Show U N N 0 W N ML T MA N IS h 97 he with four companions held up officer fi cerand and Is shot toledo dec 16 an unknown man was instantly killed and marshal C F FI I woods of greenwich huron county was seriously wounded this morning in an encounter five men in tho the railroad yards of that village marshall woods accosted a man standing near tho the post ana and acting in a suspicious manner in reply to questions the unknown man sald fjald lie he was wash a stranger Bt ranger but wished to leave on a freight train the marshal escorted him to the railroad yards and jinni as they reached the tracks four men suddenly jumped from behind a car and ordered tho the officer to throw up his hands ho he did but in his hand lie he had an automatic ut 0 aa revolver which lie he fired one n e bullet pierced the heart of one of the quartette I 1 the firing was returned by the other four and one of the balls struck tho the marshal in the back As he fell the men beat him into insensibility then escaped tho the firing aroused the town and the wounded marshal and the body of the unknown man were found in tho the railroad yards A posse p osse Is today searching the surrounding territory tor for trace of the men the dead man was about 55 years old and well dressed |