Francis married Mary Ann Shiffer in the late 1850s in Pennsylvania.
BULLET IN HIS BRAIN ------ CONSTABLE DeLONG SHOT AND INSTANTLY KILLED
The Assailant is Lyman William Hall - DeLong was trying to serve a warrant - Hall gives himself up - The weapon's large 38 calibre - Story of the Shooting - Sketch of DeLong's life.
While attempting to serve a warrant, Constable Francis DeLong was shot and instantly killed by Lyman William Hall at the latter's home, 114 Ingalls avenue.
The shooting occurred about 8 o'clock yesterday. Death was instantaneous. Three shots were fired, but it is not known whether more than the first hit Mr. DeLong. Hall went at once to the station where he gave himself up.
The cause of the shooting is related as follows:
Hall, who lives with his grandmother, Mrs. Allen, an old lady about 75 years of age, of a very quarrelsome disposition and has on several occasions threatened to kill his grandmother. So afraid was she that about three weeks ago she had a warrant sworn out charging Hall with threatening to kill her. This warrant was placed in the hands of Constable DeLong for service. Hall heard of it, however, and left town.
Tuesday evening he returned. Word was sent to Mr. DeLong, but he was not at home. One of the neighbors Mr. Bischmann, went over to Mrs. Allen's house, and, as he entered, Hall saw him and ran out of the back door. A few minutes later Constable DeLong came in and the two made a thorough search of the premises. But the man they wanted had disappeared. They kept watch, however, until about 3 o'clock yesterday morning, when Mr. DeLong returned home.
That morning when Mrs. Allen opened the door of her house, Hall was standing outside. He had been drinking and tried to start a quarrel. His mother was heard to scream and Mrs. Bischmann sent word to DeLong that Hall had again returned. DeLong went over to the house. As he opened the front door Hall was seen to rise from a lounge on which he had been sleeping, draw a revolver and fire three times in rapid succession.
The first bullet struck Mr. DeLong about an inch above the right eye, entering the skull and probably producing instant death. One of the other shots entered the door, and as an examination has not yet been made it is not known whether the third bullet struck DeLong or not. The constable fell forward and against Mrs. Hall, who had come to the door.
Hall at once ran out of the house. Word was sent to the station and officers put on his track.
About half an hour after the shooting, while Desk Sergeant Howk and Romey Stoddard were talking about the murder, a man entered the station, listened to them a moment and finally said: "Well, I guess I'm the man you want. I am the one that did the shooting. I will be caught anyway."
He laid on the desk a five-barreled 38-calibre Merwin & Hulbert revolver. Three chambers were empty. Hall was at once hooked up.
Immediately after the shooting Mr. DeLong was removed to his home, four doors south of where the shooting occurred.
Mr. DeLong was in his 64th year. He was born in New York state; in 1865 he came west and located about a mile from Lockport. He lived in that vicinity several years, also at Caton's Farm and in Manhattan township. Twenty three years ago he moved to Joliet and has since lived in this city. For six years he was a school director and before the town had highway commissioners served several years as path-master. He had been a constable four years.
He leaves a wife and four children, all grown. They are E. L. DeLong, David R. DeLong, Mrs. Reuben Williams and Mrs. Ida Leisher.
(above is an article from the Joliet weekly News of Nov 5, p. 7)
FRANCIS DeLONG joined the Illinois Volunteers and fought for the Union. He enlistred as a private on 6 October 1861 in Company E, 11th Infantry Regiment and was dischared from the same Regiment on 5 Oct 1864.
BULLET IN HIS BRAIN ------ CONSTABLE DeLONG SHOT AND INSTANTLY KILLED
The Assailant is Lyman William Hall - DeLong was trying to serve a warrant - Hall gives himself up - The weapon's large 38 calibre - Story of the Shooting - Sketch of DeLong's life.
While attempting to serve a warrant, Constable Francis DeLong was shot and instantly killed by Lyman William Hall at the latter's home, 114 Ingalls avenue.
The shooting occurred about 8 o'clock yesterday. Death was instantaneous. Three shots were fired, but it is not known whether more than the first hit Mr. DeLong. Hall went at once to the station where he gave himself up.
The cause of the shooting is related as follows:
Hall, who lives with his grandmother, Mrs. Allen, an old lady about 75 years of age, of a very quarrelsome disposition and has on several occasions threatened to kill his grandmother. So afraid was she that about three weeks ago she had a warrant sworn out charging Hall with threatening to kill her. This warrant was placed in the hands of Constable DeLong for service. Hall heard of it, however, and left town.
Tuesday evening he returned. Word was sent to Mr. DeLong, but he was not at home. One of the neighbors Mr. Bischmann, went over to Mrs. Allen's house, and, as he entered, Hall saw him and ran out of the back door. A few minutes later Constable DeLong came in and the two made a thorough search of the premises. But the man they wanted had disappeared. They kept watch, however, until about 3 o'clock yesterday morning, when Mr. DeLong returned home.
That morning when Mrs. Allen opened the door of her house, Hall was standing outside. He had been drinking and tried to start a quarrel. His mother was heard to scream and Mrs. Bischmann sent word to DeLong that Hall had again returned. DeLong went over to the house. As he opened the front door Hall was seen to rise from a lounge on which he had been sleeping, draw a revolver and fire three times in rapid succession.
The first bullet struck Mr. DeLong about an inch above the right eye, entering the skull and probably producing instant death. One of the other shots entered the door, and as an examination has not yet been made it is not known whether the third bullet struck DeLong or not. The constable fell forward and against Mrs. Hall, who had come to the door.
Hall at once ran out of the house. Word was sent to the station and officers put on his track.
About half an hour after the shooting, while Desk Sergeant Howk and Romey Stoddard were talking about the murder, a man entered the station, listened to them a moment and finally said: "Well, I guess I'm the man you want. I am the one that did the shooting. I will be caught anyway."
He laid on the desk a five-barreled 38-calibre Merwin & Hulbert revolver. Three chambers were empty. Hall was at once hooked up.
Immediately after the shooting Mr. DeLong was removed to his home, four doors south of where the shooting occurred.
Mr. DeLong was in his 64th year. He was born in New York state; in 1865 he came west and located about a mile from Lockport. He lived in that vicinity several years, also at Caton's Farm and in Manhattan township. Twenty three years ago he moved to Joliet and has since lived in this city. For six years he was a school director and before the town had highway commissioners served several years as path-master. He had been a constable four years.
He leaves a wife and four children, all grown. They are E. L. DeLong, David R. DeLong, Mrs. Reuben Williams and Mrs. Ida Leisher.
(above is an article from the Joliet weekly News of Nov 5, p. 7)
FRANCIS DeLONG joined the Illinois Volunteers and fought for the Union. He enlistred as a private on 6 October 1861 in Company E, 11th Infantry Regiment and was dischared from the same Regiment on 5 Oct 1864.
Francis married Mary Ann Shiffer in the late 1850s in Pennsylvania.
BULLET IN HIS BRAIN ------ CONSTABLE DeLONG SHOT AND INSTANTLY KILLED
The Assailant is Lyman William Hall - DeLong was trying to serve a warrant - Hall gives himself up - The weapon's large 38 calibre - Story of the Shooting - Sketch of DeLong's life.
While attempting to serve a warrant, Constable Francis DeLong was shot and instantly killed by Lyman William Hall at the latter's home, 114 Ingalls avenue.
The shooting occurred about 8 o'clock yesterday. Death was instantaneous. Three shots were fired, but it is not known whether more than the first hit Mr. DeLong. Hall went at once to the station where he gave himself up.
The cause of the shooting is related as follows:
Hall, who lives with his grandmother, Mrs. Allen, an old lady about 75 years of age, of a very quarrelsome disposition and has on several occasions threatened to kill his grandmother. So afraid was she that about three weeks ago she had a warrant sworn out charging Hall with threatening to kill her. This warrant was placed in the hands of Constable DeLong for service. Hall heard of it, however, and left town.
Tuesday evening he returned. Word was sent to Mr. DeLong, but he was not at home. One of the neighbors Mr. Bischmann, went over to Mrs. Allen's house, and, as he entered, Hall saw him and ran out of the back door. A few minutes later Constable DeLong came in and the two made a thorough search of the premises. But the man they wanted had disappeared. They kept watch, however, until about 3 o'clock yesterday morning, when Mr. DeLong returned home.
That morning when Mrs. Allen opened the door of her house, Hall was standing outside. He had been drinking and tried to start a quarrel. His mother was heard to scream and Mrs. Bischmann sent word to DeLong that Hall had again returned. DeLong went over to the house. As he opened the front door Hall was seen to rise from a lounge on which he had been sleeping, draw a revolver and fire three times in rapid succession.
The first bullet struck Mr. DeLong about an inch above the right eye, entering the skull and probably producing instant death. One of the other shots entered the door, and as an examination has not yet been made it is not known whether the third bullet struck DeLong or not. The constable fell forward and against Mrs. Hall, who had come to the door.
Hall at once ran out of the house. Word was sent to the station and officers put on his track.
