The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1873-07-19 00:00:00

DONKEYS AND DUELLISTS.

CASSAGNAC fought with RANC of the Commune ,
hut neither of them rated his raneunt
To honour's wound the ocratch of skin succeeds,
RANC Is disabled, and CALMAGNAC bleeds.
now the combatants, who d °Wily Stuart,
Unsatlsfltil with satistation," part.
V. ill, rankest hatred RAN,' remalus possessed
Still raccoon rankles in JASSAGNAC breast.—run ch.

LYNCH LAW IN THE UNITED STATEi
A a speech, dated Louisville, June 29, In the Net, Fork
Tea's, of 3411. alt. we:—
" About two o'clock this morning a body of masked
men entered Salem, Indiana, se'zcd and held prisoners
the town patrolmen, and proceeded to the gaol, de-
unaided the keys of Deputy Sheriff Craycroft, who
resides in the building. The sheriff ref aced to give
up the eeys under any peril, when be waa served
and confined, and a eledge-hammer procured with
which the mob proceeded to force ite way into
the cell .-f Delos liefferon, who murdered Haletead a
few days PiTICP. They broke througn the outer door,
and thcn rot a foot-stairs leading to the ripper ntory,
where flefferen's cell was eituat.d. The cell had two
doors ; the brit made of wood, covered on both sides
with heavy iron plates, the whole being about nine
inches thick, and fastened with heavy iron staples and
• p rdrocke Tr is door was noon broken open, and the
mob reached the reeond door, about three feet behind
the first. This door was made of inch solid iron, but
was soon burst open, and the murderer stood face
to face wilt the vigilante. Hefferen had watched
the progresn of the mob, which came thirsting for his
blood, and hail prepared himatlf as well as he could
for deep er-ate resistance. Knowing death awaited
him if taken, he determined to fight to the lam
with elm. pier,u of the furniture of his cell. He stood
like a tiger at by and t,tiarded the door. The mob,
knowing the deeperate character of the man, and that
the first who entered would meet certain death,
henitate Ito attempt an entrance. They procured
balls of twine, saturated thr m with coal oil and temper:lc
tine, and threw come of them into the cell, and threw
others forward on the e,.rls of long poles and tet
teem a blaze Having thus lighted up the cell, bringing
Ste victim into till view, the mob opened fire
upon him. Some twenty shotv were fired, one of which
*ratei ed his humid, and another broke bin arm. This
incapacitated him from using the arm which held the
chair he hail seized to defend himself with. A rock
MN thrown at him, and struck him .in the head and
knocked him down, and before he could recover he was
serz,l, tied, and dragged out of the cell and of the gaol.
' What are you going to GJ with me? he naked. 'Hang
you,' was the reply. I will go along with you,' he said.
He was immediately taken to a covered railroad bridge,
ab .ut thirty feet high, about two square, from the gaol,
wh-re he aaked rime to pray, but the lynchers replied
they could not wait. The rope was put around his neck
and thrown oat, r a rafter of the bridge. H ff. ren was
then pushed nff. As soon as he wan dead the lynchers
returned to the root, gathered up everythii g they had
left that could eff ill a clue to their identity. released
the sheriff and guards, and scattered in every direction.
N 1,116 were recognined. mid no person known by what
road they entered or left town. The body wan hang-
ing till four o'clock, when it was taken down and
brought home. Only the citizen. litchi; near the gaol
were aware of the affair. The greatest excitement
prevails in the town sad Tidally."