Greenfield Adair County Democrat
October 15, 1891
OMAHA IS DISGRACED
The City Controlled By a Lynching Mob
An Ambiguous Report Upon the State of Trade - Rainmaker Melbourne's Big Job - Parnell's Pathetic Letter - John Bradsley, Boxmaker, Stricken with Remorse.
LYNCH LAW AT OMAHA
Police Officials with Weapons and Firemen with Hose Repulsed.
At Omaha it was reported that little Lizzie Yates, the five-year-old victim of an assault by Joe Coe, a disreputable negro, had died. Coe was confined int he city jail. "We'll lynch the nigger," was soon heard on every side. There came a confused sound of tramping feet hurrying along the paved street toward the county jail, and in a remarkably short time the jail was surrounded. There was no organization apparent. No leader seemed to control the crowd. The entire police force of ninety men were carried away bodily, firemen with lines of hose were hustled off the scene, and desperate men tore up street-car rails to use as battering rams upon the formidable steel gates and doors within. The cowering victim was taken out, and in a twinkling was strung up to an electric trolley wire. The mob then dispersed, and it became known that the girl had not died after all.
October 15, 1891
OMAHA IS DISGRACED
The City Controlled By a Lynching Mob
An Ambiguous Report Upon the State of Trade - Rainmaker Melbourne's Big Job - Parnell's Pathetic Letter - John Bradsley, Boxmaker, Stricken with Remorse.
LYNCH LAW AT OMAHA
Police Officials with Weapons and Firemen with Hose Repulsed.
At Omaha it was reported that little Lizzie Yates, the five-year-old victim of an assault by Joe Coe, a disreputable negro, had died. Coe was confined int he city jail. "We'll lynch the nigger," was soon heard on every side. There came a confused sound of tramping feet hurrying along the paved street toward the county jail, and in a remarkably short time the jail was surrounded. There was no organization apparent. No leader seemed to control the crowd. The entire police force of ninety men were carried away bodily, firemen with lines of hose were hustled off the scene, and desperate men tore up street-car rails to use as battering rams upon the formidable steel gates and doors within. The cowering victim was taken out, and in a twinkling was strung up to an electric trolley wire. The mob then dispersed, and it became known that the girl had not died after all.
Greenfield Adair County Democrat
October 15, 1891
OMAHA IS DISGRACED
The City Controlled By a Lynching Mob
An Ambiguous Report Upon the State of Trade - Rainmaker Melbourne's Big Job - Parnell's Pathetic Letter - John Bradsley, Boxmaker, Stricken with Remorse.
LYNCH LAW AT OMAHA
Police Officials with Weapons and Firemen with Hose Repulsed.
At Omaha it was reported that little Lizzie Yates, the five-year-old victim of an assault by Joe Coe, a disreputable negro, had died. Coe was confined int he city jail. "We'll lynch the nigger," was soon heard on every side. There came a confused sound of tramping feet hurrying along the paved street toward the county jail, and in a remarkably short time the jail was surrounded. There was no organization apparent. No leader seemed to control the crowd. The entire police force of ninety men were carried away bodily, firemen with lines of hose were hustled off the scene, and desperate men tore up street-car rails to use as battering rams upon the formidable steel gates and doors within. The cowering victim was taken out, and in a twinkling was strung up to an electric trolley wire. The mob then dispersed, and it became known that the girl had not died after all.
October 15, 1891
OMAHA IS DISGRACED
The City Controlled By a Lynching Mob
An Ambiguous Report Upon the State of Trade - Rainmaker Melbourne's Big Job - Parnell's Pathetic Letter - John Bradsley, Boxmaker, Stricken with Remorse.
LYNCH LAW AT OMAHA
Police Officials with Weapons and Firemen with Hose Repulsed.
At Omaha it was reported that little Lizzie Yates, the five-year-old victim of an assault by Joe Coe, a disreputable negro, had died. Coe was confined int he city jail. "We'll lynch the nigger," was soon heard on every side. There came a confused sound of tramping feet hurrying along the paved street toward the county jail, and in a remarkably short time the jail was surrounded. There was no organization apparent. No leader seemed to control the crowd. The entire police force of ninety men were carried away bodily, firemen with lines of hose were hustled off the scene, and desperate men tore up street-car rails to use as battering rams upon the formidable steel gates and doors within. The cowering victim was taken out, and in a twinkling was strung up to an electric trolley wire. The mob then dispersed, and it became known that the girl had not died after all.
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