Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-14
NAY hive GOOD CLEN'
Benton County Officers on the Trail
Of the Dynamiters at
Urbana.
Find Where Parties Purchased the
Dynamite The Reward Has
Been increased.
Discovery of Error in Returns Gives
Des Moines Another Democratic
Representative.

Urbana, Nov. 1.-THE funeral of
Mrs. Jay D. Burrell, who was killed by
the explosion of dynamite in his
fathers store at an early hour Satur-
day morning, was held from the M. e.
church in this place at o'clock yester-
day afternoon, Rev. Chaffee officiating,
interment in the Urbana cemetery. The
high esteem in which the young man
was held was evidenced by the throngs
of people who attended from all the
surrounding country.
Clarence Burrell was remarkable
young man, the trusted confident and
assistant of his father in all business
matters. Although but 10 years of age
he had been wonderfully successful in
a business way, and last year managed
a branch store at Brandon. doing
large business. He was strictly atten-
! tive to business and had hosts of
! friends wherever he was known.
1 Up to 8 o'clock Saturday evening the
| citizens of the little village of Urbana
had subscribed $1,4S5 as a reward for
| the apprehension of the party or par
| ties who committed the terrible crime,
! as detailed In these columns Saturday.
4 1t is expected that at least $4,000 Will be
raised by private subscription and that
/ $500 more will be offered by the county
1 board of supervisors and that Governor
Shaw will offer like reward in behalf
4 of the state.
4 The people of Urbana mean business
Il and in their efforts to apprehend the
/ guilty parties they will have the CO.
i Operation of County Attorney Tobin,
Sheriff Thiessen and every citizen of
benton county who can give aid. More
than that. the officials have struck a
hot trail, and unless all signs fail a. will
run to the end before Saturday night.
lCertain purchases of dynamite have
been practically traced into the hands
of the men believed to be the perpetra-
ltors The chain of evidenc is being
4 woven into net from which the par
sIties cannot hope to escape II the stories
5ltold by the best and most responsible
people of the community are true. The
4 people of Benton, Blackhawk and Blu
Ichanan counties are enraged at the
Icrime.
Forty-eight hours ago there would
have been 1ynching if the chain OF
circumstantial evidence could have
been satisfactorily completed, but yes
terday the feeling of a desire for sum-
mary punishment settled into firm
determination to bring the parties tc
Justice with a request upon the law tc
|rnete out the fullest measure of retri-
button. AS has been said, the officials
are in possession of clues which point
directly toward certain parties whose
names cannot of course. be given al
this time Cedar Rapids, Vinton, Cen
tier Point and other places are being
secured for substantating evidence
which is being found in measure tina
| is very satisfactory to the officials.
There can be only one solution t.
the problem" said leading bushes:
man of the village to reporter.
was done in a spirit of revenge. 1t may
be that the party or parties who were
bent on destroying Mr.. Burrell's prop
erty had it in for Mr.. Fisher, of tn,
Monitor but l would sooner thank tina
1.-THE first explosion was planned only fo
the purpose of adding to the mystery
have heard it suggested that the par
ties probably figured on burning thu
opera house, but this / doubt, since i
would have been but little more troubll
to have blown that up with dynamite
when they We're using the stuff. Tn
wind was in the northeast, and this wa
all in our favor. If it had been in tn
southeast every business house in tn
place must have been burned to tn
ground, for we have no fire protection.
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