River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-02-14
DESPERADOES' D0INGS.
Three villains GO Through NebraskS
Postoffice, shoot the Men sentl 10
Arrest Them, ard Escape.


Three villains 60 Through n NebrasS. :,
PostoHice, shoot the Men sent 10
Arrest Them, and Escape.
From the Omaha Bee, Jan. %.
/ About ten DAYS ago three tough char
acters named Woodson, Lacy, and Nc
/ Waters got on spree at Wyoming,
Otoe county, and having spite against
/ the deputy postmaster, DIR. Wolf,
/ they entered the postoffice at a time
when he was alone, aud severely pound
1 ed him, and while one held him the
other two went through the Office md
raHsacked the mail bags and boxes,
opening letters, &c, but without max
/ ing a raise, as there happened to be no
money among the mail matter a COM
plant was afterward made against them
for having robbed the mails, and the
United States authorities having the
matter in hand took steps to have them
arrested
Yesterday an officer named Granville
Hail was sent to Wyoming to arrest
them. and the result of his trip was
that he himself was wounded hy a re-
yoler shot from the hand of one of the
desperadoes, while DIR. Wolf received
a shotthat has ere this probably proved
fatal. After the shooting had been
done, the men made their escape. The
above brief particulars of the shooting
affray were telegraphed to United States
Marshal Daily, of this city, yesterday
evening, by V. Borrower, assistant
United States Attorney at Nebraska
City. This morning a letter was re-
ceived by Marshal Daily from him,
giving a deGail OF the affair, and it GER
tainly shows a bold and well-played
game on the part of the ruffians, and
is interesting reading. 1t is as follows ::
NEBRASKA CRY, January 2l.-Mai.
VIM. Daily, United States Marshal of
Omaha, Neb.: This afternoon | tele-
graphed substantially the result of our
attempt to arrest those parties at wy:
oming. l have Just seen Granville
Hsil, and found him doing well. He
is shot through the left arm, the ball
entering near the elbow and passing
through, coming out near the wrist
From him | gather the following par
ticulars He went to Wyoming alone.
and found McWaters and at once ar
ICobtAl MN. Iit NllGll dohGNA MI w lleIS
where Woodson and Lacy were, and
McWaters pretended to be willing
to go with Hail where he
might find the others. Before doing
so, however, McWaters asked Hail to
go with him into some store on bust
ness, and at the same time he began
showing symptoms of fight and re-
| sistance. They went into a store, and
here they found Dr. Wolf, deputy post
master, and the prosecuting witness of
the case, and with Wolf were some
friends, among whom was man named
Barlow. McWaters now commenced
a quarrel with Wolf, and Barlow took
VOLTS part, and then Hail interferred
to prevent fight. About this
time McWaters drew his revolver,
and the first shot struck Hail. Then
Barlow and McWaters emptied their
revolvers at each other, but before Nc
Waters had finished firing, he turned
around and deliberately shot DIR. Wolf,
the ball passing into his abdomen. and
Hail thinks that by this time Wolf is
dead. McWaters then broke from the
room, jumped into a sleigh, and is sup
posed to have crossed the river into
Iowa. jim Moore has sent deputy
to Wyoming to trace McWaters. Hail
was brought TO town. Neither Wood
son nor Lacy have yet been arrested
There are some suspicious. looking
circumstances connected with the
whole case. Some have surmised that
the shooting between Barlow and Nc
Waters was blind to release McWa- |
tiers. 1t appears that the first shot
fired struck Hail and then McWaters
fired four times at Barlow, and then
with the last shot, fired at Wolf. 1t
might perhaps pay to send Furay down
to look up the whole matter, and Me-
Waters ought to be caught, and there
are plenty ofpelsons here who know his
haunts. He is desperate of the worst
kind, and was bushwhacker in the
rebel army, and has been the terror of
this county ever since he has lived here.
There is great excitement here over
the whole case. DIR. Larsh has gOGc 10
Wyoming, but it is generally thought
DIR. Wolf cannot recover | hardly be-
leved myself, when we were talking
the matter over last Saturday, that it
would turn ont in this way. But they
swore they would kill Wolf and any
officer who attempted TO arrest them.
Yours truly, V. BIERBowER.