Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1895 — A COLORADO LYNCHING. [ARTICLE]

A COLORADO LYNCHING.

Four Italian Murderers Ambushed and Riddled with Bullets. Near Walsenburg, fifty miles south of Pueblo, Col., March 11, A. J. Hixon, a saloon keeper, was found in a dying condition from wounds In the head, A bloodhound was placed on the trail and ran down two Italians, and on their confessions seven other Italians were arrested All were lodged in the Walsenburg jail. Tuesday afternoon the prisoners were taken to the coroner’s inquest. At the conclusion of tlie inquest the nine prisoners were loaded in a wagon and started back to jail. At Bear Creek, half a mile from Walsenburg, amob lay in ambiisli. Tho crack of a dozen rifles rang out. Four of tho prisoners and the driver of tho wagon were instantly killed. The officers guarding the prisoners returned the fire, but without effect so far as known. There is great excitement in tbat’partof Colorado.