Joseph Coe
Joseph Coe, a Black man, was held in the Omaha county jail in October 1891. According to the Omaha report cited by the Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle, a mob attacked the jail with street rails, broke through five steel lattice doors, and beat him to death before he reached the front door. The crowd then hanged his body from a trolley wire in front of the opera house. Former Governor Boyd begged the leaders to stop, but the police and fire department could not halt the mob.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A mob broke into the Omaha county jail, beat Joseph Coe to death and hanged his body from a trolley wire, according to the Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle citing the Omaha report.
Reported by: Daily Tobacco Leaf-Chronicle, citing the Omaha report (reporters).