The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-10
BRUTALLY DONE.
Atrocious Murder of Mike Duffy
at Valley Falls.
Eph Hayden, a Negro Stabs and
Stamps on Him.
The Murderer Pursued by the
City Marshal and a Mob.
HAYDEN DEFTES THEM.
With a Gun He Holds the Crowd
Back.
Shots Interchanged and Hayden
Wounded.
HE MAKES HIS ESCAPE,
And Is Last Seen in a Farmers
porn
HAYDEN DEFIES THEM.
With a Gun He Holds the Crowd
Back.
Shots Interchanged and Hayden
Wounded.
lie MAKES HIS ESCAPE,
And Is Last Seen in a Farmers
Barn.

VALLEY FALLS. Feb 1O.-Mike Duffy,
a white coal miner, was stabbed to death
by Eph. Hayden, a colored tough, on the
main street of this place Saturday night
during a drunken quarrel Hayden made
his escape after being pursued by a mob
which fired several shots at him, wound
ing him. Three men were also slightly
wounded by Hayden during the chase.
There are any number of accounts of
the murder.
Shortly before 9 o'clock Saturday eve
ming Hayden was in Conser's restaurant
eating piece of pie when Duffy came
In. Both were intoxicated. Duffy went
to Hayden at the lunch counter, and, put
ting his arm over his shoulders, engaged
him in drunken conversation. People
who were in the restaurant say they
heard Duffy say:
"Eph, you are pretty good man, but
I'm the best man in this town and can
whip anybody in it,"
"Wait till 1 eat this pie and PIl show
you," said Hayden.
The talk continued and the men went
outside the door. There they made it up
in some way and in few seconds were
leaning up against the building with
their hands on each other and joking
good naturedly.
In few minutes however, the fight
ing talk broke out afresh, ard Duffy
said:
"If you'll put that knife up and come
out into the alley I'll whip you before
you find it out"
Jake Huber and man named Smith
were in the crowd and say that Hayden
had a pocket knife in his hand open in
the position that one would hold pair
of shears. The men wrestled to the edge
of the sidewalk aud some way Duffy
struck Hayden with his fist Duffy
said:
i know you've got knife there. Put
it up"
1t was at about this point that Hayden
thrust the knife viciously at Duffy and
the blade entered his body lis full length
just above mis- lower right vest pocket.
Duffy never spoke afterward. He
was bleeding and made an effort 10 get
away. He backed out into the street
about so feet, Hayden following.
Hayden then used his knife as a dag
ger and plunged it into Duffy's left
breast just above the heart, and struck
also at the side of his neck, evidently at
the jugular vein.
Hayden then ran to the middle of the
street, and Duffy fell N front of DR..
England's office. Hayden ran back to
him and jumped on the PROSTATE body
beating it with his fist and kicking it
with his shoe, raviug like madman and
crying. time after time:
NOW you - have you got
enough? Say enough - you"
Smith, who is not more than eighteen
or nineteen years old, says he ran to
Hayden and taking him by the shoulder
said:
mau."
With an oath and threat Hayden
turned on Smith and Smith ran.
Hayden than ran north the street |
toward his home and Duffy was carried |
into the Hillyer hotel where he died in a |
very few minutes without speaking or |
making any sign.
Coroner 81. H. johnson held the in |
quest at Casseday's undertaking rooms |
Sunday morning.
Immediately after the killing the
streets were full of excited people and
the city marshal, w. l. Fletcher. gather |
ed up an armed mob of about fiftv men
and boys and went to Hsyden's home in
the northeast part of town near the
Santa Fe track.
\ Hayden was there and met the crowd
Tith loaded shot gun. HA stood on the
road track with his gun in his hand
Ghe dim starlight and defied the crowd
Come on you ---- I've got a
shot for every one of you" he called.
The crowd fell back before Havden's
gun and he turned it on Colfax Harmon
the editor of the Vindicator.
Nv hat do you want here" HAYDEN
yelled, Throw up your hands"
HIS gun was directly at Harmon's
breast and Harmon promptly put his re-
voiver and empty hand high in the air.
81 didn't want anything" said Hsr-
mon.
Several shots were fred at HAYDEN
and he cried:
. 'sShOOt aUaiD vOu
vi ou didn't hit me-
Several more shots were fred and
Hayden didn't say anything that time
When he appeared at Senn's farm an
hour later he was carrying bullet in
his leg, he said, and one hand had been
wounded.
Hayden then fred his gun directly into
the crowd 1t was loaded with bird shot
ana scattered SO that on Sunday w. J.
Paulson was able to pick eleven shot out
OF the calf of his left leg, William
'6eloiss got six out of his left arm and
Bert Fowler had one
rms seemed to upset the crowd and
many OF them started to retreat. Hav-
oen then took to the brush and though