The Princeton union., 1896-06-25
HREE RE DEAD.
TRAGEDY AT THE VILLAGE CT
Y0MING, MINN.
Two Men Are Killed and Another
Is Injured by Masked Robbers
The Murderers Are Pursued by
@s by Posse, One of Them is. Ki11e,.
nnd the other Two Are Captured
After One is Injured.

st. Paul, June %. A old-blooded
double murder was committed by
three robbers at the little village Of !.
Il wyoming, on the Duluth road, but one :
OF the murderers is now dead and an
otter is injured. The injured man.
with the third of the trio, is under ar
..est.
Edward Paul and Jacob Hayes, resi-
dents of Wyoming, were the men mur-.5
dered by the robbers, and DR.. Burn.
side Foster Of st. Paul was at the
same time severely beaten.
The murder occurred at 1 o'clock in.
the morning. Dr.. Fosters family is.
spending the summer at Osceola Mills,
a short distance from Wyoming, and
nosrecelved telegram announcing the,
serious indisposition Of Mrs. Foster.
1t was then too late for him to get q.
train on the road leading directly to
the Mills, and he went to Wyomin. on
the st. Paul & Duluth night train. ex-.
pecting to drive across the countly.
l,ne Duluth train arrives at Wyoming
at l2:4O at night, and it was on time
Dr.. Foster was the only passenger to !.
allght there. He had been informed.
by the conductor on the way up that
he would be able to secure the SER
vices of q young man who conducted a
restaurant directly opposite the depot,
and upon alighting from the train he
went across the road to the restaurant.
Z He was just concluding negotiations,
With the men to drive him to Osceola
Mills when the door opened and three
men, with the lower portion Of ,Aeir
faces hidden with red handkerchiefs,
Z walked in and commanded the three,
men to ho.d up their hands. One Of
fhnn ctr F>f
door to act as a guard, while the other
two had the three men covered with
revolvers. One Of the robbers then be-
gan to search DR.. Foster, when the
latter grappled the robber and shouted
for help. The other robber then opened
Sire and killed Paul and Jacobs He
then assisted his companion in me lat
ter's fight with Foster. Both beat the
doctor into insensibility, and after
taking about SIS from his pocket, the
robbers escaped.
The village was soon aroused, a
special train was sent from St. Paul
with physicians and DR.. Foster was.
brought here. He is badly hurt but not
seriously injured. Posses were at once
organized and search was made in
every direction.
During the day the three robbers.
"C1C SCCA "UlAlIsS, d1OuS Iuc IdllIOdu
track near Long Branch. When they,
saw the posse they ran into swamp.
near by. They were called upon to-
surrender, but replied with a volley of
shots. The posse returned the fire
and two of the men. one dead and the
other injured, fell The third man
thereupon surrendered. The injured
man made confession, in which he,
said that the dead mans name was
Wilson. He said that his own name
was Cunningham and that Kelly was
the name Of the third man. He said
that he was the man who stood guard,
that Wilson was the one who grappled
with Foster and that Kelly was the
one who did all the shooting. The
men were taken to Saltwater for safe
keeping. Immediately after the mur-
der in the restaurant Gov. Clough Of
fered a reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction of the robbers. =,
The coroner's jury held an inquest
over the body of the dead robber and
returned a verdict that death was
caused by lead poisoning inflicted by?
persons unknown"
The bodies of Paul and Jacobs were
taken to Hudson, Wis, their former
home, for burial. : .@. ES :