Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-10-02
|EOERAL TROOPS
|0W At OMAHA, NEB.
20 Arrive and 500 More Are
COming-MObs Which Try
To Start Something Will Face
Machine Guns
MAYOR SMITH BETTER
pdiers on Guard Ncnr Hospital where
He In Suffering from Injuries Re
teived when Attempt WAS Made to
Lynch Him

bmaha. Ncb., Sept. 2a.-With 500 troops
I'm Forts Omaha and Crook, Neb., and
mp Dodge. Iowa, on riot duty and
tn 800 more soldiers due to arrive later
night, omaha officials were confident
IRE would be no further outbreak of
|, race rioting which yesterday and last
Bht resulted in The death of two per-
hs injuries To several score others. an
mp' To lynch Mayor Il. T.. Smith.
Il partial destruction BY fire Of the
unty court house.
rhe troops have machine guns ready to
I into use If necessary.
headquarters were established M GEN.
| police station by Col. !. j.. Morris.
h Infantry, commander of the military
ices in the city Members of the police
partment were put under Colonel Nor
orders. Gen. Leonard A.. Wood. COM
hnder Of the central department of the
ny. is expected to arrive in the city
night or tomorrow to take charge of
/. situation.
developments ir the situation during
day included
announcement 10y County Attorney
V. Shotwcl that he would do every
ng in his power To fX the RESPONSE
i:y for the riotirc and to start prose-
ions.
9su&ncc Of q proclamation by Lieut..
]. jacob W. $. Wucsl. commanding Off
at Fort Omaha, promising protection
ali and asking that fire arms be given
er to the police or military authorities.
The s%tationing Of federal troops near
hospital where Mayor Smith lies
ferinE from injuries when a mob at
nuted 70 lynch him.
announcement; by Mayor Smiths ply
ian that his conG ion was very salts
ftory."
Inauguration by iocal authorities of pre-
lt'ons against 2 cresh outbreak Of trou-
4 inoiud'ur tn tranrortation of negro
soners in iails .,ere to the State peni-
itiary at Lincoln.
'he city ~" quot throughout the day,
dicra EatrnliiHg the streets to prevent
congestion 80 street corners Of
bag Of tcrrGuu.
ate today information f,-'n Fort Hos
al Wa " 49," ,r.eo, tina phyy.cinns a.
dim. Mayoe .',lt! Iat" ..!ctt trnr at
r~>l"ai'9 - r.r 'H.
lavrr "l'.' '..i IN s'r'.n s~eya.t,
H. = u q. ga :. " On ICilNlf't
or.o 80 rf. pa .pl on :ls .s!iu!l. He wears
Aver p.a "a,rH " s:i'ii tr"t'on i the
L.! 49, /" 'r,+ "a that tine. During
a;t"s"t 20 ;''l,. nj. life IN Jeopardy
ndar he mayor received n severe blow
i'r aolt. from -" effects Of which
d"u"0' ~ complications was feared.
. d. 81 LIS previous disability the
r. la for q lo..g 'hH4 RETAINED from
lcu' eao:c!scs o. all kinds.
NJ. 800 he&; from tnc Burning build
h,caGs.. Intense the prisoners were
ken TO ;nr rIof for safety. While on
+ front of The building the crowds in
!, streets below We're shouting requests
the wanted negro. Other negro pris-
ers attempted TO throw Brown from
building but were 0verpowered and
eventcd from doing 80 by the sheriff
4 his deputies.
(hots WIRE being fre'l by the mob in
b street toward the ton Of the building
ere the prisoners were.
bther shots were coming from the roofs
rca,ny |huildinee. Fire was bclch.ng
~ III" air shafts and q dense smoke
= making Il almost impossible for the
n tp breathe. Somc of the prisoners
rn n'r;.ue; others clrsing. Some Of
m rr2yer hat the officers give UP
owu l.,aiHc trey believed they would
gGHei - Brown we're abandoned to his
e. '.hu!r reason for believing this was
fGIse the mob in the street would not
ow tli' nrcmen 20 work so long M
own remained in the custody of the
erisf and his officers.
Brown eports indicate was the coolest
IN of all the prisoners. He had nothing
say. He eemed TO realize, Sheriff
hrk said, TIM every other prisoner
nted him turned over to the mob in
street below.
6herint ". l.. Clark, who had charge
about 100 prisoners at the county
! on an upper floor Of the court house
Hiding, told tonight of how he at
npted to prevent members of the mob
ich forced its a into the building
pm getting possession Of Brown.
finally, after the prisoners had been
the roof for about IS minutes the
erif decided to take the men to the
or below. Sheriff Clark stationed him
Il on n stairway to prevent the men
I'm rushing wildly down. In the mean
be members OF the mob from the street
d worked their way up to the ton of
building.
The whole stairway just below me
ks just janmed with rioters" Sheriff
ark said.
For an instance az he was %standing on
2 stairway. the sheriff had his back
rned TO the prisoners on the stairs
owe him when suddenly Brown was
shed by negro prisoners past the sheriff
d into the hands of the mob.
After Browns delivery the sheriff man.
ed to keep most Of the prisoners on
{ Of the upper floors until the fire was
| under control. During the excite
mi on the roof, the sheriff relea sed Il
Pmen prisoners so they could make
Fir escape. The women wearing blue
bamas made their way down the stairs
the building to the ground floor.
n all, the prisoners were suffering
Pm heat for about an hour. While
ey were on the roof at least three
soners were struck and injured by
Fay bullets.
While ] was standing on the stairway
Fer we had been driven from the root
the intense heat, smoke and bullets.'
sheriff said, Il was confronted with
%onrushing mob and it was while
Fl trying to hold them of that Brown
rs pushed by, into the hands of the
pm who were after his life"