The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle. — 1873-07-19 (Stourbridge, West Midlands, England)

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, deunaided 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 hanging 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."