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SHOT BY INDIAN POLICEThe Fut«* of Men Who Trlwl to Kill Hi Major Wyiniftn.Helena, Sept. 19.—Major Wyman, do agent for the Crow Indians, had a nar- Bi row escape with his life in a fight with Cc two stragglers on the reservation last sh night. One of them took a shot at wi him with a Wln^iester at close range, and the bullet ploughed through his shirt, making a furrow In the »kin over his breast. The men were both killed by Agent Wymans escort of Indian police. They had a jug of He whisky and three horses. It is not yet | pe know whether the horses were stolen, pr and why they should have opened on the agent's party is not known. As the party was fired at Wyman and his ^ 10 Indian police opened fire with revolvers, and there was a lively fusilade lt;for a few minutes. One of the dead men has not been identified yet. The other was Ted Hamilton of Dillon, Mont.
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The Kootenai Herald
Bonners Ferry, Idaho, US
Sat, Sep 23, 1893
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