Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-28

WARRANT FOR JNO. q. SMITH
EH.Conylct suspected Of Having 'on-
eeiyed aud Executed the TIcndish
DesIHn-s5OO Reward Onercd'

a dastnrdiy attempt upon DO" lives
u Judge q. W. Powers and warden
Dow Of the state prison was attempted
on Saturday. Tho police kept th' mat.
ter very quiet and % was NOT until
o'clock In the evening that uncertain
rumora ancnt informal machines began
TO be- mlscd abroad.
That Judge Powers was not blown 90
atoms. rho Eagle Block wrecked aud
"A score or more of people in the build
Ing and on tho street outside killed iH
littlu short of miracle.
The fend. who sent the cunnlngly de-
viscd doath-denling contrlvunco, was
postmaster IN the art NJ settling traps
for tho unwary. ~ ~ usual In such
cases. however over caution wnH hiH
downfall. n the sender u the Internal
machine had not taken the procnutlon
60 ecw M tho box Of explosives IN
piece Of canvas utah's leading crim-
lnai lawyer would have pulled back
the sliding lld. and tho noSt Instant
a. quote the judge himself De- Would
have been pushing the cloud
Judge Powers d. in tho habit NJ roe
reiyinF orr samples from Eureka ana
when the exproHsman. ut 1850 .. me-
threw tho box on the table the lawyer
surmised that II wna box NJ ore. HOVE
ever ~ the package was prepaid. and
neatly sewn up In canvas Judge Pow
sfa began 10 wonder from whom 10 came
na he rlppcd open the seams " the
covering he noticed some black grains
ndhcring 10 IN, canvas Intuitlvcly
a.. D.
An INTERNAL MACHINE
Laying the box down tcnderly he re-
tired 10 u respectful distance and pro-
seeded 10 do some thinking. the OUT
come being that Attorney stuup. his
law partncr. proceeded 90 police hgnd-
quarters and laid the case before Act
Ink chief Januey and Detective Sheets,
both OF whom quietly repaired {" the
scene and reviewed the situation.
While the police were walking down
the street there was another box cone
tanning a cooked revolver IN close pruN-
unity To n Eliminating cap aud soyvn
pounds OF dynamite. humping around
Ia a wagon upon the streets of SAT-
Lake city, while the driver of Wells,
Fargo's express wagon was cumplh-
eently delivering his various packngen,
preparatory TO the Iona trip out To- tho
penltcntlhry 90 deliver informal machine
number two 10 Warden Dow.
Inc first move on tho part ~ the oiii-
ccra waa 10 nnd out whore Judge
Powers present came from. Accord
lngly they adjourned 90 Wells FhfEnh
express oincc and interviewed Agent \.
4, French. with the startling result
that tho package In conjunction with a
similar one addressed 10 Warden Dow
had been
RECEIVED At EUREKA
and forwarded 10 this city The same
man prepaid tho cSprcseagc on both
parcels, which were addressed In iden-
tlcnlly tho same handwriting.
The police realized that there was
another Internal machine 20 deal with.
that at tho time was ON It's destination
and perhaps might a. that moment
10 delivered into the hauds NJ the un-
ruspecting warden with ~ terrible aud
swift sequel. Fortunately the wagon
and liz devastating load WIS located
aud headed on aud at y. m, both
boxcs were rcposinE In the chief OF
police oillcs, preparatory 20 being
opened.
a PERIt.oUs UNDERTAKING.,
Judge Timmony was let into the rc-
rret, and In company with NDrEt jan
ney and Detective Sheets, the THO dts
Guessed the hclt means 10 open lhc SUP
poaSd Instruments ~ death and dee
them upside down, but rcfruned from
lifting the suggestive handle that was
nxod entlcinglly upon the ia ot War
den Dove package.
a bucket uf water was procured and
the two boxes were temporarily put in
soak. After a thorough suhmntnlnn.
the officers proceeded TO dolyc Into tho
myaterlous PACKAGE, while J1ll'r kline
ball Obvious OF the fact that only
couple % partitions separated h'lh
from seven pounds uf dynamite ready
TO explode az any moment uurnna
eerncdly played a game Of SOLITAIRE"
while Desk sergt, Pratt aud one ur two
officers across the hallway talked pole
tic-,
Today MI parties concerned have "a
chilly sensation down their spinal cole
umns every time they think how near
they were Co death uui mutuutiun.
Sheets had procured a hf1D' ana DIX
and was
ABOUT TO HoRE \ HuLE
through Inc end W Jha box. just vhrrn
Il afterwards tuuHpIrHi There vas n
fulmluatnE cup rupuHlug amid th'
dynamite uu tnp other eide of the thin
end. Had the hlt struck th. zap nothing
on earth would have sawed the Old city
hall and lts occupants.
Judge Timmony however, intorposcd
AZ this critical iunsfurn with Hold ON.
we have lots of tIwH0 and Oct uH 300
about this thing rHrHfuII}' Shoots ir-
Trained and proceeded tu white lh"
spot with o. pocket knife. Then D."
struck tho cap aud U.HatHl. la thu
smell ui Wlygur.un was uHrNulIuE th"
atmOephUrD Sounding Inu box. hHla
low spot was located 90 hn." Was DHr.-
fully Whitfield, th.u UuuEHrr ruHrus
through the opening th. rlo caught 70
glimpse Ot
Cooked REVOLVER,