Show Lynching Cattle Thieves I Denver Republicans special On Thursday Arnold Howard and Frank Young charged with cattle stealing j I I were arrested and placed in jail at Del Norte Next day an attempt was made to break the jail but was prevented On Saturday night a hundred mounted men said to be stock men from the Rio Grande and San Luis Valley rode down on the guards ordered them to throw up their hands and commenced firing in every di rection When the jail was broken open the prisoner attempted to escape Young was mortally wounded and Howard How-ard killed outright The body of the lat ter was thrown into the river The win dows of the jail were riddled with bullets Howard has been arrested twelve times on the charge of cattle stealing and in I 8 every instance was cleared |