Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-28
WHITE MAN LYACHEO
CHARGED With Murder of a
Farmer in Colorado.
KILLING WAS ALL ORDERLY
Dispatch Also Characterized the Work
of the Mob.
NO CLUES TO MASKED MEN
Party Was Organized Long Before
the Lynching Occurred - Sheriff
and Assistants Locked Up.
KILLING WAS ALL ORDERLY
NO CLUES TO MASKED MEN

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LAS ANIMALS. Colo, December 2S-
Masked men suddenly surrounded the jail
here last night, overpowered the sheriff. Sc
cured his key and Iynched Lawrence Le-
berg, a white man, who murdered a farmer
near here on Tuesday. 1t Is also rumored
that the two men who killed the city
marshal of Lama Wednesday night have
been caught and lynched.
The killing of Iceberg was accomplished
with the greatest order and dispatch. The
whole time from the moment he was taken
from his cell to that when he was hanged
was not more than half an hour. Those
who were witnesses. but not participants,
declare that it was the most orderly lynch
ing known to them.
From all appearances a lynching party
had been thoroughly organized long in adj
vance In fact an attempt had been made
on Wednesday night to get the man, but the
guards had beat the mob off.
Despite the first attempt the sheriff had
not taken extra precautions to protect Lee
berg. The door of his cell, which had been
badly damaged in the first assault, had
not been repaired and showed signs of
dilapidation, although secured as usual with
it's paddock. The sheriff had in the build
ing last night the under-sheriff and two
guards
Mob in Disguise.
Well on in the evening a small crowd of
men was seen marching toward the jail.
They strobe straight ahead in perfect order
and appeared almost like company of
militia in citizens dress. But each man
wore a mask and otherwise disguised HIM
self best he could.
Upon reaching the prison the leader did
not wait to knock for admittance, but
opened the door and walked right in. fol-
lowed by his company. They found the
sheriff and his three assistants and after
a few words compelled them to enter an
other room, when the key was turned on
them and they were out of the way for a
few minutes.
After that 1t was simple thing to find
Leberg'S cell. break the lock and drag him
out The other prisoners hoped that they
could escape in the confusion, but there
was no confusion. and they. were coolly
locked in again as soon as Iceberg had been
found and taken out. Not word had been
spoken, either by the doomed prisoner or
his captors. The silence maintained resem-
bled that of the famous Ku Klux Khan. 1t
was all very business like and absolutely
lacked the elements of the melodrama-
Everything Orderly.
With the prisoner in their possession the
mob proceeded quickly to the Santa Fe
railroad tracks and stopped at the nearest
telegraph pole. One Of the band, with a
piece of rope loosely tied about his waist
and polemans spurs on his feet, climbed
up the pole. put the rope over the cross
arm and brought the loose end down again.
moose was tied and placed about the
prisoners neck.
The crowd fell back a little way with the
Of hn c
and held by a score or more of hands. At
the word of command from the leader the
rope was pulled up until Iceberg was within
two or three feet of the cross-arm. It was
then tied to tree nearby, and the body
left swinging in the air.
AS quietly they had gathered the mob
then broke up. 1t is said that there are no
clues to the identity of any of its members.