-constipation, you'll
find quick, sure and pleasant results from
one or two of DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets
at bedtime.
Thousands take them every night just
to keep right. Try them. loo and 25c.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
"Jess Willard" Is Dead
and "Jack Dempsey" Is Sold

San Francisco, Oct Jack Demp-
sew has been sold by o. P, More
head, we'll known electrical engineer,
for $3.50.
No. not the Jack Dempsey that
trimmed Jess Willard at Toledo on
July 4, but an imported English
bloodhound.
Harry Stewart, of "blue coat and
brass buttons" fame, attached to the
San Francisco police department, a
fortnight ago sold Jess Willard, also
champion bloodhound, to More
head. "Old Jess" died last week
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
Go in Court Over a
Mere "SCrap of Paper

Reading, Pa, Oct. 4.-Another
war over = mere scrap of paper"
has been started here. Helen Hugle
alleges that Dorothy and Blanche
Harmon took offense because her
5-year-old son happened to tear a
sheet of paper taken from a 25-cent
box of correspondence material.
The case will be carried to court.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05

twenty-five million boxes of Cas-
carets were sold last year to folks
who wanted relief from Constipa-
ton, Biliousness, Indigestion, Gases,
Colds and Sick Headache without
being shaken up and sickened all
the next day. Cascarets work while
you sleep, removing the toxins, poi
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05

sons and sour, indigestible waste
without gripping or inconvenience.
Cascarets regulate by stimulating
the liver and strengthening the
bowel muscles. They never weaken
or upset you like Salts, Calomel or
violent Pills. Cascarets cost so lit
lie too
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05

a. YOU make all remittances payable
to WICHITA TRUST COMPANY,
Bean Anderson Bdg, Wichita Falls.
Texas, who, receive all moneys and
disburse all funds, deliver your
stock, and eliminate the risks and
: hazard offered by the usual oil COM
DAny.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05

screen said Mr.. Taft. "After seeing
their favorite. they go home and
practice for hours before a mirror.
The outcome is graceful walking,
pretty faces and vivacity."
Omaha daily bee., 1919-10-05
Recall Lynching Of Negroin 1891 Just Block
|DoWnt the Street From Scene ofSunday Night
Mob Compelled to Break Jail and Steel Cage

alias George Smith, Taken from Jail Parents Of Little Girl for Identified
onShe John Boyd and Gov James Boyd Addressed Crowd With
EecCocman Moiary Broke Door and Tailor Lynch Presented Gun
Head of nce Jimmie CannonS Cage Demolished With Sdges
Cooley Made Address Beneath Dangling Figure
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15
RINGERS POLICY
CRITICISED BY
. {. G. M'GILT ON.
toon.,au.a nan r.s. oA..,

seven commissioners to govern
the community under the law. The
peoples conception of this power
and responsibility was that it was
70 lie, in the hands Of the COM
rnissioners jointly. I do not be-
l,eve II was their anticipation that
the policy Of running the various
departments of the city was to be
ieftsto the creation OF any one in
dividual upon the commission
who happened to be the head Of
!. that department, but the people
!. did believe that the commission,
as whole, was to outline the
policy under which each depart
ment was to be conducted. | take
/: that the commission, even now,
as 1 whole, outlines the policy as
to our parks and boulevards, leav-
ing II to Mr.. Falconer to carry
out and execute the policy
adopted, and the same is true O.
other departments of the city.
. But when it comes to the police
department il appears that the
commission has side-stepped the
! responsibility Of outlining'a policy
and. has left it to Mi. Ringer to
Outline his own policy and to
execute it. There. are many people
who agree with me that the re-
sponsibility for, the proper con-
duct Of the police department
ought to be pn the entire board
nj commissioners, / jointly and
severally, and should not be upon
Mr.. Ringer alone. In other words
the~ board of commissioner
Should Jointly outline the policy
BY which the police department is
to be governed, leaving it to MI.
Ringer TO carry out the policy
thus adopted.
But II, a. It seems to be the plan
OF the commissioners at present,
the policy Of the police depart
nlent is left to Mr.. Ringer alone =
to outline and execute, then it
seems to me the other commits
sioners should loyalty stand back
Of him with their most cordia.
support. II strikes most people
e. being unseemly, to- put it
mildly, for any. member of the
commission to appear in publ.
print as criticizing Mr.. Ringers
conduct of his department, since
I'll are, or should be, jointly re-
sponsible; thus demorafizing the
police force and handicapping Mr..
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15

