Lars Leberg
Lars Leberg was held in the Las Animas jail in Colorado on January 3, 1907, according to a Republican dispatch from Denver. A mob of about fifty masked, armed men broke in, overpowered Sheriff John D. Brown and two deputies, bound and gagged them and locked them in a cell. The men took Leberg and hanged him from a telegraph pole in the railroad yards. The dispatch says the officers offered little resistance and that the hanging was so quiet that many people did not learn of it until hours later.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. A Republican special dispatch from Denver reports that a mob of about fifty masked men took him from the Las Animas jail and hanged him from a telegraph pole.
Reported by: Republican special dispatch from Denver (reporters).