Fergus County argus., 1906-03-06
BOISE HAS A
BIG SCARE
LARGE AMOUNT OF DYNAMITE is
STOLEN AND PEOPLE ARE
TERRORlZED.

ing Oregonians correspondent at
Boise, Idaho, says:
On the heels of Steve Adams con
fession comes the startling news
that between 500 and 500 pounds of
dynamite and dynamite caps have
been stolen from the various powder
houses located in the hills northeast
of the city,
Last night employees of hardware
company found, upon going to their
powder house, just beyond the Boise
barracks that almost 400 pounds of
dynamite and caps had been stolen
from their powder house. The news
that the powder house had been rob.
bed spread like wildfire over the city,
and the officials and men about the
town who We're discussing the con-
fession of Steve Adams, turned their
minds from the subject. With the
same prompt action which character
lied his movements in the assassin
alton of Ex-Governor Steunberg, Gov
ernor Gooding Immediately had a hun
dled or more guards thrown over the
city, and especially around the penl-
Tertiary. These guards were placed be
cause almost all of the men whose
names have been mentioned in con
nection with the prosecution of the
officers of the Western Federation of
Miners had received threatening let
ters. signed "kneebone'' a name al
legged to have been adopted by the in
ner circle to strike terror to those
whom they wish TO frighten.
Armed men We're also placed around
the homes of Governor Gooding, Spec
iai Prosecutor James H. Hawley. w.
T. Borah, and a number of others.
The receipt of threatening letters
and even the theft of the dynamite
last night has not frightened Gov
ernor Gooding and the men who are
aiding him in the prosecution, the
guards being placed not because OF
fear. but as a precaution.
The excitement attending The dis
covery of the theft mentioned was
hardly passing away when it became
known that all the other powder mag
azines back in the hills had beer
broken into. In all there are abou
half a dozen powder magazines sit
uated in the hills beyond Boise. an(
while the authorities will not admi
it. they have all been entered and pow
der stolen.
The circumstances surrounding tn,
dynamite thefts are being as closel,
guarded as are the alleged confessions
of Orchard and Adams. 1t seems, how
ever. that last night when the frs
robbery had been committed. guard
We're sent out to see if the others hat
been molested. They were found t.
be alright, and in view of the fac
that they have since been broken in
to shows that the job was done some
time after daylight this morning.
The theft of blasting powder in it
self is not uncommon this time O.
the year, according to dealers in the
explosives Miners it is stated who
are without means make it a bust
ness to steal what powder they want
Usually, however, the dynamite stol
Ell is the grade known as mo. q
This time it is mo. l." which was
taken. A citizen here who is familiar
with explosives is confident that
had it been miners who stole the ex
plosives they would have taken the
No o. because all miners know
that this is the less dangerous OF
the two. NO. 1" contains about rs
per cent nitro glycerine while mo. 2"
only contains about 40 per cent.
Since it became known that the dy-
Mantle was stolen detectives have
been hard at work trying to discover
the thieves. A wagon track found
leading from one of the powder
houses was followed and it went in
tn direction of Willow Creek. Officers
who started to follow this trail have
not as yet returned to the city. With
the strict guard which has been post
ed about the city and penitentiary il
would be practically impossible for g
dynamite outrage to be attempted. i
was rumored about the streets here
this afternoon that evidences of an at
tempt to blow up the penitentiary haC
been found on the walls of the prison
but this was emphatically denied b,
Warden Whitney and Governor Good
ing The correspondent also assert
now that Adams has confessed it i
fully believed still another confession
will be forthcoming Whose this vii
be, he says, is a matter of conjecture
but suggests that it will be Vincen
st. John.
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