The herald., 1896-06-22
Minnesota Officers Do Battle
With Desperadoes
ONE IS DEAD, TWO CAPTURED
Serious Accident on a New Jersey
Railroad Crossing
A Jam on the Trolley Cars at PhiiadeIphia
Suburb Causes Injury to Twenty
Victims

Associated Press Special Wire
SALTWATER, Mimi, June 21.-Two
OF the three men who murdered Jacob
Hays and Edward Paul at Wyoming.
Mimi, Saturday morning, are now lying
here in the state prison and the third Is
dead at North Branch, having been killed
there today by officers while trying to
escape.
After the Wyoming murder the men (
walked north fourteen miles to North
Branch and entered the house of ex-
Mayor Frank Smith, carrying away
clothes, money and provisions. Half. a
mile from Smiths house they were seen
by couple of railroad men and ordered
to halt, but they fired on the railroad
| men and ran. The men who attempted
to halt the murderers hurried into the
North Branch station, routed out the
| agent and wired along the line that the
| desperadoes had been located. A large
| posse was Immediately sent out and the
| gang was located in tamarack swamp
| at IL o'clock in themorning. The posse
| returned the fire Of the desperadoes, and
| for few moments there was a lull in the
| battle, when one of the desperadoes
| raised his head. He was shot through
| the head. The two others then surrend-
| cred. One of these was badly wounded
| in the head. He gave his name as James
| Cunningham and is nineteen years old.
| The other man captured is George Kelly.
| The one killed was Bob Wilson.
CAUGHT ON A CROSSING.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., June 21.-
Three men were instantly killed and a
y1-fI Ill o. at
grade crossing accident at Absecon to-
day. The dead:
| GEORGE HUBER, aged go.
FRED HUBER. his son, aged 80, Of
Germania, this county,
| HARRY HENBELER of PHILADELPHIA,
The injured man is George Sahl Of
| Galloway.
The men were crossing the tracks in
a wagon drawn by pair of spirited
horses when the accident occurred.
Nearing the tracks the driver attempted
to beat the approaching Camden express
train across the track, The train was
running at the rate of sixty miles an
hour. The wagon was partly across the
tracks when the train struck it. The
Hubers were thrown under the wheels
and ground to pieces Henbeler was
thrown against the station with a horse
upon him.
A TROLLEY ACCIDENT.
PHILADELPHIA June 21-More than
twenty passengers on two open trolley
cars were injured tonight in peculiar
accident at Frankford a suburb of this
city. One of the cars was returning
from and the other going to a nearby
y%1@
pleasure park. They ran on parallel
tracks. Both were SO crowded that
many of the passengers stood on the side
footboards, and when the cars ATTEMPTED
to pass each other at rapid rate of
speed jam resulted. Eight Of the pas
sengers were internally injured and were
taken to hospitals but it is not thought
any deaths will follows:
A LEAKY SKIFF'
GAINESVILLE, June 21- Grant Har-
vey and Miss Emma Collins of South
GAINESVILLE adm Miss Lulu Evans OF
Marysville avenue, this city, were
drowned in the Muskingum, south of
the city this afternoon. After watkins.
down the river on the west side for about
two miles they attempted to cross the
stream in an old skiff. 1t began to fill
with water so rapidly hat when they
were in the middle of the stream Mr. Col
lins. who accompanied them, jumped out
to push the boat, While Mr.. Harvey
| rowed the boat Th ladies became
frightened and rushed to Mr. Harvey,
capsizing the boat. Mr.. Collins being
unable to lend assistance swan to shore
and called for aid. The three drowned
| clinging to each other.
| A PRISONER'S HOPE
| NEW YORK, June 21.-Mary Alice AL
mont Livingstone Fleming, confined in
the Tombs prison, charged with having
poisoned her mother, Mrs. Bliss, ex-
| poets to be free this week.
'The summing up will probably be to-
morrow" sal she, land think by Tues
day the recorder will charge the jury.
1 firmly believe I shall be acquitted. I
have been confined here ten months, a
long time, and although have kept up
through it all have undergone severe
| nervous strain"
Mrs. Fleming said if acquitted she
would spend the summer at some sea-
side resort. She then expects to return
| to her relatives in this city arh Ire
down the charges made against her.