Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 10, 1891, Page 1

STORY OF THE ASSAULT ON THE JAIL, of the Self Appointed Avengers of Little Lizz'e Yates, Determination WOULD NOT BE BALKED NOR HINDERED. Words of Counsel from Cool Men Were Not Listened To. CITY AUTHORITIES WERE POWERLESS, mor for a Fiend's Blood O Satisfied When it Was Quaffed Ravenous Populace. was lynehed He was hanged Joo Coe, alias Georg to a wire supporting tho Harney street motor wire in front of Boyd’s opera bouse. About 10,000 people were present. Coe was dead before hu was tied n dragged by the neck from the and trampled under the feet of thousands of men as he pa His Victim Not D The report that throughout the city yesterday aftornoon and was published in the evening papers ing tho alloged death Yates, who was brutally assaulted by five-year-old a burly negro named Joe Coe, proved to bo without foundatiou. A Ber reporter visited parents at street, last evening, and found the little one in very good spirits aud recovering from tho effects of the fearful troatment sho Hor father stated that she was get— ting along better than they had expected she possibly could, and hie thought sho would be herself again in & very few days, as she was able to get aronnd, Taken to the County Jail. The colored ravisher the police about 4 o patrol wagon to the‘home of the or the purposo ef | clothies from Wednesday afterncon, but She said that she would not be willing to swear positively as to bis identity, firmly believed that he was the brute who Tho little girl was ous from her expori- ssaulted her still timid and very n ence, and could not be induced to look at a stwanger, so nothing could be obtained from her i the way of indentifyiug her assailant. What Yates Said. ST know that these are disagrecable cases, aud the ofticors ace frequently not in their effort tobring the guilty parties to justice” he said, **but it will not be so in this talk of lynchiug during »4entive afternoon, but T would not enconr- Inave heard age any such demoustration and if possiblo although it is slow and justice often miscar cult to ideutify the parties in some instances, as perhaps thero would be in this, am satistied i my own mind. Self control is not ulways easy, and it was 10 let that a—1 scoundrel get out of the yard On the streot rosorts all the early part of the eve S knots of men collocted and talied about the awlul erime of the negro. There scermod o0 e but one apinion, and that v nigro st hang at the hands of a mob, A lundred orso curious ones hung about the jail and talked tho matter over, but there did vot seem to be any mob and lead it. arvound tho ci one to organize the 0 a crowd delegation went Jailor Havey assured the cowmitteo that the prisoner hiad been taken to the county jail and the crowd started for the brick building 4 o'clock the howling men around the Livery moment or 50 the erow “Bring out the nigger,” ities paid no attention to the Jail author- rapidly incroasi Suggested an Assault, After u good deal yelled, “Lot's break the door,” and soon a line of men anpeared car of Lowling somo ying 8 long, heavy At 1his stage Sherit Boyd arrived and standiog on the east steps of tho oo sherify “Gentlemen nand you to taken away about supper time." howled agaln for the nig continue, and said that he must do ! said Boyd, in closing, would furaish Have Hlood, Governor Boyd crowding bis way to the jail steps, attempted nly for & moment, \0a Lo every man you to cease and let He men and disperse. ivo us the uigger, selled the crowd WENTY-FIRST YEAR, FOLLOWED ED NEAI Joe Cos Hanged to a Trolley Wire by an Infuriated Mob This Morning. “We'll tear him limb from limb,’ cries drowned the governor's voice and Then the big battering ram was taken up and a fow thrusts at the door given. hold of the of the jailer's office Councilman Morcarty graboc bars over tho window and urged the mob on. Morearty started the ball to rolling by thrusting bis cane through the bars and breaking the windows. This act was met by applause and the councilman continued until every pane of glass in the two windows was shattered, Battering at the Door. A covple of dozen cnraged men then took up the heavy post apd, using it asa ram, started to break through the stecl bars, This could not be done, and attention was turned to the window casing. E stroke of tho timber was greoted with lusty cheors, “Keop on, wi ey get him," eried those who stood back and did no work. Aftera deal of pounding the casing w bars over th s broken and the iron north sido of the window re- moved. “Lovs go m," yelled one s everybody, but no med willing to take the lead as tho little jailor's oftice was filled with police who stood with drawn rovolvor: Swarming Into the Jail. Av old white-haired wman, Uncle Jimmie Cannon, who was as much of a leader as any one, saldhe would o and started to climb into the window, but was met by Jailer Lynch, who beld a heavy Colt's at the old man's out. The leader hissod. Then rovolver head and told nim to keep backed down and the mob a twenty-foot plank was brought up aud shoved into the rogm clear- ing it of its treated into the hall, and was cheered, occupants, who 1 the old man stood up “I'his time be went in, fol- lowed by the mob, who crawled through tho Again little aperature s fast as possibie, while the crowd swarmed up like a pack of hungry wolves, 4 While this was going on Governor Boyd endeavored to dissuade the mob from any acts of violenco, but his council‘was opposed