28 years before a white mob lynched Will Brown who was falsely accused of raping a white girl in Omaha, the town earned its infamy with the lynching of another African American. George Smith, also known as Joe Coe, was a family man with a wife and two children. At the dance, a girl named Dot Gannley, also referred to as Dollie Gunn, said George Smith had assaulted her. The Omaha Fire Department arrived to hose the crowd, but their hoses were quickly cut,” according to North Omaha History. Nobody was ever tried or convicted of the lynching of Smith.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 09, 2020 12:56 UTC