Coalville Times | 1902-11-28 | Page 2 | Lynching Cost a [Illegible] His Job

Lynching CtMl eii.rllf III. Joe. tiovernor Durhin of Indiana haa untitled sheriff lluilley of Sullivan county, that hi. ofhee waa vacant, and the coroner becomes sheriff ex-oflloio. The Indiana law provides that a sherilT ahall vacate hla ofllce when a prisoner In hie charge le lynched. A mob look liillard. the negro, away from Sheriff Dudley and hanged him to a telephone pole. The sheriff baa the right, under the law, to ask lo bo reinstated, but ha must abow that ba was powerless lo hold the prisoner.