by Councilman Morearty, who shouted to tho crowd to como on and -{vaved his cane and hat frantically in fhe air. This sort of talk was all the crowd wanted and they pushed througn the window as rapidly as possible. JFheir Vietim in Sigh Oncdinside the crowd made short work of the door opening from the oftice mto the cor- zidor. Tho door opening into the large cell on the lower floor was broken and the crowd its way upstairs to the room whero Neal spent tho last hours of his life. The doov leading to this room was broken open and the crowd surged into the room sur- reunding the steel cage, in ono corner of which crouched the miserable object of their search, a blanket wrapped around bim and endeavoring to conceal himself. As thoss inside caught sight of the negro they set upahowl of delight, which was quickly taken up by the crowd outside. e police aud jailers inside followed along with the erowa but wero utterly helpless. The sight of the steel eage with its doublo doors ana strong bars did not daunt the at- tucking party and demands for sledge ham- mers, crowbars, cold chisels, ete., shouted through the window met with quick re- sponse from those outside and soon tho noiso of resounding blows awakend the echoes outside and were greeted with cheers, Shouting Bulletins, A young fellow took post in the window and at once establishied a series of bulletin shouting to the crowd below as the work progressed. At short intervals he shouted out such items as: “Tuey are working on the door;” *Ihe door s ay;" “Tho nigger is pray. ing;" “\Vo'ro getting there slow, but sure:” ““Phe outside dooris open;” “They have to cut ufour-inch bar on the second door;’ “Tho nigwor says he is a burglar;” “The niggor is taking it casier than we are,” and s0.0n, each suliy being greeied with howls Police Were Not in It, Meanwlhile about a dozen policemen stood about in the crowd, but they were utterly nelpless and did not attempt to do anything. The crowd was constantly receiving acces- sions, and by this time there were about 10,000 people collected. The hill about the jail wus Literally biack with people, and Har- ney street from Eighteenth to Sixteenth was filled with a howling, surging mob. It was a good-natured mub, however, but it was de- termiuea to carry Ms point. Tho several poticemen in the crowd suddenly conceived the idea of forcing their way to the open wia- dow and proceedoed 1o put the idea into effect They hud not gone rore than a few feet when the erewd saw their obiect and the po- licomen wevo picked up bodily aud carried vack to the edge of tho crowd. Brought the Firem About tins time the attention of the crowd was attractod by the noise of heavy wheels and four comp of the firo department arrived on the s A connection was mado by one of the. companies with the hydreant at Eigbteenth and Haruoy streets, and tho water was turnod on. In less than two scconds there twenty fountaius spouting in the Harnoy streot and several fect of new hose was ruined by being eut. Other companies tried to lay lines of hose, but the crowd just picked tho hoso up as fast as it was strung and carried it into the alley between Farnam and Harney streets, whero it was uncoupled. | the with Seeing all attempts to turn the hoso on crowd wore useless, the tiremen were drawn While all this was gomg on the entire day police force was wassed at the north door of the jail ender command of Chief Seavey. The object of the chiof was to attempt to take the | noxro from the crowd after of the fail., they came out Captain Cormack’s Speech, coming impaticut at the slow work on tho window, a part of the crowd, under the leaderstip of a big, burly red faced man, swarmed around to the south door of the building and uptho steps to the entrance to the sherift’s house, S\We'll get in here,” erled the lead gang, aud ho pounded on the door. Cuptain Cormack stood wside and opened the doo. “\Vhat do you want “We want 10 get c of this asked Cormack 1, velled the crowd in concert. T'he captain throw a big six shooter up into the face of the leader and said “Get out of here. If you make auother move to get in this deor I will kil you." Ibat kind of talk, coming from & man of Cormack’s ¢ and backed by bis reputa rve and @ aead shot, was the 1, 80 they swarme pd the mob ou the lawn, between house tion us & man of 100 much for back and job Ab ¢ jall aud crow norta side, the the court the | middle of | steppivg into peoplo | wero packed in like sardines in a box. The blows of the hammer on the steel cell recently oceupiea by Neal came floating out through the window and nearly every blow was greeted by a cheer. Read the Riot Act. About 10:30 Chiof Seavey, accompanied b; a sergeant of police, pushed his way through the crowds to the northeast corner of the jail, where several men had mounted upon ladders placed agamst the barred windows. Pulling the men from the ladder the chief turned to the crowd and in a loud tone of voice exclaimed “In the name of hereby command you to several homes." 3 The command ws received with mingled cheers and yells of derision. Mounting tho ladder Chief Seavoy finally managed to make himself heard abe the uproar. He said: “Gontlaman—The httle girl who was in- jured and reported dead by the papers this aftornoon is still alive and doing well.” That was all tho chief managed to say, for his voico was onco more drowued in the balel of sounds. They Made the Ru At twenty-five minutes past 12 the leuders of the mob called to the crowd to give them room to get out of the window of the jail ofice. With a blood curdling yell the crowd gave way for tho leaders and the doomed man. Several sprang out of the window with the pein their hands, others shoved the half dead brute out of the window and then the most fearful work ever witnessed at tho hands of a mob in Omuba was perfermed amid tho piercing yells of thousands of des- perate men. No Pity for the Brute. The rope was grasped by fully a hundred men and they ran down the declining roadwag to the.' corner of venteenth and Harney streets, The black brute was dragged by the meck all the way and must have been nearly dead before he had been dragged 100 feot. mob rushed upon him, kic tho state of Nebraska I disperse to your men rough pavement, his clothing beig ulmost entively torn from his body, and the skin and flesh oruised and bleeding in a shocking man It 18 about seventy yards fiom the window to the corner of the court house square. This run of death was made in I tume than 1t takes to tell it. Policemen Struggle with the Mob. The ofticers strugglod manfully to save tho doomed man, but they wero absolutely help- less in the midst of tho yelling, frenzied crowd ot determined men. ‘The leaders in the rope brizade made for a telegraph pole at the southwest corner of one of Harney and Seventeenth, but when the lynchers had chmed up the pole ho found no projection to throw the rope across, aud ho quickly descended and led the way to a pole that stands diagonally across the street, directly north and across the street from Boyd's theatre. It required at lea t five minutes for those who had the wan in hand to get across the street. A determined effort was made polico to rescue Coo. A back had been driven through the crowd and stopped near the corner of the street. Towara this hack the police officers made a rush with the doomed man and a few of the leaders of the mob. All Efforts to Save Him Vain The struggle was that of giants. The ofticers had the good sense not to draw their clubs or revolvers. If they had there would have been terrible bloodshed, They suc- ceeded in getting the culprit into a hack, but the horses were quicily unbitched sud the ofticers overpowered. Again the mob was doomed man. determined effort to save the almost dead wan from the hands of the mob. They rushed toward another hack, but the erowd tarned it upside down and actually smashed it to pieces. Then tt:e loaders, who had hold of the rope, by the wade a rush for the northeast corner of tho street dragging the dead and mutilated body after them, Ono of the lynchers climbed up the pole and threw the rope over several wires that streteh along Hurney ) the Air. veet, Dangling Soon the end of the rope was returned to the mob below and in the twinkling of an eye the body of the black villain was dangling in the air as limp and lifeless, apparently, as arag. The muscles of one arm twitched convul sively, but o appeared to be left in the body. Expressed Their Satisfaction in Yells Then such a yell! It soanded like the chorus that arises from the camp of a band of Indiaus engaced in a war dance. groat crowd filled the streot a full block in every direction and thousands stood in the court house cam- pus gazing upon tho last dreadful the tragedy. No tragedy ever to bo e in the theatra just across the street thrill an audience witn horror as did spectacle. scene in ted will Swinging Limp and Lifeless, Beneath the dangling body stood the mob, looking up at the object of their fearful re venge, thoir faces gleammg in tho eicetric light and their voices filling the air with the cries of a vengeance fully satistied. From a distance the body looked so and lifeless that dunim: “That don’t go! that dow't go shouted; but the leaders who stood c the corpso that swung above thoir Leads as sured the crowd that it was “a nigger all ght.” And then the air was rent with a chorus of horrible yells. Made Sure it Was th lime they Negio. A strect car stood on the track near by and several men climbed upon that to make sure that the object suspended in the air was the body of the negre. Giradually the crowd be- come convinced that the deed had reaily beon accomplished, the object of their wrath was dead, 'ho dodmea man was swung into the air at exactly twenty-fve minutes to 1 o'clock, HQld by the Horror, While the majority of the great crowd quietly left for their bomes fully 1,000 per- sous remained aud completely blocked the streets ana sidewalks near the dead man Some one standing on the pavement directly under the corpse called for & speech. Julius 8. Cooloy was spotted first and com- pelled by the hoots and cries to make a talk. Cooley didn’t say much of anything beyond showing the great saving to the county by such actions, and advocated the laws of Judge Lynch on account of celerity and economy. Just then some one Boyd bis carriage, in front of tho opera house, and immediately there went a great bowl for Boyd, The carriage of the governor kopt right 0n going though aud in saw Governor The ing and jumping upon him as he was jeried down over the in possession of the But the ofticers mads one more telephone o from that not a sign of life The for that wany supposed it was a 0 to up | a moment disappeardfl aroucd the corner of Seventeenth and Farnam, Then George O'Hrien hove in sight and was urged to speak. Taking off his nat and standing on the edge of tho sidowalk O'Brien adavessed the crowd. He said “Of course public sentiment will frown unon such