The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1873-07-02
MOB-J JUSTICE.
ANUTHER HORRIBLE LYNCHING
CASE AT SALEM, IN DIANA.
THE JAIL FORCIBLY entered
BY BNNDOF DISGUISED
VIGlLANTS.
A MURDERER SHOT AT, PELTED
With FIRE BALLS, AND
DISABLED IN HIS
CELL.
HE IS TAKEN OUT, CARRIED A
SHORT DISTANCE, AND
HANGED

| LouIsvILLE, KY, june 29-About
o'clock tins morning . body of masked
men entered Salem, Indians, seized and
held prisoners the town pStrolmen, and
proceeding to the jail, demanded the keys
Oi Deputy Sheriff CrsycrOft, who resides
in the building. The sheriff refused to
give them up under any peril, when no
| WAS seized and confined, and . slsdgs
hammer procured, with which the mob
Proceeded to force their way into the cell
Of DelUs Hehron, who murdered Or. Hal
stead y few days since They broke
through Lhe outer door and then through
the gate ut the foot of the stairs leading 10
tue upper story where Hetfrons cell WAS
situated. ihe cell had Two door,, the fret
WAS made vi wood carved on both sides,
with heavy iron plates, the whole about y
inches thick, and fastened with heavy
IRON bar, staple, and paddock. The fart
enings VI this door soon yielded to the
blows of the sled ge-Lammer, and the mob
,tood before the second door, about three
feet behind the first. This door was made
Of inch solid iron, well secured, but wAs
soon burs, open, and the IN urderer stood
face to face with the vigilAnts Hetfron
| n.d watched the progress Of the mob
which came thirsting for his blood, and
had prepared hiuisslf rs well u
10 could for = Desperate resist
xnce, knowing death awaited HIM
II taken, dslerninsd 10 fight 10 the last
| With some pieces of furniture OF the cell
he stood like y tiger AZ bay and guard q
the door The mob, knowing the desper
| ate character OF the man, snd that the firs,
| who entered would meet certain dea IA
uesitsted " attempt an entrance They
procured balls OF Irvine, and, saturApnl
them with coal oil and turpentine, threw
them into the cell, and thrust others tor
ward on the end OF long poles. Having
thus lighted up the cell, bringing the vic
, tim into full view, they opened hre on hiu
nr.pg some twenty shots, one entering b
breast and smother breaking his arm
Z | rbIs incspacitsled MN from using tn
n chair which he had seized to defend him
A self, whsn q rock thrown III him struc
him on the b. sd aud knocked him dow
10 and beiore he could recover hs was seized
= tied, and dragged out Of tue cell and jai
4. What are you going TO do with ms? h
.sked. Hang youW ~ will 90 sl"n
" with you he sa,d. He WAS immed iatel
. taken to the covered railroad briIg,
ID aUout irty feet high, two squares fror
The jail, where no asked tim. to pray, bu
the 'ynchers replied that they could N,
~ Walt rop" Was put around Is necI
ana III own over the raiters { the bridg,
aud IL iron Was pushed off. As soon
he was dead, The iynchsrs returned to III
n al, gathered up everything they had e
At could at'or n clue to their idenut,
~ 20 eas-d the sheriff and guards, and sea
T. tered 10 every direction. None were II
d cogn z,d, and nobody knows by VIII,
a. Rad they -his-ed or lett
= The body was left hanging till 4 o'clocl
~ when ii was taken down and taken home
o. Only those citizens living near the 10
we're aware Of the sffsr. Great excit,
Il ment prevails In th. town and vicin't {,
Hefron kept q drinking saloon, was =
active Democratic politician, and know
of - a desperate character. He had man
u bitter enemies, and some warm friend
n Some year, ago he killed . man nam.
johnson, whose widow be afterwsrd
&c married She 10 now \ widow sgsip J.
, violence.
g The people Of Salem and vicinity hs
?. fsars that Hebron would DO lynohsd.
few nights sine" two bodies Of men rod
= 10 from oppoit direct oas, and recor
Il noitsrsd the place and depsrsted. TIL
n Impression prevails that the mob 20
:. .com posed mainly Of the same men VII
. last Thursday, in continuing Hebron
. case TO the next term, was taken ~ al in
\ dication that the would escape punishment
n for HE crime, a. he did on previous oc
cssion, when, IL isssid, be got Of by mssn
: ofs packed jury. This probably had th
> effect OF bringing the AFFAIR 70 crisis.