About half an hour after the shooting, while Desk Sergeant Howk and Romey Stoddard were talking about the murder, a man entered the station, listened to them a moment and finally said: "Well, I guess I'm the man you want. I am the one that did the shooting. I will be caught anyway."
He laid on the desk a five-barreled 38-calibre Merwin & Hulbert revolver. Three chambers were empty. Hall was at once hooked up.
Immediately after the shooting Mr. DeLong was removed to his home, four doors south of where the shooting occurred.
Mr. DeLong was in his 64th year. He was born in New York state; in 1865 he came west and located about a mile from Lockport. He lived in that vicinity several years, also at Caton's Farm and in Manhattan township. Twenty three years ago he moved to Joliet and has since lived in this city. For six years he was a school director and before the town had highway commissioners served several years as path-master. He had been a constable four years.
He leaves a wife and four children, all grown. They are E. L. DeLong, David R. DeLong, Mrs. Reuben Williams and Mrs. Ida Leisher.
(above is an article from the Joliet weekly News of Nov 5, p. 7)
FRANCIS DeLONG joined the Illinois Volunteers and fought for the Union. He enlistred as a private on 6 October 1861 in Company E, 11th Infantry Regiment and was dischared from the same Regiment on 5 Oct 1864.
BULLET IN HIS BRAIN ------ CONSTABLE DeLONG SHOT AND INSTANTLY KILLED
The Assailant is Lyman William Hall - DeLong was trying to serve a warrant - Hall gives himself up - The weapon's large 38 calibre - Story of the Shooting - Sketch of DeLong's life.
While attempting to serve a warrant, Constable Francis DeLong was shot and instantly killed by Lyman William Hall at the latter's home, 114 Ingalls avenue.
The shooting occurred about 8 o'clock yesterday. Death was instantaneous. Three shots were fired, but it is not known whether more than the first hit Mr. DeLong. Hall went at once to the station where he gave himself up.
The cause of the shooting is related as follows:
Hall, who lives with his grandmother, Mrs. Allen, an old lady about 75 years of age, of a very quarrelsome disposition and has on several occasions threatened to kill his grandmother. So afraid was she that about three weeks ago she had a warrant sworn out charging Hall with threatening to kill her. This warrant was placed in the hands of Constable DeLong for service. Hall heard of it, however, and left town.
Tuesday evening he returned. Word was sent to Mr. DeLong, but he was not at home. One of the neighbors Mr. Bischmann, went over to Mrs. Allen's house, and, as he entered, Hall saw him and ran out of the back door. A few minutes later Constable DeLong came in and the two made a thorough search of the premises. But the man they wanted had disappeared. They kept watch, however, until about 3 o'clock yesterday morning, when Mr. DeLong returned home.
That morning when Mrs. Allen opened the door of her house, Hall was standing outside. He had been drinking and tried to start a quarrel. His mother was heard to scream and Mrs. Bischmann sent word to DeLong that Hall had again returned. DeLong went over to the house. As he opened the front door Hall was seen to rise from a lounge on which he had been sleeping, draw a revolver and fire three times in rapid succession.
The first bullet struck Mr. DeLong about an inch above the right eye, entering the skull and probably producing instant death. One of the other shots entered the door, and as an examination has not yet been made it is not known whether the third bullet struck DeLong or not. The constable fell forward and against Mrs. Hall, who had come to the door.
Hall at once ran out of the house. Word was sent to the station and officers put on his track.
About half an hour after the shooting, while Desk Sergeant Howk and Romey Stoddard were talking about the murder, a man entered the station, listened to them a moment and finally said: "Well, I guess I'm the man you want. I am the one that did the shooting. I will be caught anyway."
He laid on the desk a five-barreled 38-calibre Merwin & Hulbert revolver. Three chambers were empty. Hall was at once hooked up.
Immediately after the shooting Mr. DeLong was removed to his home, four doors south of where the shooting occurred.
Mr. DeLong was in his 64th year. He was born in New York state; in 1865 he came west and located about a mile from Lockport. He lived in that vicinity several years, also at Caton's Farm and in Manhattan township. Twenty three years ago he moved to Joliet and has since lived in this city. For six years he was a school director and before the town had highway commissioners served several years as path-master. He had been a constable four years.
He leaves a wife and four children, all grown. They are E. L. DeLong, David R. DeLong, Mrs. Reuben Williams and Mrs. Ida Leisher.
(above is an article from the Joliet weekly News of Nov 5, p. 7)
FRANCIS DeLONG joined the Illinois Volunteers and fought for the Union. He enlistred as a private on 6 October 1861 in Company E, 11th Infantry Regiment and was dischared from the same Regiment on 5 Oct 1864.
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