action as this as long as there are laws, I don’t thifk there is a married man or worman, a sister, brothor, father or mother in the wholo city of* Omatia that will not commend your action of tonight and sgy that vou all did right. Then the Goroner Came Just the u Coroner Harrigan drove up and viewed the body. Everybody yelled for Harrigan, and the doctor, standing bencath the dangling corpse ia the fickering 1 said: “What s done s louder than words.” Heafy & Hoafy's undertaking wagon drove up as the coroner coused speaking and v greoted with cheers. Some eried “Let him hang, d-0 bim, it was a good job." Amid such remarks the body was auickly lowered futo tho box, giter having hung just one hour, and with ®ne final burrah the wagon drove away down Farnam strect on galiop. Atz o'clock this merning Coronor Horm- an viewed tho remaiss of Coe ns they lay in the undertaking ro@ms at Heafey's. He stated that the man’s heck was broken and that life was extivet when the body was cut 'he inquest will be beld at 3 o'clock this afternoon. In the Midds of the Mob, The crush and pess of the crowd was somothing fearful g it swayed back and forth, After Coe was brought down to the juil ofice and while the crowd was wait- g for those who know him to make sure of Wi identification, the crowd made a clear path several times half way down to tne sireet near Boyd's opora house by the stalwarfs catebing hands in a lino and holding the Gebers back. But the press of thousands * bebind soon broke the bulwark of urms and hands and the rauks woud close #gait with a rush. Boys and weakly men wero in danger of heing crowded to death. Crowbars and slodgehammers were handed in over the heads of the crowd uotil it seemed that there must_have beeu a wagon load of them on the iuside. When it was announesd that the culprit had bpen pulled from his cell the crowd fairly split thoe aiv with theiv yells. “Hang bim, hang i was the cry.” Polico officors were atsolutely powerless in the crowd. sheriff Boyd Missing. After Sheriff Boyd had concluded his speech at the jail window ho suddenly di appearcd and was not seen by parties around the jail until after Coa was dead. People wondered! why the case, but it is easily ex- plained, as the sheriff was abducted, He hastily made his way to the north door of the jail, und at once passed out, Hardly had hie stepped uvon the pavement beforo ho was surrounded by a score of masked men. The sheriff reached for bis revolver and was in the act of drawing it from nis pocket, when bis arms were pinoned from behind, He was lifted up bodily and carried down the stone driveway, and then walied to the rear of the High schgol building, where he was kept a prisoner until 1 'clocle_ this moruing. Tho sheriff, in spéaging of tho incident, stated that, owing todthe masks that the men wore, he wus ‘Minable to recognize any of them. Whiidho was held a orisoner he was fully informed of how things wer oing on at the jail, as his captors wero well organized, having a number of couricrs who traveled back aud forth between the two points, Judge Doane Pleaded for Order. At 10:45 Judge Doane appearcd upon the scene. He crowded h's way through the mob untilho reached a point midway by tween the steps at the south of the court house and the juil. Phen he stopped and in a loud clear” tone of volce that was heard ubove the din of sledee hammer blows that were being deait upon the cage in which Coe was confined, peaded with the mob to use reason and _proceed slowly, Ho urged that the law should be allow to tako its course and that justico would bo meted out. The mob listened, but ouly for an instant. Again the sledge hammer blows ' were rencwed, whilo the judge crowded his way through the mob and succeeded in gaigiog entrance to the main covridor. There he stopped and pleaded with those in<ide. As ho was talking, Coe, more dead than alive was drawa down the loug corridor and into the office. Ouce more Judee Doane lifted his voice in pleading for tho colored mau's lifo, but it was too late, as beforo ho had concluted his remarks Coe was pushed throagh the window and was being dragged down over tho cruel rocks in the dircetion of the southeast corner of the court house grounds. done; actions speak down. such was Coe War Married, Coe, the man who was lynched by the mob, was married. Ho had a wifo and one child, who reside in the ulley between Eleventh and Twelfth streets, in the rear of the Wells, IPargo express office, | Notwitstanding {lie terrific jam, no_ seri- ous accidents occurrefl, though several p sons were more orloss injured oy being knocked down and walked over. As Coe was down the from the fjail was & get out of the wAy of tho were pulling the rope, that thoy might have o clear path. Like flock of sheep the men ran down the grassy slopes court house grounds, over the ain- 1s and fell or jumped to the pavement Bruised shins anasore heads wero reported, Ouo mau was said to have broken his log, but who he was was not known, as e was placed in a cab and driven away. in the C, While the participants in the hanging vre men, hundreds of women witnessed the sceucs from start to finish. But fow of them venturea upon the court house grounds, but upeh the streets they were overywhere ! conspicuous. They stopped on the way bome from their shopping tours and places of bisiness and apparently took as much interest {n the proceedings as tho men. When the theaters closed, another mass foined the crowg ‘and held their posi- tions until the