Two men were shot, one fatally by footpads in Wilkesbarre, Pa., on Tuesday. John Baldes, of that city, and Benedict Kessler and John Weidman, of Altoona, delegates to the state convention of German Catholic Societies, were returning from a banquet when they were stopped by two highwaymen and ordered to throw up their hands. All complied with their demands and the footpads started to go through their pocket. The robbers secured Weidman’s money and railroad ticket and had taken $6 from Baldes, when the latter made an outcry. This enraged the robbers and they backed away and began firing at the men. Baldes was shot three times in the stomach and cannot recover. Kessler was shot in the knee but Weidman was uninjured. The footpads escaped. Alex Ribblett, a former resident of Johnstown, aged about fifty years was so badly burned at Bolivar on Saturday evening that he died soon after being rescued without recovering consciousness. The deceased was a shoemaker and lived alone in a room in the back of his shop. It is supposed that an oil lamp exploded and set fire to his bed which was all ablaze when the fire was discovered by a passerby. The deceased was born in Conemaugh township, this county, where a step brother, John Ribblett, still resides. _________________________________________________________________ Get ideas on sharing photos from people like you. Find new ways to share. http://www.windowslive.com/explore/photogallery/posts?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Photo_Gallery_082008