Show BLOODY BATTLE IN EXPRESS CAR v i and Former Fo 1 r Messenger With I fr BOTH BOW FATALLY fATALL Y WOUNDED TELL DIFFERENT T STORIES STORI s OF r THE AFFAIR P Ill n Sept 27 John E B Ryan Ran Express messenger r on the Wa bosh passenger train due here early iOd today y and and Ed Greene a former express messenger both of Chicago fought a aduel duel ouel with revolvers rev in Ryans car on the he way ivay from ement to Decatur Dec tur a dis dix distance distance tance of twenty miles Both men were seriously wounded and may die On arrival here they were taken talton to the hospital Each Wounded Thrice Each man received three bullets in inthe the tho which lasted for miles mUes Greene says that he boarded bearded the t ex express x press p ess car at Chicago intending to go goto goto goto to his home at Pittsfield to visit rela relatives tives He and Ryan were old friends Ryan lie says permitted him to ride antI and he assisted the latter In working up the express matter They began drinking Jokes led to a quarrel and Greene says both drew guns at the Same flame time Ryan he did didn not n t see Greene In the car until the train reached Cerro Gordo Garda and he believed that Greene jumped in for Cor the purpose of at robbery ro bery They The quarrelled according to Ryans story tory clinched and both with r revolvers drawn rolled about on the car floor The Time men then separated and each e ch sought BOUght shelter in different ends of t the car Both Began Shooting Both men fired and both went down but were on their feet in a short time and the duel continued Just before b o othe the train reached Decatur Greene Gre ne opened the door and jumped from the car He Ho was unable to escape and w was as found an hour later by the police Greene has an ugly bullet wound in inthe inthe inthe the breast and nd another in the right lung while a third ball bali lodged in the time fleshy part of the abdomen Ryan was shot In the left jaw behind the left ear nar and In 11 the left shoulder None of the time trainmen was aware of the duel that was being waged in the express car until the train arrived at Decatur and andRyan nd Ryan was seen through the open door lying hying in a pool of o blood b Od on the car flOor |