Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 61, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1901 — A Stoning Affair at Rochester. [ARTICLE]

A Stoning Affair at Rochester.

Rochester, Ind., April 16— Fifty masked students of the Rough on Rats society of Rochester university stoned tbe residence of Joe Hefflefinger at No, 27 Perry street tonight and threatened to mob him for placing tacks in a road and causing tbe puncture of thirteen bicyole tires belonging to the students. They did not succeed in catching him, as Hefflefinger hid in a cellar. All the windows of the house were broken by the students. The damage amounts to $l5O. Fourteen shots were fired. Tbe students who took part in the riot will be expelled if their identity is discovered.