The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-07-27
After a Meeting on a Public Square 10000
People March to the Jail, 0verpower the
Guards and Bring Forth Daniel Arats.
The Victim Had Brutally Murdered q
G. A. r. Man the Night Before.
After "Bronco Jim" Had Disemboweled Him,
the Mob Took Him Across the Street and
Strung Him Up, Kidding His Body.


city. entered saloon in the bottoms kcpt
by Dan Arata. an Italian of unsavory fame.
Lightfoot asked for . glass OF beer. and
paid for 1t. When he had drunk It,
Arsta asked him 70 have another
drink. Liehtfoot. supposlng 1t to
be treat" accepted and started to leave
the place. Arata stopped him and de-
manded pay for the beverage. Light
foot did not have the necessary
money, and the Italian, picking,
mp chair. brutally assaulted him.
knocking out the left eye at the frat blow.
The murderous bartender followed mp this
attack. literally beating the poor old man.
who was sixty years of age and rather
childish, nearly to death. But he was not
quite de ad. and to make sure of his victim
Arata shot him through the heart. The
mur derer was arrested and placed in jail.
All day there have been murmurs. not
only among the Grand Army men. but Of
the people in general. regarding the brutal
deed. Many threatsof Iynching were heard
butnot needed by the straight-going people
of Denver. who thought that quick justice
had passed away with the frontier days
meeting of the unemployed men was called
for this evening. at O'Clock, and speeches
were made. deplorinR the present
stringency in the money mar
ket and the resultant idleness
When the speakers were through. q tall
grsy.headed and whiskersd veteran. wear
ing the G. A. r. uniform, got upon the
stand and SAID: Follow me-"
THE MARCH TO THE JAIL
hA huf NOD
understood what was meant. and five thou
sand people followed the leader to the
county jail. fully q mile and a quarter
distant, through mud and slush caused
by the heavy shower Of to-day. The crowd
gained members in its long march. and
before the jail was reached fully ten
were hOckine in from every street.
most of them bent on seeing
what was going to be done. Arriving at
the jail numerous calls were made for bat
tering rams and an assault was made.
The Jail Is new and massive one, and no
one in the crowd outside of the leaders
thought that it could be entered by mob.
The crowd attacked both sides of the
side being the most determined. They
finally battered down the sheet iron on the
door. protecting the inside bars of the Of
flee entrance and then began on the next OBJ
the jailer, and his guards, assisted by
the city police who were Inside,
turned q heavy stream OF water on the men
Dattering the door. Although the force OF
yet they kept on at their work By this
time fully fifty thousand people sur
rounded the jail as spectators. A
gas jet at the entrance afforded the attack.
ing party sufficient light to work by, but
suddenly the besieged turned off the light
and left thiDRs In utter darkness. Several
cable cars were seen apDrOsching and the
mob made q dash tor them. tearing
TO the aid Of the mon at work on the door.
Then the guards inside began to fire.
FIRED ON BY THE GUARDS.
The enraged mob did not hesitate. al
though two of their number were shot. but
not fatally. The crowd rushed in. over
powered the guards and made them prison.
ers. At last Arats's cell was broken into
and the murderer found crouching in tho
corner. Here an awful scene ensued.
One of the leaders of the mob was
nosshiy SuTy DdgsO
knife. and ripped the murderer up the
abdomen. Then the rest of the
leaders interfered and kept him for the rope
He was hustled out of the jail across tho
dim light cast by an arc light
from nearby corner was pulled
mp. He was asked If he had anything to
say. In feeble tone. bleeding from the
am the man: killed him in self-defense."
The murderer was suddenly jerkod off tho
earth and several persons drew six -sho oters
and riddled hi. body with bol.
tEes @ with awful force many striking
matches to view the corpse. and some Civ.
ing it vindlcrlve push. At last the rope
broke and the body fell into the gutter un-
crowd laughed. and chsered. and yelled.
burn HIM; burn him like they Go in
Texas"
This. however. was rather impraotlcable
wet. The mob finally compromised
by getting hold of the rope and,
starting in the business part of town,
the corpse was dragged by the neck
At Seventeenth and Curtiss streets they
strung him up to q huge telegraph pole
for the edifcation of those who had
not been present ct the original hanging.
The police did not interfere with the awful
the street. and 1t was only after
the body of the murderer had
been swayed in the electric light for ten
minutes that they came up and removed It
to the moreue. The people then dispersed.
it being the hour of midnight and the city
again became tranquil
The foremost leader Of the mob. besides
the Grand Army man mentioned in the
first part of this story. was boy of
twenty, named Brennan. No arrests
have been made, and probably none will be,
as the general opinion Is that the lynching
was iustlfia able. Following is q list of
those injured at tho Jail by the guards On
the inside:
Abe Goodman, aged twenty.four, shot
through the leg.
LIP. Deese. aged fifty-five. shot in the
left eye.
On the inside Of the Jail officer Hobart
was slightly injured In the leg by the
, only shot fired from without. Many rocks
were thrown. however, and Captain Crewes.
the jailer received a bad wound on the lett
cheek. Numerous other officers were hit
with dying rocks but the injuries are not
severe.
Spreckeis in Favor of the Queen.
SAN Francisco. July 26.-Claus Spreck-
H.. x.1d Irlr