trial, she declared that Herdzina
would not allow her the privacy Of
her own room while she dressed for
| the street.
when you went into Mrs.
Browns house did You hear Mrs,
Brown and her son protesting
against going without . warrant"
Attorney Magney asked.
Eyes, they refused to 60 in the.
patrol wagon. and said they wanted
q taxicab."
Instructions From Dunn.
Detective Chief Dunn testified
that he detailed the day morals
squad to watch 2106 Cass street be-
cause he received reports that II
was a disorderly house.
Did you tell the officers to go in
there" asked Attorney Magney.
"Don't think that did, anloss il
was necessary"
!. did you receive any previous re-
port Of this place"
Eyes, ] received . report from
Captain Vanous, on May %, | think
lit was. He repotred that he had
stationed two men here, for three.
or four nights"
did those men find anybody
there?"
"They did not.
"They may have watched six
nights, DOES the vanous report
read six nights"
They may have watched q SIX
nights" M
SDid ths,report read fromslo P. m.
TO 8 a. MP N
Il could not say, it was night
time, anyway"
I "Under whose orders were you
acting"
''under. Chief Ebersteir."
Asks for Postponement.
AT this juncture Of the hearing
Assistant Prosecutor Mossmar
asked the court to grant I postpone
irient until Monday, because THE
prosecution had three more material
witnesses. He explained that one
witness had gone away on week
end evisit. another was in Michigan
and another in hospital.
.We haven't the witnesses" 4
pleaded Mossfnaii.
81. Judge Holmes showed that his
patience was becoming exhausted.
/ Previously ia the hearing he had
admonished the prosecution because
of repeated leading qocstions put to
witnesses, and this renewal Of . re-
quest for postponement aroused the
ife Of the court.
The state has the machinery for
obtaining the presence Of witnesses
and should have had them ready
this afternoon" announced the
court.
"But we have three more material
witnesses" replied Mossman, who
charged that the court had been in,
dulging the defense. Judge Holmes
sharply rebuked the, assistant pros
ecutor for casting Spersions upon
the integrity of the court.
"Call your witnesses announced
Judge. Holmes.
8 Judges Holmes and Patrick and
the attorneys then held a confer
ence. and decided that in the inter-
iests Of good feeling all around. con-
sidering the hour, it would not dis
turb the ends Of justice to take
recess until II p. m.,, Monday.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15

am still his supporter, I do feel
that he has not the proper con-
ception of the fact that this 10 q
cosmopolitan city made up of
various classes of people with
varied Interests and various social
conditions. It should be recog-
nized that all of the people Of the
city do not think alike upon all
civic problems. The man who
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15

Ringer in his endeavor to main
tain law and order.
My view 10 that the commits
sion made a mistake in sidestep-
ping this responsibility and leav-.
ing il to Mr.. Ringer to outline
his own policy, because, while Mr..
Ringer is all right in many re-
spects and is Z splendid man. and
I was fbr him at the election and
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15

1t seems to me that the solu-
ton OF the present problem lies
in the commission as whole
adopting 4 definite policy and then
in seeing to II that it is rigidly
adhered to. Then, ii things do
not 90 fight, the responsibility
will be upon the commission as 2
whole and not upon an individual.
E. C. McGILTON.
Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-15

does not go to Sunday school nor
attend church may be just as good
a citizen as the man who does. In
other words, city as large as
Omaha cannot be run upon the
Sunday school plan. A police
commissioner should be practical
and not theoretical and. should
possess proper conception OF
human nature as q whole.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-02-22
Faint Praise.

Speaking of doubtful compliments
a subscriber writes: II wish to Offer
the following as one of the best exam
pies ! have ever seen. An accomplish
ed musician was invited by a friend
10 church service in order to hear
the chorus choir render special Sc
lection. The friend, highly pleased
With the rendition, was awaiting with
much interest her companions verdict
1t came thus, in whisper: They
sit WE'LL From fhe Outlook.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-02-22
Carry Your Phone With You.

"By the time the peace treaty is
signed we shall be talking across the
Atlantic by wireless" says Godfrey
Isaacs, managing director Of the Mar
conf Wireless Telegraph company.
zone day in the not far distant flu
ture," he adds, Il think we shall walk
about with wireless telephones at
tached to our bodies and we shall be
able, standing, say in Piccadllly cir
Gus, to call up friend who is flying
somewhere. Or we may have an invi-
tation by wireless telephony from a
friend flying in France to join him
at dinner in the evening. 1t will not
be very long before one will be able
to sit at ones desk in London and
speak to New York practically instan-
taneously. In my view 1t will be as
easy to speak to Sydney or Melbourne
or to New Zealand"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1919-02-22
Weekly Health Talks
Where Most Sickness Begins
and Ends
BY FRANKLIN DUANE, NJ. D

A It can be said broadly that most human
fills begin in the stomach and end in the
stomach. Good digestion means good
health, and poor digestion means bad
health. The minute your stomach fails to
properly dispose of the food you eat, trou-
bles begin to crop out in various forms.
Indigestion and dyspepsia are the common
est forms, but thin, impure blood, head
aches, backaches, pimples, blotches, dizzi-
ness, belching, coated tongue, weakness,
poor appetite, sleeplessness, coughs, colds
and bronchitis are almost as common.
There is but one way to have good health.
and that is to put and keep your stomach
in good order This is easy to do if you
take DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry. It is wonderful tonic and blood
purifier, and is 81 safe to take, for it is
made of roots and herbs. DR.. Pierce, of
Buffalo, N. Y, stands behind this stand
ard medicine, and it is good to know that
30 distinguished a physician is proud to
have his name identified with it. When
you take Golden Medical Discovery. you
are getting the benefit of the experience Of
q doctor whose reputation goes all around
the earth. Still more, you get temper
ance medicine that contains not drop Of
alcohol or narcotic Of any kind. Long ago
Dr.. Pierce combined certain valuable vege-
table Experimentation the use of aico-
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been strictly temperance medicines.
If piles are torturing you, get and use
Pierce's Anodyne Pile Ointment. The
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you try it. If constipated. DR.. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets should be taken while
using Anodyne Pile Ointment. Few in
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remedies will not relieve and usually over
come. They are SO good that nearly every
drug store has them for sale.