Show ATTEMPTED LYNCHING at victor colo after four men who had returned to camp colorado springs august 21 A egedal to tho gazette from cripple creek says upon hearing a report that a mob was being organized in victor for the purpose ot marching to hollywood and lunching lynching lyn ching four men who were reported to ba there sheriff bell today with five deputies went to victor where ho found a big crowd on the streets the sheriff left two deputies la victor and with the two other officers started tor hollywood where he found bob murphy two brothers named grant and a man named Nl chols the three latter declared they were british subjects sheriff bell says that the men were heavily armed and their houses stocked with ammunition the men according to sheriff bell said they had come there to fight and would fight after much the sheriff induced the men to leave the district and left deputies to protect them until the evening train left tor canon city the men were allowed to take their guns and ammunition with them A dense tog had settled over the district tonight making acts of violence easy and almost undetectable but tha sheriffs force and the police are on the watch constantly and will take strenuous measures to stop any such work sheriff bell says he 13 convinced that had the four men not left the district there would have been a great loss ol 01 life |