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Show MURDER. tIIK TROIUTE Jt'DGE OF I.AKKCOTSTV, ! TtK. i The Denver Xctcs, of the O'.h , publishes pub-lishes tho particulars of the assassination assassina-tion on Saturday last of Probate Judge Oyer, of Lako county, by a band of vigilantes, headed by thesheritf. Dyer had issued sixteen warrants fur the amt of member. -f ti e su-eaiil Committee of .S.ilny, and depuiiz'.d Dr. Doobins to arr .-t tliem. luo latter returned iho warrant, savin ' i that lie could not servo them, and Judge Dyer deputized a Mr. bite's to make the arrests. He arrested three ot the persoiw. who refused to he disarmed. dis-armed. Slientf Weldtn than took the warrants from s?itts on the prtteneeof serving them and ou Friday came to Granite with alnjut thirU 'men, all "armed to the teeth," ad being members o( the cmmiiUce of safety. In their act inns they were threatening. A little before dark these men took Dyer to the court room, Dyer having his docket under his arm. Trfelve or tiftuen citizens fallowed, hut were not allowed to go in. Tho mob remained but a few minutes in the court room, and, when Dyer eamo out, he was very pale and serious in his demeanor, demean-or, tie went to tiie store of Johnson Hros., wrote a letter, the contents of which is not known. Dyer had said that he would not try the mub unless thev were disarmed. Mr. Welden, the sheriff, replied. "That he should try them." Tuat evening Mr. Dyer could not move without being followed by tho committee. The next morning occurred one of the foulest murders ever kuown in the annals ot Colorado. Tiie committee com-mittee took Mr. Dyer to the court houae. After a few moments a portion por-tion of them left the room. These returned in a lew minutes. A moment mo-ment after their return three shots were tired. Several ladies visiting iu the vicinity screamed, and calltd Welden to go up to the court house, Welden np reared to be very much excited, and caugnt hold of a man aud said something to him. After tho tiring ol the shots, the mob left the court room, and as they tiled out thpy glancid over their shoulders into tho room were Dyer lay weltering iu his blood. He lived a Unit lift eon minutes. T..e -V :cs says that the (merit! uudouUo-lly lind lii shot which killed Dyer. Governor Kautt, when informed of the circumstance, piomised to rei.der all the assistance iu his power to suppress sup-press mob violence iu Lake county. |