The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-06-23

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| thing was quiet then, and I thought
| the boys had gone out to chase them"
| Mrs. Paul's husband was away In
| Illinois at the time, and Ed was taking
| care Of the business. Everybody seems
| to agree that If he could have reached
| a revolver instead of bottle Kelly
! would not have escaped alive. Hayes,
| too, was a nervy lad, but like Paul ne
| had no weapon.
John Sutton, young man residing
| on the opposite side Of the track from
! the restaurant, seemed to the reporter
| to have the best idea Of the number OF
shots fired. Lyle said he coulo not
| tell how many shots there were, MIS-:
Paul was too excited to remember, ana
| Kelly, who fired them, wont talk. he
said to Sheriff Anderson on Sunday,
after being captured: well, guess
! this is about the last p1ncn, anu u
BETTER HOLD MY TONGUE"
Mr.. Sutton said "Just before the
shooting the dogs began making a fear
| full racket, especially a big wolf hound
across the track and a mastiff at our
| house. Whenever tramps are around at
| night, they move about while waiting
| for trains, and disturb the dogs l
looked out toward the depot, thinking
some hoboes might have got into q
row, and then I heard two shots. II
more were fired did not hear them.
| By the time I got dressed and started
| for the restaurant the robbers had run
| away up the track, and I could hear
| one Of them running over the wagon
| bridge. One Of our dogs followed them,
and if had thought the matter was SO
serious I would have sent the mastiff
after them. AS it was, had got out
| a minute or two sooner and started
over I would have run right into the
| men and probably got a dose of what
! they gave Paul and Hayes. Several
| other men Joined me by the time I
! reached the restaurant, and there we
| found DR.. Foster sitting on a chair and
bathing his wounds. Even then no one
| realized that two men had been killed,
| and the doctor did not seem to know it..
He thought the boys had run out and
| left him. We presently found Hayes
lying dead beside his cot, which he had
| evidently tried to reach after being
| shot, because the mattress was pulled
off and lay alongside of him on the floor.
People were outside calling and hunt
| ing for Ed. Paul. No one thought of
| looking behind the counter, until ten
| or fifteen minutes afterward. Then I
| CHANGED to go in there, and Ed. was ly-
ing on his face as if asleep He was
dead, and beside him lay lantern,
which he was about to light to go to
the barn when the robbers ordered
them to hold UP their hands,"
If Mr.. Sutton's supposition is cor
rect, that only two shots were fired,
Kelly made them count with most
deadly effect. While both men were
shot through the body only, death
seems to have ensued within a very
few minutes. Lyle did not hear either
man say anything, and they must have
bled like pigs. judging from the spots
on the floor. Had it not been for the
| fact that Wilson was so closely en-
gagged with DR.. Foster, the latter would
most likely have been shot also, but
Kelly dared not fire at him, for fear
Of hitting Wilson. Mr.. Sutton did not
| think Foster had been hit by bullet,
although he admitted 1t was possible
he had been.
| All the residents Of Wyoming can
| talk Of nothing but the murders, and
a large crowd gathered yesterday
| morning to hear the evidence given be-
fore the coroner's jury. Mrs. McDon-
aid, who lives next door to the restau-
rant and saw the murderers run away,
Mrs. Paul and Wilson Lyle were eX-
amined They told the story outlined
above and then the hearing was ad-
| journed until Wednesday morning at
8 a. M, when DIR. Foster will be present
to testify.
On the examination yesterday It was
shown pretty conclusively that Wilson
| was the man who pummeled DR.. Fos-
| ter In the scuffle he lost a cuff button,
and the mate to it was found on his
| dead body.
It is the intention Of the officials to
| have a speedy trial of the two men.
| The preliminary examination Of Kelly
and Cunningham will probably occur
| this week. The regular term of court
| does not meet until October but
special grand jury will be called with
| in a few days and the following week
a special term Of court will be held so
| that the cases can be disposed OF as
soon as possible.
WITH THE PRISONERS.
After spending twenty-four hours in
the Washington county Jail there
seems to be little change in the ap-
pearahce and demeanor of George Kel-
ly and Arthur Johnson, alias Cunning
| ham, the two desperadoes, who COM
mitted the terrible murder at Wyoming
last Friday morning and were subse-
| quently captured near North Branch.
Johnson swore he would never reveal
his true name, but by reason Of a little
strategy on the part Of Deputy War
| den Lemon, Of the Minnesota state
prison. he was persuaded to give his
name and q complete history of his life.
| AS the murdererS were being taken TO
| the county jail, Mr.. Lemon stepped UP
| to Johnson and said:
s'By the way, tell me your number y
Johnson looked up at him and an
swered:
my number was 10744."
In explaining this matter Mr.. Lemon
| lrc
a Jail bird that he felt reasonably safe
in making the INJURY. johnson then
| told him part Of the history Of his
life.
The Gil b e correspondent called at
! the Jail early yesterday morning, just
after the prisoners had finished their
breakfast, and Deputy Sheriff Fazen-
din escorted him to the upper tier OF
cells where Johnson was seated in the
corridor taking his morning smoke.
After few preliminary questions
Johnson admitted that he had given a
/ fictitious name when arrested. but, ;"
said he. there is a detective here who
! knows all about me, and l might as
well make a clean breast Of it and tell
you my life. I said my name was Cum
ningham, but that was only done be
cause I didn't want my mother to know
what a scrape I was mixed up in. My
real name is Arthur Johnson. was
born and raised at Chillicothe, Mo-, and
at the age of twelve or thirteen / was
sent to the reform school at Boonville,
| where spent a year and a half. I am
| the victim Of a misspent life, and have
been mixed up in several unpleasant
affairs, but I never was murderer.
That was not in my line was burg
/ lar. Soon after my release from the
reform school I committed a burglary
| in Chillicothe, was convicted and
| served three years in Jefferson City