Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-26
DYNAMlTED THE HOTEL.

~ DYNAMlTED THE HOTEL.
New "Hotei" Of corrine Holmes in the
!; Hollow at Fargo Does Not Seem to
Meet With Favor.
Fargo Forum: The new hotel of
Corrine Holmes at the foot of First
Avenue North in the "hollow" was
dynamited at 3:15 this morning. That
the hotel is not now a complete wreck
is due to the fact that the dynamiter
was unable to place the explosive un-
der the foundation of the building
proper but placed it under an annex.
!, At the time of the explosion Corrine
Holmes and another woman were
sleeping alone in the house. They
were awakened by the explosion and
the former rushed outside but did not
see a soul in the vicinity.
:. The building is two story and a
half structure, supported by two-foot
concrete foundation. At the rear is a
small addition which stands on eight
piles driven into the ground. 1t was
= under this part and in an opening
which has been left by plumbers that
! the dynamite was placed.
: The dynamite was set off by fuse
: leading from the house toward the
river for distance Of about forty feet.
Pieces of the fuse were found this
morning.
The lower floor of the addition is a
complete wreck. In one of the rooms
OF the addition was several kegs Of
nails and some paint. This was scat
tered in every direction and the floor
rendered into kindling wood.
The pile near which the dynamite
was placed was so badly wrecked that
not a piece of it could be found this
morning larger than 10 cent piece.
The foundation near the scene of the
explosion was cracked and part of
it blown out
All of the windows in the basement
and on the north side of the entire
building were broken. Besides the en-
tire building was sprung.
:. The explosion was heard in every
part of the city and even in Moorhead
many of the buildings were shaken.
:. Corrine Holmes made some startling
statements to Forum reporter this
morning. She declared that she had
been expecting something of the kind
to happen. She said that two people
whose names she knows had make
threats to blow her new house up.
John O'Flinck, who is employed by
Corrine Holmes, claims that he over
heard Andrew johnson, the man who
has been one of the prime movers in
the crusade against the immoral
houses In the hollow district, say that
- coon as the Holmes hotel was
opened for business he would blow it
up.
made the statement. He says that he
told O'Flick that he had overheard
two men who had left the old Holmes
house in the hollow make the remark
that they had lost $500 while spending
the evening in the Holmes house and
wished that they could blow the place
up. He said that he did not know
who the men were.
= About 9 o'clock last night when she
locked up the house preparatory to re-
firing, Corrine Holmes says that she
discovered that the key to the front
door had been stolen. This aroused
her suspicious and she moved a heavy
desk to bar the passage She says
that although she remained awake I'M
TIL quite late she heard no suspicious
noise around the house until she was
awakened by the terrific explosion.
The hotel is the building of which
mention was made in the Forum sew
eral weeks ago. It was stated at that
time that the building was to be used
for immoral purposes under the guise
Of a hotel. Later the story was denied
by Corrine Holmes who claimed that
she intended to conduct first class 81
a day hotel and that immortality was
not to be one Of the features of the
place ~.
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