Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-25
HE Pu kEE ARE DEAD.
y GIVEN e,, pY At THE VILLAGE OF
rRElcHn. 'l WYOMING, MIMI
sem,p,, J., !. Are killed and Another
b the n 1ad - nv Masked Robbers
~entiop .--,erers Are Pursued by
Ohio, ana >. . posse, one Of rne" !. Killed
rite Lett. y o.her Two Are Captured
Mckinley. Z, one is Injured

1rno %. A cold-blooded
fau ,yder was committed by
.hIars AT the little village OF
mn HE Duluth road, but one
pa7 lerers is now dead and an
iniurcd. The injured man,
lid Of the trio, is under ar
a paul and Jacob Hayes, resi-
wyoming. were the men muir
~ me robbers, and DR.. Burn
Ester of st. Paul was at the
timp severely beaten.
nnrder occurred at l o'clock in
la"ing DIR. Fosters family is
l'ar me summer at Osceola Mills,
distance from Wyoming, and
'oivpd a telegram announcing the
;ndisposition of Mrs. Foster.
.hen TOO late for him to get "a
tbe road leading directly to
Ials and he went TO Wyoming on
y paul & Duluth night train, ex-
10 drive across the country.
n,,uth train arrives at Wyoming
VA at night, and it was on time.
F[rostar was the only passenger TO
tbere He had been Informed
f. conductor on the way up that
rronld be able 10 secure the ser
4 Young man who conducted Il
Enrant directly opposite the depot,
mon alighting from the train he
. across the road to the restaurant.
was inst concluding negotiations
the men to drive him TO Osceola
| when the door opened and three
NTH the lower portion of ,aeir
I hidden with red handkerchiefS,
"A IN and commanded the three
"a hold mp their hands. One Of
mhbers then stepped out of the
10 act ms a guard, while the other
had the three men covered with
Ilyprs. one of the robbers then be-
10 search Or. Foster, when the
y srappled the robber and shouted
holm The other robber then opened
! and killed Paul and Jacobs. He
assisted his companion in tie lat
| fight with Foster. Both beat the
Er into insensibility, and after
n. about STJ from his pocket, the
es escaped.
village was soon aroused. a
igl train was sent from st. Paul
physicians and DR.. Foster was
{ght here. He is badly hurt but not
mLy injured. Posses were at once
knized and search was made in
Nv direction.
uing the day the three robbers
l. seen walking along the railroad
Il near Long Branch. When they
y the posse they ran into a swamp
Ir by. They were called upon TO
FENDER. but replied with Il vOlley of
|s The posse returned the fire
two Of the men, one dead and the
n injured. fell. The third man
|pupon surrendered. The injured
j made a confession, in which he
that the dead mans name was
|Son. He said that his own name
Cunningham and that Kelly was
/ name Of the third man. He said
| be was the man who stood guard,
Wilson vas the one who grappled
II Foster and that Kelly was the
\ who did all the shooting. The
n were taken 10 saltwater for safe
|Ping. Immediately after the muir
} in the restaurant Gov. Clough Of
ld a reward of $500 for the arrest
\ conviction of the robbers.
phe c%oroner's jury held an inquest
the body of the dead robber and
Flned a verdict that death was
rsed by lead poisoning inflicted by
sons unknown"
me bodies of Paul and Jacobs were
Ken to Hudson, Wis, their former
ne, for burial.