body was cut down. INSIDE THE JAIL roadway rush o men who Women owd. How the Sheriff and His Assistants Sought 1o Save Ooc, Sheriff Boyd was iu bed when warning of troublo was received about 8:30 o'clock, and the sheriff, with the exciting duties that had devolved upon him during tho day, bad just retired when thero was a ringat tho telephione and the sheriff was impatiently called for, Ho respondad and was told that trouble was imponding at the jail. He Lastily dressed and burried to the fail, wholly un conscious of what the trouble could be, as he was not then that Smith had been remoyed from the city 10 the county jail, the transfor huving been made about 4 0'cleck in tho afternoon. When he ched the court house grounds ho found fully 1,00) people gathered about the vicinity, many of them being close aronud the jail. A5 soon as ne was admitted to the jait he dem d to know what was the mat- ter, and the situation was guickly made known to him. Swmith was then confined in upper uer of cages in the main cell m, where all the bound _ over prisoners are kept. The sheriff o dered bim instantly removed to the steel solitary in the east wing that for months haa been the abode of Ed Neal. As the negro passed him, the sheriff sald that he would protect him to the best of his ability as long as he was in his (Boyd’s) custody, but that [CONTINUED ON BECOND PAGE.| the first It was worn out aware JUSTICE AT LAST, Lives of Allan and Dorothy Jonss Compen- sated for by Bd Neal, HE IS BEFORE THE HIGHEST JUDGE NOW. Soul of the Murderer Set Free at the Drop of the Trap. CONFESSED HIS GUILT ON THE SCAFFOLD. He Was Alone When the Dastardly Deuble Murder Was Committod, DEATH HAD FEW TERRORS FOR HIM. Story of the Execution, Orime and Trial of t He Faced H Doom. ned--How Final Conde Ed Neal, the murderer of Allan and Doro- thyJones expiated nis awtul crime on the gallows adjoining the Douglas county court house yesterday at 12:00 o'clock. The gallows was erectod inan enclosure completed by the crection of two pine walls, sixtoen feet in height on Eighteenth aund Harnoy streets, Within this enclosure thore were probably 250 people of all nationalitics and conditions in society. They had boen provided with tickets by Sheriff Boyd and seomed prompted by motives more hon- orable than mere curiosity. ‘They seemed to te anxious to have the taw enforced and tho stain which the cowardly Jones murder had cast upon the county removed forever. Arrived Early, Some of the spactators entered tho sure as carly as 3:3) o'clock. The that hour had not directed its rays tho stockado and, as @ quence, the early visitors huddled in ome of the corners, veved and talked of the crime and the execution. New arrivals appeared at every moment and, at 11 o'clock a file of strangors walkod down the steps from the kitchen of tho jail and mingled in the throng. These were immediatoly identified as mem- bers of the Jonos family. They had como from Towa to wituess the execution of the murderer of their parents, Witnesses of the Execution, At 11:30 there was provably people awaiung the final act, among whom were J. T. Moriarty, Councilman Burdisn, Ed Mauer, J. B. Houck, Licutenant Arrasmitn, Detectives Savage and Haze, Josepn O’Con- nor, Humplirey Moynihan, P. Rowley, Coun- cilman Blumer, Jobn Baumer, Bd ~Wittig, Joseph Cavanaugh, Ed Loeder, P. Bouse, Fditor Rechart of the Soutn Umans Tribune, Ed Walsh, D. J. Coiiins, Jerome Pentzell, Will English, Jack Morrison, Joo O'Byrne, Jobr Drexel, Mayor loane of Soutb Omaha; Arthur Briggs, John Coad, Major Dennis, M. L. Ricn, I. Meyer, H. Schaeffer, A, Schrocder. <. W. Vedell, Peter Besen, 1. W. Green, Councii- man Elsasser, Captains Cormack and Mosty n, Sergeant Ormsby, Adam Suyder, Rich- ard Berlin, Pat Tord, ' James Preston, J, O'Grady, Sheriffs Harriman of Washington county, Caldwell of Nemais, Milligan of Dodge, ana Deputies Henoke of Bluir and Liddiard of Springtield aud_ Maw- hiney of Nance; I%. Hauey, Denuis Hurley, Frank Moores, Jotn Evans, C. Squires and the following' pnysicians’ and surgeons: Drs. Coffmau, Stone, Horrigan, Larimer, Summers, Jonas aan, Bridges, Lec, Williams, Holofscheiner, Biert and Allison. Sherifl Boyd's Entrance. At that moment Sheriff Boyd made his ap pearance in the doorway leading from the kitchen of the jail. It was known that it was through that doorway the murdercr was 10 make his appearance. Everybody folt that the fated hour had arrived, but " they wero mistaken. The sheriff enclo- sun_at within conse- ascended the tue gallows, looked mt the rope, which was tied around the cross-piece and examined the knot which was held up by a nail on the brace on the east sido of the seaffoli. After this inspection the shenff descended tho steps and cleared o path through the spectators who impeded bis passago toward the kitchen entrance. Wanted Another Hanging. About this time a report was received in the crowd that the littie girl who had been criminally assaulte by tho negro, Joo Coo, had died. This announcement was received with the strongest expressions of indignation, celing ran so high that had there been a leader, a rush would have been made for the cell of the colored brute and tho latter would have followed Neal upon the scaffold, The attention of the erowd howevor, was diverted from the subject by the expected appearance of the murd Everytimo the door opened Neal was looked for, but his failuro to appear created only a comment of disuppointment Finally orders to clear the steps came