The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-03-10
BOISE |! 5! IS ALARMED
THEFT Of DYNAMITE sTIRs Up
IDAHO CAPITOL
Gov. Goodtaa Has . lsuadred Armss
GUARDS plsced Throuohouf the civ
-fsen Surround Homes OF Officials
Who Have Reeeasiy Received
Threafeniaa Letters.

MaICn O.-In0 oregon
lan's correspondent at Boise, Idaho,
says:
On the heels of Steve Adams con-
fession comes the news that between
600 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 about. 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 town
who were discussing the confession of
Adams turned their minds from this
subject. With the same prompt ac-
ton which characterized his move
ments in the assassination of ex-Gov.
Steunenberg, Gov. Gooding immedi-
ately had a-hundred or more guards
thrown over the city, and especially
around the penitentiary.
inner Circle Letter.
"These guards were placed because
almost all of the men whose names
have BEEN mentioned in connection
with the prosecution of the officers
OF the Western Federation of Miners
had received threatening letters signed
'Kneebone, a name alleged to have
been adopted by the inner circle to
strike terror to those whom they wish
to brighten. Armed men were also
placed around the homes of Gov.
Gooding, Special Prosecutor James
81. Hawley, w. E. Dorah and a num-
Der of others.
''The receipt of threatening letters
and even the theft Of -dynaimte has
not frightened Gov. Gooding and the
men who are aiding him in the prose-
cutlon, the guards being placed not
because of fear, but as 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 been bro
ken into. In all there are about half
dozen magazines situated in the hills
beyond Boise, and while the authori-
ties will not admit it, they have all
been entered and powder stolen.
Took High Explosives.
"The circumstances surrounding
the dynamite thefts are being closely
guarded, as are the alleged confessions
of Orchard and Adams. It seems,
however, that when the first robbery
had been committed guards were sent
out to see if the others had been mo-
Tested. They were found to be all
right, and the fact that they we're
later found broken into shows that tho
job was done after daylight.
'The theft of blasting powder at
this time of year is not uncommon, it
is said by dealers in explosives. Min
ers, it is stated, who are without
means, make it business to steal
what pow der they want. Usually,
however, the dynamite stolen is the
grade known as No. g. This time it
is NO. l. which was taken. A citi-
zen here who is familiar with explo-
siyes is confident that had it been
miners who stole the explosives they
would have taken No. 2, because all
miners know that this is the less dam
oerous of the two. No. l. contains
about IS per cent of nitro glycerine,
while NO. q only contains about 40
per cent.
s'Since it became known that the
dynamite was stolen detectives have
been hard at work trying to discover
the thieves. With the strict guard
which has been posted about the PEN
itentiary it will be practically i'm
possible for dynamite outrage to be
attempted there. It was rumored
about the streets here during the after
noon that evidence Of an attempt to
blow up the penitentiary had been
found on the walls Of the prison, but
this was emphatically denied by War
den Whitney and Gov. Gooding."
WILL DROP CUSTER CASE.
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