NEGROES LYNCHED.
! THE MOB SEES RED. : By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright, i Received Sept. 29, 8.30 p.m. ' - New York, Sept. 28. ! At Omaha, Nebraska, a mob numbering many thousands lynched a negro ' charged with assaulting a white girl. They rampaged through the city, set lire 1 to the county courthouse costing a million and a half dollars, pulled the • negroes off the tram cars, and bea? and - shot them. Many are believed to have - been killed, and scores wounded. 1 The mob charged the city jail, desiring ■ to take out the negro prisoners whom • the police carried off in automobiles. The police were powerless, and the military are awaiting authorisation from Washington to take control of the city. l The mob broke into hardware stores 1 and carried off firearms, which were used t against the police and the negroes. The f firemen were unable to leave the courts house, the mob cutting the hose, t Negroes, during the last six weeks, e have committed a large number of att paults and robberies.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Asa*,,
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1919, Page 5
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173NEGROES LYNCHED. Taranaki Daily News, 30 September 1919, Page 5
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