from insido and the order was instautly obeyed “Then Lou Gr d on the stops aud suid ““Tho members of the Jones family who aro present in the crowd will please step in oo, Immediately six men filed with dificulty out of the crowd and disappeaved in the kitchen, Searched the Jones family, Speculation was indulged in as to whether they were to be refused perm ssion to witness the hanging This was answered mn tho afirmative 1 & few minutes by the appearanco of the Joncses again, They had simply been searched to see whether or not they had arms concealed about their persous. It had been feared that they wight be iudiscreet enough to commit an assault of some kind on tho prisoner. Tho men were found unarmed, however, and several of taem were condoled with over the bloody murder which robbed them of thelr venerable parents, The door sgain ovened and F. Gurley, senior counsel for Neal, made his appearance. Ho was followed by Charles Marple who has been associated with Mr. Gurley in the case since l.eo Istella ascended 1o the bench of the district court Both of these gentlemen scemed sad and felt disinclined to engage in conversation with any of those who stood around them. Kitchen Clock was Fas steps to William There was a clock in the jail kitchen and that sounded the hour of noon. But it was several minutes fast. A hundred watches, however, wero pulled out because the im: pression seemed to prevail that the execution would take place at 12 o'clock shisrp, Deputy Snerift Tierney then uppeared and ordered the passaze way to be again cleared Then Sheriff Boyd came out upon the landing. He was us compo us be would have been ascending tho steps to his ofice. He walked sl the crowd was suti length arrived. Tmmediatoly after the McCarthy of St. Philom ing bis bieviary and Father murderer’s spiritual adyiser Neal in the Sunlight. Then came Neal, wly down the sten d that the d then hour bhad at reap , the His hands were crossed )i bofors him as ho stepped out into the fresh air, the first time ho had fnhalod it or felt the diroct rays of the sun since ho was convicted, His black suit of clothes { , | him romark ably woll and his collar and. 4 rere adjustod with fastigious taste. He un — ied his hands ns ho dosconded tho st throwing out his chest with the air o\ = an courting fayorable comment & Following the direction of o who had gone beforo him he turned to\ £ south, and as he did tho sun sty him in tho oyes. He turned s head slightly” to one side to aW the rays and at the same timeto catch a * of tho scaffold. ‘The view was only @ tial one and the wurderer in essayed £ee the gibbot, By this time ne had the gallows. of & bridegroom. miration. ~ There failing courage chicek and tho lipe. Bolitnd’ htm Liynoh and e 00 the seallold stood - Shévit Bovd, Deputy Mhorift Tierney, Juiler Horrigan, Pav Lyneh, Father Rigge and*Neal The last mentioned stepped timidly upon the trap and then turnea and faced the orowd. Ho hela a erucifix in s bands which he prossed fervently to his lips. Ha was encouraged by his spiritual ad viser aud then ina low voico Sheriff Boyd asked Noal if bo had anything to say. Neal, with a vosary ubout his neck and a cructfix botween his hands, advanced to tho tront and in n low tone said: roached th 1irs to Up these he walked .o the air His bearine evoked ad was nothing to show save the paleness of his narvous twitchings of his walied tho death watchios, Confessed His Crime “I want to say that I was alone farm when it was committed. “There was nobody else there, 1 want to ask pardon of the people of this city, and especinlly of the Jones family, be causo T am sorry for what I have done. *) do this at tho adyice of my spiritual di rector, because I feel it will do me good and I hope you will forgive me. He then stepped backward and Father Rigee, dropping upon his kuces, was imitaced by Neal and Messrs, Lynch and Horrigan Theyprayed for a fow minutes, the white laco surplice and purple stole of the priest con- trasting with tie dack clothes of the mur. derer. Neal was then vlaced upon the trap. ' His breathiog was heavy, and his face bocame ghastly palo, while 1iis features werc covered with moisture, R His Last Moments, The hands were pjnioned, the nother linbs shackled, and then the black eap was drawn over his head Tho noose at the was then placed neck, Neal staggered, and not ' been for Deputy Tierney, would have fallen, The latter stayed him while the sheriff, with his hand upon tho lever, waited to have Neal regain his com- posure. ‘This ho did in a moment. Ho was moved forward on the trap, At exactly i2:06 Sheriff Boyd the lever. The wedge shot out of the staple which supported the trap. Neal disappearca from the surface of tho seaffold and hung w mid_air, tho body being visible beucath the fioor. Through the Trap. As the body shot through the drop down ward six and a half feet, the spectators in- voluntarily drew back, bt not a sound was uttered, and almost instantly recovering themselves overyboly crowded forward, even sing theit W uder the galiows and st the quivering and writhing form, As it reached the end of the rope, and the contracting noose suddenly tightened its fold upon the neck of the mi tho body re- coiled six or eight, inches, and then straight- cniug out swung slowly one-fourth arouud to the-sonth and silently and-ahaost s0olion less, dungled fo mid-air, The violent contraction of the ceased almost, bofore choe body c g ing, and the legs were slowly drawn up only a fow times