River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-06-25
FIENDISH WORK.
Two Men Killed a. Wyoming by
ncobers.
Tho Thugs Axe Rounded Up IN the Swamp
Near North Branch by Posse of Of
hcers-One Killed and the
Other Two Captured.

hcers-One Killed and the
Other Two Captured.
Minneapolis. June e1.-News of ter
rible crime at Wyoming Station, 40
miles out from Minneapolis. on the ST.
Paul e. Duluth railroad, at about I
o'clock Saturday morning, reached this
city yesterday. Edward Paul and Jacob
Hayes, proprietors of restaurant at
Wyoming. we're shot down in cold blood
by three desperadoes. who were In the
act of robbing DIR. b. Foster. of st.
Paul, who had been closely followed
from that city on a st. Paul & Duluth
train.
DIR. Foster had been on board the No.
west bound passenger train. which
left Minneapolis between 10 and IL
O'Clock Friday night, reaching Wyom-
ing station at midnight
He had been summoned to Wyoming
to see his wife, and had only reached
the station few minutes before the
tragedy. He went to the eating house
kept by Paul & Hayes and made ar
rangements to hire a team to take him
out into the country.
While the three were talking the
murderers entered the place and de-
manded what money they had. Re-
sistance was offered and fight ensued,
in which DIR. Foster was beaten over
the head with the butt of a heavy re-
volvcr. He was badly injured. Paul
and Hayes were both shot dead.
After the murderers had secured all
the money about the place. including
SIS which DIR. Foster had they took to
the woods. In a short time the COM
munity was aroused and q party Of
men were In pursuit
North Branch. Mimi, June 21.-The
three desperadoes who killed Edward
Paul and Jacob Hayes at Wyoming on
Saturday morning. while attempting to
hold up DIR. Foster, of St Paul. we're
captured near here today after a
desperate resistance, in which one OF
the outlaws was shot to pieces. The
dead thug is known as Bill Wilson.
The others are James Cunningham and
George Kelley, and are In Jail at Still.
water.
When Sheriff Anderson received the
information Of the shooting at Wyom-
ing Saturday morning he left for that
town to learn the particulars. and hav-
ing found that the men had gone north
ne Immediately formed Gordon around
the swamps. Last night the murderers
succeeded In passing the line and en-
tered q residence here, from which they
took five loaves of bread, $40 In money
and gold watch. Men who were sta.
toned north of the town halted them.
SUIT the hunted men dropped their
plumber and made for the woods.
This morning Sheriff Anderson or
ganizcd a posse and took up the trail.
Men had also gathered from Rush City.
Forest Lake, Wyoming, Stacy, Harris,
and the surrounding country, until the
man-hunters numbered 200. armed with
shotguns and rifles
When the murderers left the railroad
last night they laid quiet until this
morning. The searchers found their
trail leading to the big swamp one mile
northeast A posse under the sheriff
and Commissioner Rystrom entered the
swamp after them.
About 12 o'clock R1ystrom's party was
met by q volley of shots The hunted
men rose from behind a log when their
pursuers were within 10 feet of them,
and It is O miracle that some of the pur-
suing men were not killed or injured.
A pitched battle Immediately took
place and perhaps 90 shots were fred
before the two survivors SURRENDERED.
The dead thug, known by the others as
Bob Wilson. is the one that did the
shooting at Wyoming. He had rot In
tended to surrender, for he was found
with his revolver in position fJr reload
ing. He is the man that :. Foster
struck, as he had a black eye from the
effects of the blow. The names given
by the two men captured alive are
George Kelly and James Cunningham.
Kelly, who was shot through the nose.
had confessed that they were the party
who did the Wyoming shooting.
st, Paul June 21.-When the posse
returned to North Branch with the
Wyoming desperadoes the town was
filed with people who had come In
from the surrounding towns and the
sheriff became afraid that some move
mcnt might be organized against his
men. He made arrangements to take
his prisoners to Saltwater for safety.
lie swore in a few deputies and stopped
the train. II was feared thst there
would be some demonstration as Wyo-
ming, and at White Bear when the pris-
opers changed cars the large crowd
q therd at the depot made threats bit
no attempt was made to do violence.
At saltwater they were placed In the
county jail.
A coroner's Jury held an inquest on
the remains of Bob Wilson and the YER
dict was that the deceased had come TO
his death from lead poisoning admins
tered by hands unknown. The inquest
on Paul and Hays will be held tomor-
row morning.
Cunningham has done most of the
talking since the arrest. He insists
that he had no part in the shooting.
but that Kelly did the shooting. and
that Wilson was the man who was
going through DIR. Foster. Kelly seems
the desperate man of the trio. All
three are from the South, coming from
Missouri. but they will not give any