The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-06-21

sician who is now patient at st. Je
sepss hospital. Gov Clough has Of
/ fered reward for the capture an9
Identification Of the murderers.
Wyoming Is about thirty miles from
ST. Paul. DR.. Foster reached the viii
lage shortly after midnight on his way
to Osceola Mills, whittier he had beet
summoned because of his Wife's sud,
den illness. After leaving the train hi
went to a restaurant short distance
from the depot, where he expected 4tt
remain until the livery team he had
ordered was ready The restaurant
was closed but DR. Fosster aroused two
young men, who were asleep In the
place. The rest of the story is best
told by the doctor himself
Il had been in the restaurant but
few minutes when two men entered
with drawn revolvers. Each wore red
bandanna handkerchiefs tied over the
lower portion Of the face Throw up
your hands was the command We
obeyed. There was no opportunity to
make resistance, and common sense
suggested immediate acquiescence.
One of the ruffians stood at the door.
There we stood with our hands up let
ting the blanket-faced men go through
our pockets l noticed the man was
nervous. His hands were shaking. and
1t occurred to me a good bluff would
frighten the fellows away There was
piece of iron on the counter and I
grabbed it to use as a weapon, offen-
sive and defensive. Then the man at
the door fired a shot. think that was
the missile that struck me. Before ]
had time to use the iron again ootf
men used their revolvers I saw M
companions were down, but could. no
aid them as shower Of blows over
my head from the revolvers carried by
the robbers knocked me senselessY
When / came to my senses again sew
eral town people were in the restaurant
but the murderers had disappeared. \
Jacob Hayes and Edward Paul were
the men who lost their lives. Both
were young men, able to care for
themselves in hand to hand conflict.
But they were shot down, without op.
portunity to make defense The shots
fired, it is presumed, were directed at
DR.. Foster, as he was the only one who
wounded Dr. Foster struck his right
cheek bone. and glancing struck
Hayes. killing him almost instantly.
Paul, also was instantly killed by a
bullet fired at DR.. Foster
DR.. Foster has half a dozen ugly
scalp wounds inflicted by blows from
his assailant's revolver beside the bull
let wound In his cheek
Coroner Gemmel and officials were
notified and the ST. Paul & Duluth Of
ficials placed every facility at the dis
posa1 of the police to assist in the cap
ture Of the bandits and the care Of
DR.. Foster. DR.. Wheaton and DIR. Mil
Ter, Of st. Paul, went to Wyoming.
where DIR. Foster was given needed
attention, and brought back TO st. Paul
and taken to st. Joseph's hospital
Up to a late hour last night no clue
to the perpetrators of the crime had
been found. The officials of the rail-
road and county officers were stinu-
lated TO every effort because OF the
awful and cowardly nature of the. at
tack upon unarmed and helpless men.
Yesterday Gov. Clough. determined to
offer every possible assistance, in ad-
dition to wiring county officials to
watch for the assassins Issued the fol-
lowing proclamation: !
THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS REWARD.
WHEREAS, II has been made satisfactor-
lily to appear to me that on the 20th day OF
June, A. ID. 1898. between 1 and 80 o'clockl
in the morning. Jacob Hayes and Edward
Paul were brutally murdered by unknown
persons. in the village Of Wyoming. and State
of Minnesota; and
WHEREAS. The perpetrators OF said crime
have not been arrested and the public
safety requires their capture, conviction and
punishment for said offensei