Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-09-19

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In the meantime the freight had
been stopped at Bird Island and the
bodies of the two dead men found.
Sheriff Sunde was notified and he got
busy at once on the case and as soon
as he found out we had the men here
he notified US to bring them to Bird
Island, which the Hector deputies did
at once, getting there about two o.
clock Saturday morning. They admit.
ted that the two men found dead were |
in the mixup so the three were taken
to the county jail to walt further pro-
ceedings.
The man at Glencoe was next looked
up and he proved to be young fol-
low, partner to one Of the dead men,
and he told pretty straight story and
explained the whole affair.
The two young fellows, Clayton
Durham and Alfred Noes, both of
Lakeville, had started for the West to
spend a few weeks threshing. The
story Noes tells about the shooting is
as follows: He says, I'VE left Lake
vile in my automobile for Pennington
in the afternoon, arriving there about
4 o'clock. I then sent my machine
back home and we took the passenger
train to Cologne. We stopped there
for lunch and then boarded a freight
train going west. At Glencoe the train
stopped about fifteen minutes and four
men climbed on while we were stand
ing there and came into the car with
US. About three miles out of Glencoe
they came over to US and flashed
light In our faces and ordered us to
hold up our hands. I refused and one
OF the men opened fire on us before
we had time to pull our own guns. II
finally managed to get my gun and
fired until my ammunition ran out and
then the men closed in on us and we
had hand-to.hand fight. During the
m1x.up my partner, Clayton Durham.
was shot and also one OF the I. w.
WIS. The other three l. w. WIS were
all wounded and I was hit over the
head. They then got the best OF me
ana took away my watch and money
and were thenegoing to throw me from
the train but I pleaded with them. and
finally broke away from them and got
nearly OF of my own account when
they hit me on the hands and I had
to lot go. Az soon as the train was
passed got to farm house and tele-
phoned the sheriff of Mcleod county
and told him of the affair.
| Noes was taken to Bird Island on
Saturday to identify the I. W. WIS as
being in the mix-up and the above is
the story he told the editor of the
Mirror In talk we had with him
when he passed thru Hector. Both
Durham and Noes were nice looking
fellows and both young men and their
appearance and the straight story
they told proved without doubt that
they were innocent. The I. w. WIS
were all tough looking characters and
could hardly tell the same story twice
while we had them at Hector I. w.
w. cards were found on the body of
the dead man at Bird Island and I.
w. w. literature was found in the car
and partly destroyed, which indicated
that the three I. w. WIS had tried to
cover up the fact that they belonged
to this organization.
AS soon as Hector people saw the
body OF young Durham they identified
him as being the son Of Charles Dun
ham of Lakeville, at one time resi-
dent of Hector who conducted a feed
mill here.
The body of Durham was taken to
Lakeville Sunday and an inquest was
held for the other body on Monday
At this writing we have not learned
how the body was disposed of.
| At first Noes was afraid that his
partner had been killed by a stray
bullet from his own revolver, but af-
ter the bullet was found this was
proved not to be so. We understand
that one of the Il. w. WIS has con-
fessed to good deal, but the other
two refuse to talk. The one who has
told what he knows says this is not
the first mix-up he has been in and
admits that he has recently escaped
from Sing Sing prison. He also says
they threw their guns away near Sum.
ter. The deputies Of Hector did good
work by getting on the job immedi-
ately and arresting the trio before
they had chance to escape. This
shows the value of having men organ.
lied and it is a good thing to have
men authorized to act in cases of this
kind and without waiting to be sworn
in when they are needed. =
u At the present time the three I. W.
WIS are being held: at Olivia but will
be taken to Glencoe soon, whore a
trial will be held. 49, .
"Oh, yes," said lady the o:her day
in talking to the editor, cts very nice
to go to great city to buy q garment,
because you can choose from thous.
ands. But invariably they come from
some Flew York sweat-shop, and were
evidently made for eastern people. So
it is almost impossible to buy coat
, or suit unless you have alterations
made. This requires time and IN, ex
ira charge. Now I have found that i
, can 90 to the, Wil1mAr Cooperative
: Mercantile Co. store and select Z Pal
mer or Condo or q Worth carmen,
in just 40 good style 40 eny coat Of
suit that's made. It IL seldom that
? alterations are required and the price
|. is always much less than I'd pay Il
: the city. 1have also found that these
GARMENTS are 50 well made that theJ
give splendA seryice."r so.what,a TIL