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NEGRO LYNCHEED IN OMAHA, NEB. Mayor of City Also Strung Up Wliei ile Itemonstrates nith I3ob-is Iescued. Omiaha, Neb., Sept. 28.--Willian ltrowni, colored, alleged to have as saulted a white -Iirl, was dragged from tle CC!eiu , jail at I O'Clock tonight an1d hI to anl electrike pole, fo! ~ili(1 ~ '1 of d i Itli hol, by0a I'll 1_'V t,) %i't -' il ftI 1Ini th~e I a;'k mvi Ili.-s 1 d lu lie01 -01 om o teto tory of h o*lo iwherte is ( locted the a1 !, t hiitidred prisonter, Ulltil the III in hecame a sethliig mas Of 1 i, 'lnd he Wia for''eud to sub luit. Sh ory" tfter 9 o'clock a big ire tarted on the groutid floor of I he rourt lioise and the entire fire de lartient was called out. There are Lore tlhan .100 prisoners billited in the ili which is on the top floor of the ourt brouse. The crowds made it licfilulty for the fire department to each the scene, or for the police to rotect the firemen in their work. Sev ra1 lines of hose were quickly cut y the mob. Within inminutes after the fire nen arrived every line of hose laid )y Ihe firemen had been cut. The lames quickly .mounted to tho fourth loor and could be seen pouring out )f the sherif 's office. iDirectly albove s the jail where more than a hun red prisoners are. Efforts -were being nade to release thon by fire escapes. in It was learned that ()le mail, Frank CIancey. aged 20, had been killed and two others, Frank Morasco and James Bords were wounded. After the lynching the firemen were for the first tile able to get a stream on the flames. At the same time ad ditional extension ladders were sent to the third and fourth floors, where many of the occupants were standing on wiudow ledges on the one sid of the building that had not been touch ed by the flames. The entire tire dePartment Was on the scene and many of the trucks verei rushed to fire houses to secure extria hose. The negro was pulled out Ol the south side of the court r001, giving the firemen an opportunity to work on the north side where -the fire start ed to diminisi5l. The work of rescue then began. It was apparent tlat the jail story, On the fifth floor of the building was be ~inung i enstdy hot. The cries of the prisoner'a, %about 100 of whom were trapped. spillred tihe firemen to greater efforts. At a lat: hour tonight it was dis covered th-It a'bort.ive attellpt lial Leen mae o liyneh Mayor EM P. Smith, wlen he appeared to appeal to the mob. Although. reporS are confiliting it is known that a rope was thrown arolnd his neck. A policenan cut it off before the mob could ac comlf lish its purpone. The mayo" was carr'ied out ulncon seiouis by a squad of police officers and fr-enid.: andc lhe was hurie''id to the oh110cer a; surllgeonf nearb'ly. tHe was removal to a hospital. At mnid W\hen the firs rumb'lflinlgs of a tpes sible attenmpt to lynch Briownl were heard d1o ing thle forenloon. before Clarik 'ale 1 in111 all his regular depu11 ties and( s wore in a numberii~i of others. The first act that indicated thle mob was in earn'lest was a par lade' upi I lar ney st reel by about fifty meon who detriained from101i sreet caris a few blocks f'rom the courlt house5. They tore 0u P [arnei(y stri''et a t (1oubl1e quick and were at the sheriff's he'ad'tuartI' 10ers be fore lie realized wh at had hia p i)'ned. Appeals were made to t he poli Ce statibon for hlp and a few unliformed( men were huit''ed to the pltace. Ini thle meantime theo centr'al station telephoned Cevery man 0on the force ad those on the south1 sidle to r'ep)ort at once. Being Sunday many of the men~f couild not bhe found. The resuit1 was that several thousand persons had gathered on the south side of the court house5 before the poli1Ce couild arriive in any consIderable number101. Trhec assault -with lwhich William Brown was char'ged was comml~itted on a young woman ear'ly in the week. With an escort, crippled beyond the point of assistance, the girl met her assailant a few blocks from home in the southeast part of the city. Hie held the cou ple uip at the point1 of a p)1sto1 anid assaiutled her iln the -pres ence of lier escort, holding the revolver, at his head in the meanltimt.lii Later Blown was airresited by piolice oflicer's and taken to the city jail where h)ot hlhe girl and( hier' escort 1(dent ihied lhim as the mian w1igo eomf mt tihe deed, later' lhe states that 11rowni hail made(1 a (0onfession of Ithe cime11. lie was takeni to the county jaIl, whjichi was conlsideredCi a safe place for hiis;0 conluement. Coldc; Cause Orlp and Influenza A XATIVE [iROMO QUINJNE Tableton remove the cuseC 'Tiere is only on1e "B~romio Quinirce." . W. GnnR'Ssiature on box. 300. 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