The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1893-08-03
LYNCHING IN DENVER
SWIFT JUSTICE METED OUT TO
ERUTA. MURDERER.
Daniel Arata. u SalounGcerer. >ltin 10y AN
lnfuriated Mob In the silver (uH-us
In { old Blood.
strung IN aud shot.

strung IN aud shot.
No: since Denver was 4 small frontier
village ana lNrchinE parties We're ~
common occurrence has that city eN-
pcriertcd anything like what hap
pened the other evening. Dan Ara'a.
the Italian murderer Of Il. {. Light
foot, was taken from the Jail, hung To
tree. and shot by mob. The night
before b. {. Liyhtfoot, an Old Grand
Army man. entered the saloon kept Ivy
Arala. an Italian Of unsaNory fame:
Lightfoot asked for glass Of beer and
paid cor il. When he had drunk 1t
-Arita asked him u have another drink.
Lighttoot, surprising 1t to be treat,
accepted and started to leave the
place. Alata stopl ell him and de
mande'i pay for the beverage. Light
foot did not have the necessary money
and the Italian picking up Il chair hru-
tally assaulted MIN. Knocking out the
left eye at the first blow. The muir
deruuS bartender followed his attack.
literally beating the poor old man. VIII"
was 20 Years Of age and rather child
is!. nearly 10 death. But he was not
quite dead. and IL make sure rf his
victim .AratA shot him through the
heart The murderer was arrested
and placed in Jail. All day there had
been muglnurs. not only among III"
Grand Array men. bat of the people i'll
general. regarding the brutal deed.
Many threats of tynrhinG were heard.
\ meeting of the unemployed men
was called Tor the evening at : O'clock.
ut 18th and Market streets. where
speeches where made irplnrinG the
present >t"ingcncy III the money mar
Eet and the resultant idlrnc>s. When
the speakers We're throu:,li !. tall gray
headed and whi~kereu veteran wearing
! the Grand Army uniform got upon the
stand and said: Follow me. Tho
words We're few. but every body undrr-
stood what was meant. and % - people
! followed the header to the county Jail.
fully Il mile and Il quarter distant. Tho
! crowd gained numbers in their long
| march. ana before the lail was reached
| fully looN We're in line ANA people
! We're 1}urkinr in from every street.
| most of them bent ON seeing what WAS
! going to be done. Arriving 1T the Jail
| the mob hcsitattd. for they had for
! gotten to supply themselves with
| slcdncS and other necessary tools for
/ breaking down the doors. Numerous
! calls We're made for hattrrinE rams.
/ etc. and the eager crowd rushed hith-
er and thi;hcr and Were not long
/ in procuring the objects wanted. Then
lIlt ltIl WORN ttEdll ne tIpNh at
/ tackled two sides of the jail at once.
! these on the north side being the most
determined.
Battered Down the Doors.
At this point Capt Crcwc-. the Jail
! err. ard his guards, assisted 10y the city
police who were inside. turned Il heavy
stream of water upon Tie men batter
ing at the door. Although the force Of
the stream threw the angry men back
repeatedly YET they kept on At their
work. Then the guards inside
b, AN to fire. The cnragcI moo
did not hesitate. although two
of their number We're shot. not fatally,
however. The officials stopped firing
1 for a moment. and the attacking party
took advantage of it 10y working des-
pcratelv and finally breaking in the
door. The crowd rushed in, ovcrpow-
cred the guards. and made them pris-
Cners. The iailer would not give up
the cell keys, and the impatient mob
pressed forward to find the room occu-
pied by Arata. They hunted through
the vast corridors for an hour before
discovering the right cell. and then
having no key they started to
cell was broken into, and the murderer
found crouching in the corner. Here
an awful scene cnSucd. One Of the
leaders of the mob was "BrOnchO jim.
| Il hurly negro. Some one, possibly
"BronchO jim" drew Il huge knife and
ripped the murderer up the abdomen.
Then the rest of the leaders intcrfcred
and kept him for the rope. He was
hustled out of the Jail across the street
to a cottonwood tree and in the dim
light cast by an arc lamp from Il nearby
corner was pulled up. He was asked
! il he had anything to say. In a feeble
tone. bleeding from tn" CHASTITY wound
in his body. he said: Il am the man: l
killed him in sclf-dcfenSc."
He was proceeding TO speak further
when some one cried out: Here comes
the patrol" 1t wa, Il false alarm. for
the police. excepting those inside tao
Jail, did not present themselves at any
time, although the mob occupied three
hours in getting their victim. The
warning cry. however. had it effect.
a2d the murderer was suddenly ierkel
Off the earth in view OF a mob that oc-
cupicd the ground tor blocks around
No soOnc: wa- he in the air than sew
eral persons drew six-shoot"rs and rid
died his b ,dy with bullet and then the
lynchers dispersed Arata'- body was
cut down by the police and taken to the
city morguc.
How the World Ways.