Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OMAHA MOB CONQUERS BY APPLYIOC TORCH AND LYNCHING NEGRO Encroaching I'lames Force Sheriff to Give in After Desperate Nine hour Battle. Omiaha Neb., Sept. :28. --Williami the ctyfl jail at 11 o'cloc k tonight i Mr. Far I -Is your Hom m to-date ? I Are you givii tion ? We are in po Light and Po ply, Modern ] Sewer dispos Our Engine( is at your dis to you. I q ou are inter< be, let us knowp will call andl see DIXiE3 ELECTRI( AND S .-V__i Contry stores a' serve you withwh l s m an Y Ch ru"In a bottle-Throu, that you have been enj city fount and refresh The same everywhere in sterilized bottles. I some and refre: hera A mdl hanged to an electric pole, follow ng a struggle of nine hours by an im nense mob to wrest him from the ;heriff. SheriffT Michael Clark and his dep Sties held the fort in the top story of he court house, where is located the jail, with 100 prisoners, until the builing beeame a seething mass of lames and he was forced to suibmit. Afer the lynching the firemen were fo rthe-'-=-~.d fis i ea l t e te %ntefae. ttesm imefad mer .'i i our Failste itiontoegve you wt C, aerop poal at nocTost steyfdun and fshouh ndou Rprsendiere hero - - -- I .UMBING anect Cpole.ol~ Along 1- the Highw re ready to the same efreshing ~Ia 013 eh a strain' oying at the ment stand. Give our Solaiere on served only Sailors a Job-''hej lure, whole- Doaeroe u. shing. r many of the occupants were stand ing on window ledges on the one side of the building that had not been touched by the flames. The entire fire department was on the scene and many o fthe trucks weuc rushed to fire houses to secure extra hose. The work of rescue then began. It was apparent that the jail story, on the fifth floor of the building was be coining intensely hot. TIhe crie*s of the prisoners, about 100 of whom were t ra pped, spurred the firemen to great er efforts. At a late' hour tonight it was dis eniveredl that an abortive at tempt had been madle to lynch Mayor Ed. P. Sm it h, when he a ppeared to appeal to the mob. Although reports are con fiicting it is knowvn that a rope was thrown around hiis neck. Apjol iceman cut it off before the mob could ac. compjlish its purpose. The mayor was carriedl out uncoin sciu (b5ly a squadl of police oflicers and friends and( he was hurried to the of lice of a surgeon nearby. lie was re moved to a hospital. At inidnigh t he was still unconscious. TIhe lynching followed an a fternoon and evening wvith mob demonstrations selom recorded. When 'e first rumnbl ings of a possi ble attemplt to lynch Brown wvere heard during the forenoon Sheri ir C lr called in al hsi regula r dleput ies anad swore in a number of others. Tlhe first act that i nd id'ted the mob was in) eariiest was a paradle up llarney st reef. by ablouit 50 men whom detrained( fro m)streit enars a few blocks f romi the) courthouse. They tore up H arney street at double quick andl were at the sherif'headqruarters before he0 reailizedl what hadl happened. HIurry Calls Tloo Late. A pIeals were made to the police stationi for helpi and a few~ uniformed men wvere hurried to the place. In he meantiime the central station tele p~honed every man on the force and those oin thei south ide to replor't at once. It being Sunday, nmany of the menIiiO cold not he foundl. The result was thait several thousand personis had gathered on the south side of the courthouse before the police could ar.. rive in any considlerable numb~er. The assault with which William Brown was charged wvas comm0)ittedl on a young woan early in the week. With an escort, crippled beyond the point of resistannce, the girl mout her assailant. a few blocks from bomne in the southeast part of the eitv. lHe IN A BOTTLE THIRU A STRAW 1 ) r .4 Chero-Cola 0 Ae 4Gr CO eSOI Od deln the couple up at the point of a reiolvedt. Ad f ter obir Ithe young Tian he attwacke the young woman in ais presence, holding a revolver at hp head of her escort in the mein :line. Store Wis ar aced Later dna arested by aolice licers and t ken bto the city jail, indentified him as the man who cow 'littedl the dl(ed. Latter it wasitS Le~d vhnt Brown had mte a confession if plac fror fie boncksebnt ame withrhuma itr ckd Twot negrot p olewho eg rec imong, the 1101ices rused ove tothscn anr('e forl theten beig t1he crowd reohmreaec e O ii darngu in-1 jur ileSveaor oflicersdt the ceied Serious but not dangerous injuries. Ea rly in the afternoon Sheriff Mike Li1 LIME, Bui -BRICK, Ma CEMENT, SID)ING, C EILING, PLASTER, SHiINGLES, FLIOORING, M()ULDINGS, FIRE CLAY, FIRE BRIC ROUGH Li ROOFING BOOTh I I I . I WEDDINGI important as they bear char mas lasting as life The expense of yo unimportant; good ta paramount thing. Whether the gift is simple, large or small, I an acquaintance, our o need in perfect taste, al WHEN YOU THINK OF./ WD.LI JBW MANNw/NG , lark, who feared for his prisoner, nassed a number of deputies in the ail which is on the top floor of the !ourt house. To his force was added miformed police officers. Chief of Po ice Eberstein climbed on top of a >ox and undertook to apepal to the !rovd to disperse, but was hooted lown and had considerable trouble ex :ricating himself and getting into the court house building. Turned Water on Crowd. Three streams of water were turned m the crowd from windows, but this ipparently only serve(d to anger the row(l further and a fus11ade of bricks and other missiles fotlowed, during which more than fifty windows were smashed. The door was guarded by uniformed officers, but the rioters obtained a rope and ladder and began pouring through second story windows. Large number sof them secured entrance be fore the police checked the assault. The interior of' the big building be came a mass of flames by 10 o'clock and forced by the heat, a large part of the mob moved back from the building on the north sire. They gath ered again, however, on the south side where the heat had not become so intense.. At this point a Barbara Freitchic appeared at a window at the north endl of the lbuilding in the person of an aged woman who wildly flung an A merican flag to the wvindl and ap pealedl to the mob to desist. ,There were mingled cheers and hoots from the rioters, who yelled for the prisoner whonm they sought to lynch. it had theo effect, howvever, of giving the fire men an opportunity to run an exten s iin ladder to the fourth fleor, fronm whi h it was hoped to take the sherif. and his deputies and his prisoners who were ab')ut to become victims of *he flames. He~s Cut by Monmb. Shortly efter 9 o'clock a big fire started on the groundl floor of the couirt house andi the entire fire de partment was called out. There were more than 100 prisoners billeted in the ilding "Y terials OATs, HiULLS, TANKA' RICE SUG ME C] K, C JMBER, SI -PAPER, C [& McLE Sumter, S. C. lIFTS ARE an association and 3 itself. ir gift to the bride is te in selection is the to be elaborate or 'or your best friend or Ifering will meet your >propriately. EWELRV - THINK OF -OYD L. 1 SCAROL/NA. jail, which is on the top floor of the court house. The crowds made it dif icult for the fire department to reach the scene, or for the police to protect the firemen in their work. Several lines of hose were quickly cut by the mob.' Within ten minutes after the fire men arrived every line of hose laid by the firemen had been cut. The flames quickly mounted to the fourth floor and could be esen pouring out of the sheriff's office. Directly above is the jail where more than a 100 prisoners are confined. Frantic ef forts were being made to release them by fire escapes. 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