The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-12-31
FORMER GOVERNOR
 IS KILLED BY BOMB Frank S of Idaho
 VI age LIVEp MINUTES
MINU I ES
The contrlvaf So Arranged as to Explode When He Entered the Front Gate of His
 Home.

Bos, Ida, December 30.--Frank Steun- enberg former governor of this state, was killed at GAO o'clock tonight at his home in Caldwell. dynamite bomb had been placed at his front gate with a contrivance with which 1t was exploded as he entered. Both legs were blown off and he lived but twenty minutes. There is no known reason for the outrage, but it is charged to some member of the fa- nous Inner Circle of the Couer d Alene Dynamiters," whom he prosecuted so re- lentlessly in 1899, while he was govsr- nor.
 Governor Gooding Is in communication with the authorities of that county, and Is prepared to put the full support of the state behind the officials there in running down the perpetrators of the crime.
 It is thought probable that the lead ing detective agencies of the country will be asked to send some of their best men to the scene and the state will offer as great reward as the governor may find he has power to propose.
 Steuenenberg was governor of the state from 1897 to 1901, having been twice elected. He was born in Iowa forty-four years ago and had been in Idaho since 1887. He leaves widow and three children.
 Reward of $500o Offered.
 Governor Gooding has notified the Can non county officials that the state will offer a reward of 5000 for the apprehen- sion of the murderers. A special train is leaving here for Caldwell at 10 o'clock. carrying the governor and others who go to assist In organizing the work of run ming down the criminal.
 The latest information from the scene Is to the effect that the bomb was probably placed by the gate post. and that the moving of the gate exploded 1t. When persons rushing to the spot found the prostrate body, the Ex-Governor ex- claimed:
 ''Who shot me?"
 He also said something about turning him over but he lapsed into unconscious ness and at once died without giving any information.
 Shock Felt All Over Town.
 The victims clothing and his shoes were torn to tatters and his back was ter ribly injured. Both legs were shattered fiightfully The shock of the explosion was felt all over the town. and broke all the glass III that sue or the tiOVefnOT home. Every road out of town Is being guarded and 1t Is hoped to intercept ev- cry suspect.
 Two men are under suspicion who had been lying about Nampa several days and left for Caldwell today. They lived in Couer D DAlene at the time of the riots there in 1899. Descriptions of them are being wired in every direction.
 History of Sushone Affair.
 In May, 1899 after the mills of the Bun ker Hill and the Sullivan Mining com pany at Wardner were blown up by dyna- mite by 1000 of the Couer D'Alene dis trict miners, Governor Steunenberg de- clared martial law in Sushone county. and with the assistance of the United States troops conducted the county government for nearly one year. The Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining company employed non union men in its mines and for many months a bitter contest was waged be- tween the miners union and the company which eliminated in the blowing up of the company's concentrator and the de- struction of property valued at s3f0. o0a
 The miners seized an engine at Wal lace, and making up a train of twenty flat cars, rode to Wardner a distance of
 
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