The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-07-28
IYNCHED THE MURDERER.
,r,rER MOB BREAKS INTO TIE
,,IJ AND FINDS ITS TTCIIM

.. Stabbed and Then Strung Up-The
b,.sy nrnsged ThrouEh the streets "a
-. Heart OF the City-Severnl Mer
,Ts,,ded During the Attack on the Jail.
-.,,vrp. Col. July 27.-On Wednesday night
tiehttoot. an old Grand Army man OF
81. ,ity. entered a saloon In the bottoms kept
.n' nan Arata. an Italian VI unsavory fame.
U.,.ti,ot asked for glass OF beer and paid
'i, When he mad drunk It Arata asked him
!V' hove another drink. Lichtfoot supposing
=. q, no a ".reat." accepted and started to
- ,be mace. when Arata stopped him and
S.,anded ray for tho beverage. LiChtfoot did
sot have the necessary money. and the italian,
Ai..inr up a chair. assaulted him. knockin q
~, the left eye at the FIRST blow. The saloon
tssper followed up his attack. beating the
IN who was co years OF age and rather
shiiSish nearly to death. But he was not
.nts dead. and. to make sure OF his VIC
Nv, lrnta shot him through the heart. The
..rrderer was arrested and placed in jail.
Inhay yesterday many threats OF lynchinG
rsrs heard but not needed by the staid- Eoing
neonle OF Denver. who thought that quick JUS
No. rad passed away with the frontier days.
r,oeting Of the unemployed was called for
lac, evening. where speeches wore made de-
nloring the present stringency In the money
m.rket nd the resultant idleness.
When the speakers were through tall. gray
headed. yhiskered veteran. wearing the Grand
Army uniform. got upon the stand and said
"rollow me-" Everybody understood what
ms meant. and 5000 people followed tho
,s,der to the county iail. fully mile and =
ouarter distant. through mud and slush caused
nv the heavy shower during the day. The
crowd gained numbers In their long march.
and before the Jail was reached fully 10000
we're in line. and people were focking in from
avery street. most OF them bent on seeing
what was going to be done.
Arriving at the jail the mob hesitated. for
they had forgotten to supply themselves with
sledses and other necessary tools for breaking
down the doors. Numerous calls were made
Tar batterinc rams. &c. and the eaCer crowd
10 procuring the objects wanted. Then the
real work began.
The jail is u new and massive one. and no
though that 1t could be entered by mob. The
crowd attacked the sides Of the Iail at once. the
termined. They finally battered down the
sheet iron door protecting the inside bars OF
the office entrance and then began on the next eS
taller. and his guards, assisted by the city
police. who were inside turned heavy strea m
Although the force OF the stream threw the
angry mob back repeatedly. yet they Kept on
- By this time fully $4,000 people surrounded
let at the entrance afforded the attack king
to o Tof Tx e aSd e
things in utter darkness Several cable cars
were seen approaching. and the mob made
and bringing them TO the aid OF tho men ut
work at tho door. Then the guards inside be-
to fs g .her
In. ovsrpowered tho guards, and made them
pl At last lra.a's cell was broken into and the
murderer found crouching In corner:
one Of the leaders OF the mob was Brop Bronze
Bronco Jim. drew q huge knife and cut the
murderer in the abdomen. Then the rest Of
the rope. He was hustled out Of the Jail
across the street to cottonwood tree and. in
the light cast BY an arc lamp from nearby
Chew He Was sAs sssed il he had anything to say,
Bleeding from the wound in his body he feebiy
II am the man. killed him in sels-de-
THE The murderer was suddenly .jerked of the
packed around the tree in, awful force. many
svns It pT.h tho fops
Broke and the bleeding body. fell into the gut
ter underneath the tree with . splash. The
him Burn him like they do in Texas" This.
however was impracticable. as everything
within reach was soaked with rain.
The mob finally compromised by getting
hold OF the rope. and the body was dragged
into the heart Of the city. and at Seventeenth
and Curtis streets strung up to q telegraph
pole. The police did not interfere with the
procession as 1t passed through the streets
and it was only after the mutilatsd body OF the
murderer had swayed in the electric light for
ten minutes that they came up and removed 1t
10 the morgue. The people then dispersed. It
being the hour Of midnight and the city again
became tranquil The foremost leader OF tho
mob. besides the Grand Army man. was q boy
OF twenty named Brennan. No arrests have
been made and probably none will be. as tho
general opinion Is that the lynching was justi-
fable.
Abe Goodman. aged "a. was shot through the
leg. and l. P. Deese. aged 55. was shot in the
left eye by the guards inside the Jail. Police
man Hobart who was in the jail was slightly
injured in the leg by the only shot fred from
without.
Many stones were thrown. and Capt. Groves.
the Iailer. received bad wound on the lett
cheek. Many others were hit by stones. but
the In Iuries are not severe
The city is in q high state of excitement as
result Of last nights lynching. This afternoon
Mayor Vanhorn issued q proclamation asking
people not to congregate in the streets and to
participate in no acts tending to create excite
meEt