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Show KILLED BY HIS PALS. Brutal Murder of Wounded Member of Robber Gang. Four mon nro now In Jnll at La Crosse, Wis., .charged with holding up a train six months ngo. Detectlvo Chnrlcs Will to, after n threo months' senrch, locnted tho man from whom tho robbers bought tho boat, which was found sunken In the sand In tho rivor near whero they had temporarily burled their booty. Tho boat was purchased pur-chased nt La Crosse, and the robbers, so tho detective found ,wont down tho river in tho skiff, taking four days to mako tho trip, and were Joined nt Dubuque Du-buque by two others, which mado tho party six in number. Ono of thcso robbers woro n pair of shoes Just purchased In Dubuque, nnd ho wns tho ono who was killed, nnd served to Identify tho gang, nnd which led subsequently to their cap-turo cap-turo and arrest In Louisiana a few days ngo on another charge. It dovelops from tho story of ono of tho robbers thnt the dead robber had been killed by their own party. It appears ap-pears that they had a secret codo of signals, which they wero to use. Tho dead robber, in coming nround tho train, did not give tho signal, and was shot by ono of tho robbers. After tho safo had been blown open nnd tho robbers unhitched the englno, they put the wounded man on board. Ono of tho party said to him: "Can you talk yet?" Ho replied: "Yes," whereupon one of tho party shot him through tho head, killing him instantly. |