The herald., 1898-03-23
BAD SCARE IN BURBANK
THE FAWKES FAMILY FEUD Is
AGAIN RAMPANT
The Son Alleged to Have Rugged Up
Explosives, But Sheriff Burr
Found Them 1nnocuous

The town or BURBANK was again thrown
into the throes Of the llveliest kind Of ex.
element by further developments in the
Fawkes family row. which has been going
on for several years, and has had as many
phases In It as there are members Of the
family, most Of the rackets terminating in
the courts.
Joe Fawkes, jr., recently had q shed
built ON property adjoining that Of his
father and within six inches Of the old
gentleman's house. While Joe was blus-
tering around his new shed short time
ago his mother heard him say that II he
caught the old man fooling around there
he would blow him up first and his mother
afterward.
Mrs. Fawkes the elder reported this con-
versation to her husband, who was greatly
scared thereby, and he advised some Of the
Burbankers Of what his wife had heard.
A committee Of citizens concluded to inves-
tigate, and came across q mysterious ma
chine, which is variously described as a
dynamite fuse and bomb, lying under
Fawkes, sr.'s house and connected with
wires which came from Joe Fawkes' shed.
None of the scared committeeman would
monkey with the Internal machine, but
one Of them nevertheless had the bravery
to cut the wires.
Taken in conjunction with Joe's threats,
It was decided that there was ample cause
to have him, his wife and the artisan who
had built the shed arrested, and q COM
plant, alleging threats to kill. was drawn
up and sworn to before Justice Barclay at
Burbank on Monday. The trio were there
upon arrested and taken before the justice
of the peace yesterday. From tn story told
against all three of the defendants he
held that there was good cause to place
them all under q 1900 bond until the mat
ter can be sifted next week.
A deputation visited District Attorney
Donnell yesterday afternoon for the pur-
pose Of having the bomb removed from be-
meath the house so that 1t may be used a.
evidence. but Major Donnell told them
that he was no dynamite expert. and that
they should take care Of their own bombs
the best way they can.
Just before the court house closed for
the day H. b. Fawkes filed . suit against
Joe for so. 100 damages. The plaintiff says
that his brother caused him to be arrested
and tried before Justice Young on the
charge Of having stolen two wagon-loads
Of loose lumber, worth 30. from his
premises. Upon trial the case against the
plaintiff was dismissed. For his wrong
full arrest he claims that he is entitled to
the big sum he demands.
The arrests did not end the matter, how
ever. for word came from Burbank last
night that riot was raging, and the town
was liable to be obliterated as a result of
the Fawkes family differences. Sheriff
Burr and Deputy White went to the scene
Of the anticipated trouble. but soon found
that the situation had been greatly ex-
aggerated. Sheriff Burr dared to brave
the supposed harmful Of explosives. and
learned that they consisted Of nothing but
harmless collection Of gas and lead
pipe, old tin cans and some other truck.
There was nothing of an explosive nature
about them unless they exploded a sensa-
tion.
Sheriff Burr thinks that they had been
put there for the purpose Of soaring the old
people, and they certainly did It. As both
divisions of the Fawkes family were at
tending to their own affairs, no arrests
were made.