Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1903-10-02
DYNAMl1ERS'' PlOg
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THE NORTHERN. PACIFIC
in MONTANA. 4.
!. ''lE DfMANo PAYMENT OF s55s,oco
FOUR EXPLOSIONS HAVE TAKEN
PLACE IN THE, LAST T,,3o
WEEKS.
TnRtAIfN,x0 lfI1TRs AEf ss,a1
MEN BEING HIRED IN LARGE :::u::sa.
eERs. TO HUNT FOR TIL
GANG.

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being hired in large NUMBERS W rag
Northern Pacific Railway company to
search the mountains in this vicinity
for gang of dynamlse:s who threaten
to destroy the property Of the com.
pany in this stase unless $5O, ,o2o is
forthcoming.
About two weeks ago 2,1S5 pounds
of dynamite was stolen from ware
house in this city, and this is believed
to be hidden near here. The officials
think that this dynamite is being used
in carrying out the threats to destroy
the company's property, as no less.
than four dynamite explosions have oc.
CURED within the last two weeks, re-
sulting In three freight trains and
one passenger train being Temporarily
disabled. @
IA fortnight ago General Manager
Iannaford of the Northern Pacific was
notified that unless 5000 was given
Ito the engineer of light engine and
1 sent west from Garrison the property
Of the company would be dynamited
'sfrom hell to Butte" The next day
the amount
Was Raised to $4,000.
Instead of complying with the re-
quest the railroad officials, made an
officials made an effort to capture the
bandits, but to no avail. Within few
days, however, the company was noti-
fed that owing to the manner in which
their ultimatum was treated the rob-
bers would have their revenge, and
since that time the track has been
dynamited four times, once within the
city limits of Helena, where an at
tempt was made to blow up the North
Coast limited connecting stub train.
The latest attempt was at Sampson
Siding, twenty-five miles west of here,
Friday night.
Jail Is Threatened.
There were startling new develop
ments in the plot yesterday, in that it
became known that Thomas Travis,
chief of police of this city, has re-
ceived an ultimatum from the con-
spirators ordering the immediate re-
lease of two men who.are confined in
the city Jail on the charge of having
attempted to dynamite the Northern
Pacific bridge at Livingston few
days after the first $4,000 ultimatum
was delivered to the railroad company.
The~off1cials have strong case con
Meeting these men
With the Crime,
although the evidence is principally
circumstantial The notice received
by the Helena police is that if the men
are not released by noon to-day the
Jail will be blown up with dynamite
This letter is believed to have the
same origin as those sent to the
Northern Pacific demanding $4,000 or
otherwise it would be put out of bust
ness in Montana
=, i r. Given Time.
It was learned yesterday that the
Northern Pacific was given until Oct
a next to comply with the demands OF
the cospirators. 1t is also learned
that as means of knowing that their
terms had been accepted, the railroad
was to place white flags on all trains
for at least twenty-four hours prior tc
the. delivery of the money at a poiAt
west Of Garrison.
! Instead Of putting the flags on west
bound trains as directed and the,
sending out an. armed posse on anoth
er engine closely pursuing it, the con
: spirators were given q tip, that proved
all potent in preventing their capture
as not seeing the white flags they did
not hail the first light engine. :.