The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-07-05
LYNCHING AFFAIR IN INDIANA.

Judge Lynch has just been holding an in.
teresting term in Indiana, of which the follow.
ing details are given in a despatch from
Louisville, June Goth:
| About o'clock this morning a body of
masked men entered Salem, Ind, and, pro
ceeding to the Jail, demanded the keys of
| Deputy Sheriff Craycrott, who resides in the
building. The Sheriff refused to give them
up under any peril, when he was seized
and confined, and slcdgchammer procured,
with which the mob proceeded to force their
way into the cell of Dclos IIetiron, who muir.
dcred DR. HalStead a few days since. They
broke through the outer door and then thro'
the gate at the foot of the stairs leading to
the upper story where llctfrons cell was stu.
ated. The cell had two doors, the first was
made of wood carved on both sides with
heavy iron plates the whole about nine inches
thick, and fastened with heavy iron bar,
staple and paddock. The fastenings Of this
! door soon yielded to the blows of the sledgc.
hammer, and the mob stood before the second
door, about feet behind the first. This door
was made of inch solid iron, well secured,
but was soon burst open, and the murderer
stood face to face with the Vigilants. Hetf:on
had watched the progress of the mob which
came thirsting for his blood, and had prepar-
ed himself as well as he could for desperate
resistance, knowing death awaited him II
taken, determined to fight to the last. With
some pieces of furniture Of the cell he stood
like tiger at bay and guarded the door The
mob, knowing the desperate character of the
man, and that the first who entered would
meet with certain DEATH hesitated to attempt
an entrance. They procured balls of twine,
and saturating them with coal oil and tur-
Ipentine, threw them into the cell, and thrust
! nj ND l,n nd t yN,la
ing thus lighted up the cell, bringing the vic.
tim into full view, they opened fire on him,
firing some twenty shots, one entering his
breast and another breaking his arm. This
incapacitated him from using the chair which
he had seized to defend himself, when a rock
thrown at him struck him on the head and
knocked him down, and before he could re
cover he was SEIZED tied and dragged out OF
the cell and Jail. What are you going to do
with ~ he asked. "IIang your II will
90 with YOU" he said. He was Immediately
taken to the covered railroad bridge, about
thirty feet high, two squares from the jail,
where he asked time topray, but the lyncher5
replied that they could not wait A rope
was put around his neck, and thrown over
the rafters Of the bridge, and Heifron was
pushed off. As soon as he was dead the
! lynChers returned to the jail, gathered up cy.
erything they had left that could afford clue
to their identity released the Sheriff and
guards, and scattered in every direction
None were recognized, and nobody knows by
what road they entered or left. The body
was left hanging until 4 o'clock when it was
taken home. Hebron kept drinking saloon,
was an active republican politician, and
known as a desperate character. Some years
ago he killed man named johnson, whose
widow he atterward married She is now
widow again by violence