thereafter. In two minutes from the time the drop fell there was only a slight twitching and in four minutes a quivering of the extremities was all that was uoticeable, In four and a half minutes a siight flicker ing of the pulse was alone discornabie, ayd two minutes ater the radial pulse ceased entirely. The pulso was twenty the first minute, dropping to ten the second, oight tho third and six the fourth. In five minutes tho pulse high up on the wrist gave six pulsations per minute. In cight wnd & half minutes the heart was beatmg plainly and it gradually decreased until at niveteen minutes the phy- sicians anuounced irregular heart action with two beats and an futermission, then a strong beat followed by two weak ones and another mtermission. His Neck Not Brokes It was evident that the ncele had not been broken and tnat doath was slowly resulting from strangulation. The doctors revorted that there was no breathing, tnat by applying the ear to the chost of the vie- tim they could hear the sounds of suffocu- tion. T'wenty minutes afte been launehed from the drop Lhero was partial contraction of the heart every four or five seconds. In twonty-two and u half minutes there was still lifo, and in twenty- four and a half minutes efforts at partial contraction wero sl to be discerned. AU 12:52:15, twenty-six and a quarter min- utes after falling, the heart action coused en- tirely, ana in thirty-two minutes some of the physiviuns pronounced the man dead, but Dr. Coffman insisted oight minutes later’ that he could rosuscitate the man in twenty minutes, and advised that it be allowed to haog sixty minutes, else the ontrance of uir to the lungs wight stimulate tie heart to renewed action. Finally Pronounced Dead, Drs. Coffman, Harrigan, Lee, Allison, Lar- imer, Bridges and Summers examined the body In turn, and at 1:02 o'clock it was low cred into the cofiln, The box provided was only & temporary one, ana in it was placed the mortal remains of K4 Neal, tho legally excouted murderer, as they were lowered from the cross beam after the straps had been romoved from the wrists and ankics Confessed Once Beld While the body was still hanging, Boyd stated to the doctors and press repre sentatives under the gallows that Neat had wile the same confession 1o him three weelks before trat he had made public on the scaf- fold, but the murderer had solemuly sworn him' not to reveal it to a3 living soul Neal went more into detail in hiis confession stating that he went to the rm ulone and did bis work unaided, but oven to him Neal aid not say very much about the matter. T'ho sherlff stated that he s satisfied tha, it was so befors Neal made his confesssion, aua he was not at all surprised by it. ous to See the The cofin was then taken up, conveyed through the kitehen, out of the south door of the jwil and down the steps, where it was de posited in Heafoy & Heafoy's unde taking wugon which was backed up against the curb stone, The drive to the undertak establishment was bid, put notwithstanding this fact it was followed by thousauds of people. Aa immense throng of men, women and children blocked the way at Heafoy & Hoafoy's, but as the wagon bearing the corpse was driven up, tuvy were driven back oy & squad of police in commana of Captain Cormack and Ser ant Graves, Whalen and Ormsby. ‘The coftin was ied in through the front door and placed in the reception room in tho rear. There the body was lifted from the coffin in which it had been placed after hay ing been cut down and teansforred to a rich, bluck broadeloth casket, with solid jountings, with & plate top on which were engraved the words “Ltest in Peace." Police officers room and the do und his had it vulled the murderer had Sneriff orpse. upon the stationed about the were opened 1o allow the crowd to view the rom; Immediutely the people filed in through the outer passed along the north side of the cofin, . viewed the mains _and walked the north door into the alley and back onto Iour teanth street This coutinued f; AL ¢ the door the remaius wero vi fiu closed for all t Will Clai Clarke, the wer 1 the Body Joe woman who has [CONTINUED ON BIGHTH FAGE.] NUMBER 114, (FREMONT CITIZEN'S SUICIDE, | R 0. Vaughan's Heal Crushed Under o Freight Train's Whools, DELIBERATLLY LIES DOWN ON THE TRACKy Thomas Parcell of Novth an Exciting Fxpericnce with Bold Burglars—-Other Nebrasks News Notos. Bend Hag Freyoxt, Neb,, Oct, 0 to T Br AL 1L R. C. Vaughan, a mitted suterdo in a Spocial Telograu o'clock this forenoon citizon of Framont, com« rathor romarkable mane ner. Ho lad gone to the freivnt depot of tho F'remoat, Klkhorn & Missouri road, A froight teain was switehing near the depot. i lay down with his body oxtending at right angles to the track and deliberatoly piaced s neck across tho rail between the wheels of a truck of & freight cav of tho train then being made up. When the train started up the wheels passed over his neck ana head and crushed them past all r fon ~ Deceased was a tinner, u sober, hard-works ing and upright man. Tho cause of the sni- cide is attributed to financial tronbles and the waywardness of a son who is wanted here for burglary. Deceased had boen sick und out of work for several months, and these are sups posed to have combined to drive him to the rash act. 1o louves a wife and tweive chide dren, An inquest will bo held. At MeCook's Leunion. McCook, Neb., Oct. 9. —{Special Telogram to Tax By Today after guard mount the reunion vetorans assemblod by statos, form- ing