The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1906-12-29
NEAR lYNCnINC
FOR HORRIBLE MURDER IN eENr
COUNTY.
DRANK HIS VICTIMS BLOOD
Tramp F-orn Cripple Creek Murders =
Farmer Because He Was Refused
lods,1y-Cslis Himself an Anar-
chist and Glories in the Crime.


Denver.-A News special from Las
Animas "Wednesday night says:
Confessng that he murdered Henry
LanveEmeyeT. Il rich farmer, at Horse
Greek, AMI boasting that he drank of
the victims blood, Lars Iceberg. a
tramp. on his way to California from
Cripple Greek an hour after his arres;
this afternoon defed crowd OF Cit
zens TO lynch him, as they threatened
The prisoner declares himself an
anarchist and expresses great satisfac
tion over his deed, because the mur
dered man was . land owner"
Though Cool-headed citizens pre-
vented the summary execution Of the
man this afternoon. mob mum berfns
400 tonight al 10 O'Clock urade a raid
on the jail and broke in two sides OF
the walls aad were at work wrecking
the steel cage in which Iceberg is con
fined when Sheriff Brown and -four
deputies leyelsd guns and threatened
to shoot If the mob did not leave at
once. The command was obeyed. but
II Is feared another attempt will be
made before morning
Iceberg was put of train at Rob
inson he said in a confession, and was
driven by J II Hill into Horse Greek
valley. He was atIerHard run out of 8
grading camp and called at the home
of George Purvis. There he demanded
food and bed received the former
but was offered blankets and vacant
room in an outside building. instead O.
the latter He became indignant and
determined to burn Puryis' hay stacks
Instead he burned those of Lanyer
meyer.
I.anyermeyer gave chase on horse
back and caught the man short dis
tance away He took Iceberg into
custody and was Leading him 10 town
when they came upon closed fence
gate I.anyermeyer dismounted tci
open the gate and was turning toward
Iceberg TO tie him to the horse when
the latter grabbed a hammer which
I.anyermeyeF carried. struck The
farmer over the head. knocking him un
conscious and after rohbiug his vic
tim of s27 and a gold watch and
pocket knife. siashed Lanyerm eyer
throat with the knife, drinking OF the
blood
Mounting the dead mans horse Lee
berg rode aimlessiy about trying to|
fnd his way to town. In the meantime
the murdered mans body was dis
covered and the countryside was
aroused and 4 search begun Il was
just after dam this morning, five
hours after the murder. that John
Mariman met the man and offered n
show him the way to town Upon ar
rival Iceberg Was placed under arres'
The prisoner talks wildly and acts
as If demented. He said to Sheriff
Brown:
That man l Killed had money. Peo
rla opPh- mt 10 refuse to give q poor
man food and a good bed to sleep in
They wanted TO give me blankets and
A vacant room in an Clubhouse. Then
burned the haystacEs to get .Fen-
That man was a land owner He -ried
TO tie me on that horse That made
me mad am an anarchist | cut
his throat and drank some # th2|
blood. | tried 10 scalp him. hut his
hide was so tough couldn't get IT of.
| feel better since | did the job | am
twenty-one years old,
Sheriff Brown tried to take lie
prisoner to La Juuta on the l O'Clock
train this afternoon but a crowd Of $50
gathered about him and The prisoner
and became 50 threatening that they
returned 70 the jail
Iceberg SAYS that he has a father
and mother in Sweden aud that he
came TO this country in 1895 He
reached Cripple Greek several months
ago aud worked ther. for a man
named Gallagher He had a quarrel
with a man and was sentenced 10
ninety days in Jail for assault He de-
termined to leave Colorado and
wanted to get 10 California but being
without funds was frampiug i.