, 1873-07-02
THE LyNCHlNG At SALEM, IND.


THE lYNCHlNG At SALEM, IND.
Como Facts About EQcRfron.
Frons ths Lonssoti,e Cou,4er-your,lat, June 10,
Dolos lloffren, the lnat victim of tragic vlo-
.enSe. was about 40 yeAra ofagc, waa tlno-looklng
h1ld poWorfulIy built, NJ aro all of lliH fany 1lo
waB man OF considerable talont and Ind those
talonts boon employed III different mud moro
osoi.I channel, ho might have rfscn to n high
position In tho stato.. II 1890, lle waa Deputy
Secretary Of Btato untlor his uuolo, Judge Cyrus
+. Dnnham. Whom tho war broke out ho joined
tho Fiftieth 1n1iana lscginicnt, and was Second
Lieutenant Of Compnny1.
Tho motl.er OF lIcifron, two sistors. and a
brotllor, Col, Uorncc ,I[oNron, aro living His
oldest sister IL n beautiful and accomplished
woman, and tho wlfo Of Capt. A. II. Millot, OF
e. Louis, Mo- Ills youngest sister Is Mt hcr
home In Salem. A brother of tho leccasel
dropped dead somc yenrB ngo, nenr tho plnco
Hhcro tho foazful sceno wnu enacted yesterday
morning.
1Ioftrou was, beyond any question. a dn,gor-
Ds, Dus mIh, OF strong passions and projudices
loot msdnlan, mud WAS fearod by nil who know
aim. In 1896 or 1867 he became angry ut hlp u,l-
ne Judge O. L. Durham, of Jofrorsonville, aud,
slthout word Of warning pulled out Ills knife
and mhdc d mNrdorouH ASSAULT upon that gciltlo-
man, cutting and stabbing him sovcroly.
:, Dc Halstoad Is the second man no has killed.
several yoars ago ho got into quarrel with the
Johnson family, Of Salem, and ono night at sa-
tho father aud two sons. Ills f1rpt shot str,c1,
D.. &ho elder johnson. but only elrht7v iniuroI
him tho second struck thn -ci;1oat son
VIM r, johnson. killing him inHtantiv. md liz
third shot, aimed at Es1nond Ioi,neo;y,'' missri
,tts mark, md tho lottor. drawing n amitl, 4
Wossop revolver. Irod ut uofIron. Tia j,all strih.
, Ing him in the Load. vlnucinr. and oniv mixing
a slfrnt wonnd IInfrnn was srraatcd ind tric3
for The murder Of johnson. Int was ncnuitted
by n Jury on Bon1o ground tint wo noyor could
learn. singular IA 1t NAV nppoor only oIeht
months affor HofIrou Killed johnson ho Wns
married. to his victim's widow, who Ii atiIl iynr.
In tho Inst few years uoffren has been kccpiur a
tlrnking-houso III Bnlem, and his hnbita
have 6een worry dfssipatod, Ho was sur.
rounded In Salem by olass Of mon who
would swear and die by him, if necessary; md
thoy hayo on several occasious thrown liz ouot
people OF the town OF Salem into panic by thnr
unlawful acts and open defiance Of law.
The Jury that acquitted Hcifren Of tho mrlcr
Of johnson. ns soou as thov did ao. advanced to
Tho prisoners box and carried him oa their
shoulders to q saloon noar by, and drank Ills
hcnth and long 1fo. Tho notion of this Jury
WAS commented upon nt tho time by the law
abiding people Of tho county, and after tho
second murder, they had reason to fcar that his
trial would result as It did boforc.
Judgo Dunha1n yesterday received q diepstch
from Salon ordering q metallic caso to be sent
out for tho body of Heffren, Some fdoa Of the
size Of the man can be gained from tho fact that
.ho caso orlorcd Ia feet inchos long.
Tho excitement at Salem yeaterday and IN ia
last evening was intense. Tho frionts Of
Hofrren aro numerous. end Hoyeroly md lilteriv
donolinco tho lynchjpg, and swear otornni yot,
gennco aganst those who did tho deed. On tho
other hand t1lcro arc citizops who think TINT
Hoirron deserved HIS fate. aud who hare no
hesitation in snvinc so Tho Cnronorta in-v m