The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1906-01-04
WAS BLOWN UP
BY TWO BOMBS
Ex-Governor Steunenbsrg Apparently
Victim of Revenge.
SIX MEN ARE HELD AS SUSPECTS.
deceased Crushed Miners Strike Riots at
Coeur O'AIeue 10 1899 aud Destroyed the
UuiOu-I.O0o Sticks Of Dynamite Deposited
iu Mll-GOveruOr S.euuenIeig Was a Mem.
Der OF the typographical Ioiou.

Boise, Idaho (SpcciaD -Development
show that the assassination at Caidu,e1
OF former Governor Fraik Stcunenbers
Win a dynamite bomb vas perpetrateC
by pulling a wire that cx,loded the dvna.
mite as the former Governor was CLOSING
the rear gate of his homo 1t was at frs
thought that the bomb vas arranged tc
explode automatically wien the gate was
opened
Two bombs were use, both being ex-
plodcd simultaneously II means of wird
and waNcd fish line, remnants of which
were found on the lawr
The conviction growihat Steunenbcr
was murdered rs 4 reIlt of his activiy
in crushing miners stIke riots at Cpr
dAlene Ill 1900. On It's theory one mn
was arrested. but his rIme is kept secrt
by the police, who sal evidence against
the prisoner Is strong Five other mn
have been detained OF suspicion.
he explosive was placed against the
latch-post on the in.de OF the fence.
That post was on thvictim's left as he
entered, but the fore Of the explosion
caught him on the ght side, showing
that he turned partl around in closing
the gate before the bnbs exploded The
assassin, il is thouat, knew Steuuen-
bergs habit OF enteng by the rear gate
and OF stopping 10 lose it. and waited
until the former GOTnor turned.
Steuncnbcrg waS.tcrribly wounded.
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his right side was fcarfuily torn. the
right leg being makled and shattered.
The face was not ishgured Portions
The left leg VS. also shattered.
OF clothing were Sdtcrcd for so yards.
The victim himff was thrown 10
feet from the gate. There Il small hole
70 inches in depth lows the spot where
the bombs lay Til gate is gone. not a
splinter being found All the windows in
the rear side OF til house were broken,
and much glass as broken in other
houses almost bick away.
Former Governc Stcunenberg. who
stood seven feet iniS stockings and was
we'll proportioncd, ,ccmed 10 think that
he had been shot. according 10 incohcrent
remarks he made o those who rushed
TO his aid. He retained conscious until
he died, IS minuts after the explosion,
but he could not aswer questions or talk
intclligcnty.
Shoshone Count has offered a reward
OF $4,000 for th. apprehension of the
murdcrerS and ha sent its sheriff to as
Sist in the search. il was in that county,
IN the northern ed of the State, that the
Ceur d'Alcne RIGS occurred in 1900 1t
IS probable the uncraI will he held in
Boise, the body lying i'll state in the
Capitol
While Govern OF Idaho Stcunenberg
became widely lnown He favored toll
Grafton 10 MormnS. although not Nor
mon in belief lie strenuouSly attacked
the strike riotes during his two terms
as Governor. Ic caused some comment
during a visit Il New York by stalking
through the sreets in sombrero and
without ncckts.
In May, 1909 after the property OF the
Bunker 1Iill aud Sullivan Mining Com
pany at Wardrer was blown up by dy-
namite by 100 miners of the C9ur
d'Alenc region Governor Steunenbcrg
declared martid law in Shoshonc County
and, with the assistance of United States
troops, cOnduced the county government
for nearly year The Bunker Hill
and Sullivan lining Company employed
non-union mn in its mines. and for
many months bitter contest was wagcd
between the miners union and the COM
pany The Struggle eliminated in the
blowing up of the company's conccntra-
tor and the destruction of property val
ued at $Soo.oeo.