Evening star., 1900-05-23
ROPE BROKE i TWICE
Negro Who Murdered Two Children
Lynched in Pueblo.
VICTIM DRAGGED THROUGH STREETS
Mob Took Him From the Officers
in Charge.
DANCED AROUND REMAINS

PUEBLO, Col, May 23.-After being
rope for 200 yards, and after the rope had
twice broken while the struggling and yell
ing negro was being pulled up. Calvin KIM
blern, murderer was lynched at 1913 o'clock
this morning. Three thousand people
watched the death struggles and finally the
last twitches, and then the shouting and
yelling that at first drowned the negro S
voice died away in silence.
Affairs had been at fever heat in Pueblo
all evening. 1t was pretty we'll known just
when the officers were going to bring back
the murderer from Denver. Their move
ments were announced from the telegraph
Office, and frequent bulletins kept every
body posted.
Ties Placed Across Track.
At 1870 o'clock last night a report was
current that the officials of the Rio Grande
railroad had issued orders to rush all trains
past the Sth street station without stop
ping. A pile Of ties twelve feet high was
quickly placed on the tracks just north of
the depot. and warning was sent to the
dispatcher to notify the engineers of all
trains that they must be brought to a
standstiM and search permitted.
The first train down soon after was a
freight The red lanterns were swung
across the track and the train stopped. A
dozen men jumped on the engine and asked
If the prisoner had been brought in on the
train. They were assured that he had not.
The crowd was not satisfied, insisting on
searching every car, but the negro was not
found
The ties were then removed and the train
allowed to proceed This was kept up until
the arrival Of the Rio Grande train at 1:15.
The mob. being told that Kimblern was on
board at once surrounded the train at the
Sth street pot, overpowered the officers
and took the negro from the train.
Seized by Many Hands.
AS the train pulled into the depot Kimb-
lern was pushed out of the front end of the
smoking car and into the hands of the mob.
moose was cast about his neck. Many
hands at once seized 1t. kimblern made
but the slightest resistance. Heavy steel
manacles bound his wrists and he was
helpless. He was dragged face downward
over the railroad tracks. The moose tight
ened about his neck. and he Was undoubted-
ly dead before he was hanged to a tele-
graph pole two blocks from the depot.
Twice the rope broke after the body had
been hauled up, but the third attempt at
hanging was successful After the body
had been allowed to dangle in the air a
few minutes the rope was cut and the
corpse was dragged half a block further,
the crowd clamoring for fire to burn the
corpse.
Mayor West exhorted the mob, which in
cluded some women, to disperse. but long
after many in the crowd had gone home or
stood on the outskirts boys and young men
danced about the remains. insisting that the
man was not dead. They stripped the body
to the waist and man who claimed to be
a doctor said that his heart still beat
ing. The mob then hooked the manacles
into one of the spikes on the side of pole
where the body was again hanged up. 1t
was finally taken to the morgue late this
morning.
On the iourney from Dapver Eiublarn
was fully aware of the fate that awaited
him here, but he retained his composure
and smoked or slept much of the time.
kimblern assaulted and murdered two
young girls at the orphan asylum on Sun
day morning. He also tried to kill his
wife.