The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1896-06-23
THREE ARE DEAD.
TRAGEDY AT THE VILLAGE OF
WYOMING, MINI.
Two Men Are Killed and Another
is Injured by Masked Robbers
The Murderers Are Pursued by
by Posse, One of Them is Killed
and the other Two Are Captured
After One is Injured

st. Paul. June %. - A cold-blooded
double murder was committed by
three robbers at the little village of
Wyoming, on the Duluth road, but one
Of Ahe murderers is now dead and an
otter is injured The injured man,
with the third of the trio, is under ar
rest
Edward Paul and Jacob Hayes, resi-
dents of Wyoming, were the men muir
dered by the. robbers, and DIR. Burn
side Foster of st. Paul was at the
same time severely beaten.
The murder occurred at / o'clock IN
the morning. DR.. Fosters family is
spending the summer at Osceola Mills,
a short distance from Wyoming, and
hoereceiyed a telegram announcing the
serious indisposition of Mrs. Foster
1t was then too late for him to get
train on the road leading directly to
the Mills, and he went to Wyoming on
the ST. Paul q Duluth night train, eX-
pecting to drive across the country
The Duluth train arrives at Wyoming
at 1910 at night, and it was on time.
DR.. Foster was the only passenger to
alight there. He had been informed
by the conductor on the way UP that
he would be able to secure the ser
restaurant directly opposite the depot,
and upon alighting from the train he
went across the road to the restaurant.
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 tnelr
faces hidden with red handkerchlefs,
walked in and commanded the three
men to hold up their hands. One of
the robbers then stepped out of the
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
fire and killed Paul and Jacobs. He
then assisted his companion i'll Inc 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,
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
were seen walking along the railroad
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
tlereupon surrendered. The injured
man made a 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 MUIR
der in the restaurant Gov. Clough Of
fered a reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction of the robbers.
The coroners jury held an inquest
over the body of tie 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.