The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-23


emptying three loads in the direction;
OF Paul and Hayes, sptang to the as
slstance of his pal. The doctor was
borne to the floor, and while the meI:
did not shoot him they beat his head
almost to pulp with the but ends
of their revolvers. This was thc.
finishing touch of the fiendish work of
the men in the restaurant and they ran
out OF the building and made off with
all possible haste, under cover of the
darkness
The first man to make his appearance
on the scene was Wilson Lyle, a sec.
ton hand, who it was afterwards
learned, had been occupying a bed in
the rear of the restaurant building the
entlre time of the encounter, but did
not make his presence known unit.
after the men had been gone some
little time. Lyle was followed quickly
by j. H. Steuer, a section foreman on
the Duluth road, who had been aroused
by the shots. When he arrived at the
restaurant he found DR.. Foster SITTING
IN the middle Of the floor covered with
blood, which he was trying to wipe
off with his handkerchief! Hayes was
lying on the floor near his bed, while
the body Of Paul lay just behind the
counter. that ran down one side of the
room. Both men were dead
Steuer left the building at once and
aroused the whole town with his cries
for help. The station agent was
among the first to appear and he went
at once to the depot and teIegraphed
Tor General Manager Miller, who went
10 Wyoming in a special accompanied
by Doctor Wheaton, arriving at the
scene of the crime about o'clock IN
the morning
In the mean time DR.. Foster had been
taken to the house of man living in
the neighborhood, and on the arrival
OF Miller, he was brought to this city
and taken to st. Joseph's hospital,
where his injuries were attended to
It was found that he had been severely
cut about the head, although none IF
the wounds were of a serious nature
and he was about the streets in few
days.
With the arrival Of General Manager
Miller posse was formed under the
directions of Milton Tumbler. 1t was
thought that the men would make an
attempt to get into the state of Wis
consin and every effort was made to
head off any such move on their part.
Sheriff Anderson was sent for and as
Sumed the general directions in the
hunt for the criminals. During the
next day the whole country was in
formed of what had taken place during
the night, and they turned out TO a.
Gov. Clough issued a proclamation
offering reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction of the men Their trail
was followed closely by the men in
pursuit, and on Sunday morning they
were rounded up in a swamp near
North Branch on the Duluth road A
detail of fifteen men were sent into
the swamp after them and followed
their tracks, which were plainly Wis
able in the soft mud until they were
suddenly met with a Volley of shots
which came from behind log directly
in front of them. Luckily for the
pursurerS none of them were hit. and
they all sought the nearest shelter,
and then began a pitched battle which
could have but one ending. The men
behind the log kept up a continual
firing, but every time that one of them
would raise any portion of his body an
inch above the protection afforded by
the fallen tree, it was the signal for
volley from the besiegers.
The men were finally compelled to
surrender, and it was then found that
one, known as Robert Wilson, had been
killed. The second man, who gave his
name as James Cunningham, had re.
ceiVed a charge of buckshot in his
face and chest, while the third, George
Kelly, was unhurt.
The two prisoners and the body of
the dead man were first taken to North
Branch, and were then conveyed by
train to Saltwater
On the arrival of the men at Still
water, the man who had given his
name as Cunningham made a confess
sion in which he said that his true
name was Arthur Johnson. and that he
was the man who had stood outside
of the door during the shooting. 1t
was ascertained later that he was the
that he had been released from the
state penitentiary at Jefferson City,
Mo, only a short time. He said that
he had fallen in with Wilson and Kelly
in that state and they were all three
or their way to the gold fields of
Montana. He denied any connection
with the shooting, and in his trials
later, both for the murder of Paul and
Hayes, he was acquitted.
The trial of Kelly was held at Center
City last October. His chief defense
was that it was Wilson who owned
The large revolver with which the
shooting had been done, and that it
was he who had fired the fatal shots
He practically admitted that he was
the man who had had charge of the
search Of DR.. Fosters pockets, but
said that he had not fired a shot while
in the restaurant. 1t was held that
under the law he was equally guilty
with Kelly, even though he had not
discharged his revolver, and the in
structions of the Judge to the jury
were very plainly put along that line.
The jury found him guilty of murder
in the first degree, and recommended
the death sentence.
An inquest was held over the remains
Of the man Wilson, and at it's con-
clusion his body was consigned to the
pCtter's field in Center City.