The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1906-01-05
is DASTARDLY CRIME
Appalling Murder of Ex.GOy-
ernOr Frank Steunenberg.
CowardIy sIayers Explode Dynamite
From Safe Distance as Victim
Enters Gate at Home.

At Caldwell, Idaho, Saturday night.
eX-Governor Frank Steunenberg was
al most instantly killed by an ex-
pioslon as be was entering his yard,
about 6:4O in the evening.
dynamite bomb was placed under
the gate and was exploded by means of
a wire Just as it was opened BY Governor
Steunenberg. The body sOf the gov
ernOr was terribly mangled by the ex-
piosion and he lived but half an hour.
Ihe only possible reason for the out
rage is believed to be the part he took in
the trouble in the COeur d'Alenes during
the great mining strikes in 1899, when
he was governor of the state,
Careful Investigations since the trag-
coy OF Saturday night have fully con-
Vlnced the officers that the explosion
was managed by means of wire, and
That 1t had been carefully planned and
carried out. Five men have already
Deen arrested on suspicion, and every
enort on the part of the officers is being
made to discover the perpetrators of the
the crime. Governor GOoding, in behalf
OF the state, has offered a reward of
1900, the county of ShOshone has Of
lered similar reward, Canyon county
SIOOO, and the family of the deceased
SZ,OOO, making a total of $4,000 re-
ward that has been offered for the cap
ture and conviction of the men guilty of
the outrage,
1t Is stated that Governor Steunenberg
tOok a very active part in the suppress
sion OF the riots in the mining districts
In 1899 and to the best of his ability
enforced the laws Of the state and ma
tlOnal governments. On this account he
made many enemies among the miners,
and since that affair he has received
many threatening letters, the last one
reaching him about a year aud half
ago, when he was in Washington. The
Iact OF his having received these letters
was never given out to the public, al
though 1t was known to many of his in
innate friends
Governor Gooding has given out the
following statement:
The death of Governor SteuenenberQ
VIII go down in history as one of the
most appalling crimes ever known in the
country. Only one conclusion is to be
drawn from the evidence found in care
fully looking over the grOund-that he
came to his death by dynamite bomb
In the hands OF some one thoroughly
familiar With high explosives. | can
ind no other explanation of the crime
than that the governor paid the penalty
Tor standing for law and order in this
state. His death is q public calamity,
and fear it will take a long time for the
state to recover from the fearful shock.
In the stand he took in connection with
the riots in the Occur dAlenes be has
lett monument to his memory that will
endure forever"
The officers at Caldwell believe they
have one OF the men responsible for the
assassination of Ex-Governor Steunen-
berg. He is one OF those who have been
under suspicion. This man registered at
the Saratoga hotel three weeks ago as
M. j. Hoglan, giving Denver as his ad-
dress. A year ago he stopped at the
Pacific hotel, registering as Thomas
HOgland.
The funeral of ex Governor Steunen-
berg took place at IL O'Clock, Tuesday,
the services being conducted by Rev.
W. j. Boone, president of the College of
Idaho, Presbyterian institution. w.
E. BOrah of Boise delivered an address.