The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1896-06-27
LEAD FOR BANDITS
MuRDERERS FOR PAUL AND HAYES
AT WYOMING ROUNDED UP.

MuRDERERs FOR PAUL AND HAYES
AT WYOMING ROUNDED UP.
Surrounded In Swamp Near North
Branch and q Battle Ensues-One of the
Robbers Shot Dead, the Other Two Be-
hind the Hsars-A Sensational Crime and
Cantnro
NORTH BRANCH, Mimi, June 22.-The
trio of thugs who killed Jacob Hayes
and Richard Paul, and attempted to kill
DR.. Burnside Foster at Wyoming early
Saturday morning, were surrounded by
posse near this place. AS result one
Of them is dead and the other two are
in the county Jail at Saltwater for safe
keeping.
The thugs, after killing Hayes and
Paul, and leaving DR.. Foster for dead,
left Wyoming and struck north on che
Duluth track. They travelled about ten
miles and then camped in the brush
| few hundred feet from the railroad.
Here they remained all day Saturday
| and Saturday night started again ON
their way north. Arriving at North
Branch, about ID miles from the scene
of their murderous exploits, they stopped
and
Commenced Business Operations Again.
The house Of ex-Mayor Frank Smith,
of North Branch, was entered by the
| desperadoes. After ransacking the
house Of Mr.. Smith, the trio gathered
up what they wanted in the shape Of
clothing and provisions. Taking the
railroad track again they were discover
ed about half mile from Long Branch
BY two railroad men. The railrOaders
having suspicion that they might be the
ones for whom a posse were looking
walked back to North Branch, routed
out the station agent, and had word
sent along the line that the gang had
been located. All the men engaged in
the search for the thugs who could be
reached, were at once gathered and the
trail taken. About II o'clock Sunday
morning the gang was located in a tam.
araok swamp, about two miles from
North Branch. The ball was opened by
a fusilade of shots from the robbers
who were intrenched behind a
Hastily Formed Breastworks of Logs.
The posse returned the fire, and for 6
few moments there was a lull in thu
battle. One of the gang raised his heat
to see how the thing looked, and wa
, immediately shot through the head by
) load of buckshot from the gun Of one O.
! the posse This caused the other bandit
/ to weaken and they surrendered. o.
i reaching the fort the citizens found on
1 of the gang dead behind log, Will
|. one Of the others was badly wounded
The youngest of the gang gave his nam
as James Cunningham, aged 10. He wa
!. badly wounded and admitted that tn
a gang did the killing at Wyoming. H
+ said the dead mans name was Bo
n Wilson. The other prisoner gave hi
name as George Kelly, but would sa
l. no more.
; The crime committed by the trio VIZ
!" particularly cold blooded one. D.
Foster of St. Paul had arrived at Wyon
ing by the late train on his way to Osc'
l. ola Mills, where his wife was lyiI
10 sick, and had gone to small restaura1
Il east of the depot to secure liver
10 team. He awakened the two your
l. men who were sleeping there and we
y into the place. A few moments aft
O. two or three men, the lower part
al their faces covered with handkerchief
< came in and ordered the others to no
10 up their hands. They all did as
is quested, and one of the robbere took 5
from DR.. Foster. He was in the act
taking the doctors watch, when Il
latter grabbed iatiron and hurled
es at the bandit. This was the signal t
g. firing, Paul and Hayes being instant
1T killed and DIR. Foster badly wounde
e. Paul was in hiding behind lun'
ID counter when shot, the robber reachil
rt over the counter to murder his helple
victim.