companies and regiments prepavatory to participating in the sham battie of the after » noon. At 11:30 Governor Thayer and staft arvived and woro receivod with militar honors, and after dinner we scorted tothe grounds and received by tho usual salute from Murdock's bautery. Governor Thayer made addr ud was repeatedly cheerod. Adjutant Geperal Colo and Hon. ‘Tom Cook were on the groupds today aud participated iu the exoroisos, At p. m. tho foug roll sounded and hos- tilities commonced. Colonol Gago command- ing our force and Captaln Murphin the cnemy. The opposing forces were composed of the memvers of the Grand Army of the Republic, Sons of Veterans, state militia ana the Gago' cadets, Tne cadets were fighting in the command of Captain Murphin and the fortunes of war so decried it that Colonel Gage was captured by the s and was th difficulty roscucd, Everyono pronounces it the finest witnessed in the west. A great J is due to the Gage cadets for th bearing and excellent behavior. Governor Thayer and stafl wero prosent at the camp firo this ovening and_ wero treated to m surpriso by Colonel Gage, who had charge, Colonel “Gago read goueral ovder No. 1i and informcd the governor that bo had - waited paticatly for five long years to be appowted on his staff, and as such much desired bonor did mot come, ho would now appomnt Governor Jlhayeras his chicf of staff and put him_on his good behavior. o also or= dered Thomas ook out on piciet duty, Adjutant General Cole and others made the camp firo merry until 10 o'clook when they ropaired to the homo of the mayor of tha ity -and -treated him toa royal serenade, Tomorrow is tho last day battle cal of erediv soldierly vious Weeck at Bancroft. Baxenorr, Nob., Oct. Special to Tim Bk, | —Last night at 9:30 p. m. the regula® freight on tho Chicago, St. Paut, Minneapos lis & Omaha railvond going south set a car in motion and it run off tne switcn on to tbhe main track down an welino about a mile. An extra freight going north a fow minutes later struck Lo oar, causing a serious wrock. The ar was entively demolished, and the engine ud eicht or vine cars of the'extra were badly wrecked and thrown from the track, The engine was throwa to tho vottom of the diteh on its side, whoo ic lies nearly subs morged in water, Tho othier cars woro badly recked. Thore were on the en o, besides the tircman and engineer, the conductor and a brakeman, ailof whom escaped with but slight bruises, ons being slightly scatded. “The track was cleared by 9 o'clock this morns ing 50 that trains will not be delayed, Bold Work of Burglars. Nowrn Bexn, Neb,, Oct. 9. —Thomas Pure cell, member of tho banking firm of Dowhng & Purcell had an exciting experionce with vburglurs, Mr. Purce!l bad started for home about bed time and while chatting with a friend o fow moments later recollected that no han leita package in bis office, Returne ing he caterod the roon without lighting a lamp, bogan looking for the bundle. Sud- donly Out of & dark cOrner Lo unprepossess- ing strangers wrose and requested Mr, Pur- cell to throw up his hanas. He compliod with alacrity. The robbers then procecded to possess themselves of what valuables he bad on his porson and after completing the task dewanded the koys to the safe, He re- plicd thet he didn'thave them, but they were in possession of his partner,'Mr. Dowling. “Pho burgiars then loft and no trace of them las since been found. Cass County Deaisions, Pravtssoun, Oet.9.—[Special to Tug Ber, ) The Cass Countv Board of Commissionor has decided to place the precinct of Murray and Rocic Blufts back into Rock Blufls pre- cinet, and providing for two voting districts, t Rock Blufls and the other at Murray. A perition was presonted asking the board to submit the ion of forming the county into tho township organization system at the coming election. Tho board agreed to sub- it the question to u vote of tne people at the coming election Fremont Prohibitionists, Fuesost, Neb, Oct. 9—[Spocial Tele~ gram to Tus Bk The probibitionists of Dodge county heid their convention in the court room at i o'clock this atternoon ana nominated tho follo tickot : Jerey Donslow, troasur \W. Stephen son, clerlc; Samual Pator. B W, Murshall, elork of tho court; J. It. Kennedy, judge; Miss Eoliuo Clark, superintenaent, Business Complications. FreMoxT, veb,, Oct, 9, TPelegram to ne Bree |- The general merchandise store of Henry Silvers & Co. of Hooper was closed today by creaitors, who have flled a Jarge number of olaims in attachment with the clerk of the court. Tho total liabilities are placed at 2,500, One membor of the firin has still turtner complicatcs matters by sung another member for §1,600. il Specia Seriously Inj Prarrssouri, Neb,, Oct, 9, al Telos grawm to T Bk, |~ Poilip Britsch, a farmer living eight miles west of town, was hauling load of lumber home today when ho slipned and foil fromt agon, palling some of Lhe atber on top of him, which broke his thigh, Ihe heavy wagon then passed over bis body, injurine bim internally Hotel Ol Neniaska Ciry, spocial Pelegram to Tni Be Mill, lands lord at the Norton house, today signed s lease with Mr. Sick the Hotel Watson and in the future will manage both Mr. [iidd, late of the has sod the Grand iaciic ngos Ownevs Neb,, Oct. 6, George owner of Watson ntitive, Tole- pastor st this pisce solected Ay the Custer county on the ndvartisiug train, e quaiztance iu northera OBIg Custer Connty's Hepres Brokkx Bow Oct gram to Tuy Rev be, of the Meth iscopal church