HEFFRAN, John

Date of birth:  About 1880
Date of death: 25 Nov 1896 – Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat,Friday, December 4, 1896,
Volume XXXVII Number 21, page 1 column 1

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John Heffran, a young man living near Greenwood, was run over Wed­nesday night of last week by a local freight train on which he was stealing a ride. He was struck by a projection over the track at the stockyards and knocked under the wheels, the train passing over his left arm and leg. Be­sides these amputations he received other injuries which resulted in his death shortly after midnight. The acci­dent occurred near the depot and was witnessed by a large crowd of people, who were waiting for the arrival of the evening trains. Heffran was sixteen years of age and a son of Peter Heffran.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 4, 1896,
Volume XXXVII Number 21, page 3 column 3

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GREENWOOD.

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John Heffran’s life and death should teach the boys of this town that, “The way of the transgressor is hard.”

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson