Then the sheriff announced that the crowd might as well disperse because
the men that they wanted were no longer in the jail. This apparently enraged
the crowd and that's where the violent trouble began. Under the leadership
of a few inspiring individuals like Kate Howard,
a local rooming house owner who was notorious for her hatred of blacks,
the crowd moved from the county jail down to Harry Loper's restaurant when
it learned that his car was used in the escape plot. The crowd stalled at
the sight of Harry Loper standing in the doorway with his rifle, but after
he left by the back door the mob preceded to trash
and destroy his stylish restaurant. They consumed the liquor, broke
plate glassed windows, demolished the interior, and torched his five
thousand dollar automobile.
