The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-01-05
WAS BLOWN UP
BY TWO BOMBS
Steunenberg Apparently
Victim Of Revenge.
SIX MEN ARE HELD AS SUSPECTS.
Deceased Crushed Miners Strike Riots at
Occur O'Alene In 1899 and Destroyed the
Union--l,0OO Sticks of Dynamite Deposited
In MiII-Governor Steunenberg Was Mem.
Der Of the typographical Union.

Boise, Idaho (SpeciaD Developments
show that the assassination at Caldwell
of former Governor Frank Steunenberg
with a dynamite bomb was perpetrated
by pulling wire that exploded the dyna-
mite as the former Governor was closing
the rear gate of his home. 1t was at first
thought that the bomb was arranged to
explode automatically when the gate was
opened
Two bombs were used, both being ex-
ploded simultaneously by means OF wire
and waxed fish line. remnants of which
were found on the lawn.
The conviction grows that Steunenberg
was murdered as a result of his activity
IN crushing miners strike riots at Coeur
d,Alene in 1899. On this theory one man
was arrested, but his name is kept secret
by the police, who say evidence against
the prisoner is strong. Five other men
have been detained on suspicion.
The explosive was placed against the
1atch7post on the inside of the fence.
That post was on the victims left as he
entered, but the force of the explosion
caught him on the. right side, showing
that he turned partly around in closing
the gate before the bombs exploded. The
assassin, it is thought, knew Steunen-
bergs habit of entering by the rear gate
and of stopping to close it, and waited
until the former Governor turned.
Steunenberg was terribly wounded,
the right arm being nearly torn off. All
his right side was fearfully torn, the
right leg being mangled and shattered.
The face was not dishgured Portions
The left leg was also shattered.
of clothing were scattered for so yards.
The victim himself was thrown 10
feet from the gate There small hole
10 inches in depth shows the spot where
the bombs lay. The gate is gone, not
splinter being found. All the windows in
the rear side of the house were broken,
and much glass was broken in other
houses almost block away.
Former Governor Steunenberg, who:
stood seven feet in his stockings and was
we'll proportioned, seemed to think that
he had been shot, according to incoherent
remarks he made to those who rushed
to his aid He remained conscious until
he died, rs minutes after the explosion,
but he could not answer questions or talk
intelligently.
Shoshone County has offered reward
of $4,000 for the apprehension of the
murderers and has sent its sheriff to as
sist in the search. 1t was in that county,
in the northern end of the State, that the
Coeur dAlene riots occurred in 1890. 1t
&c nrahahle the funeral will he held in
Boise, the body lying in state in the
Capitol.
While Governor of Idaho Steunenberg
became widely known He favored toll
Grafton to Mormons, although not Nor
mon in belief He strenuously attacked
the strike rioters during his two terms
as Governor. He caused some comment
during visit to New York by stalking
through the streets in sombrero and
without necktie.
In May, 1890, after the property Of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mining Com
pany at Wardner was blown UP by dy-
namite3'by 1000 miners of the Cnur
-d'AIene region, Governor Steunenberg
declared martial law in Shoshone County
and, with the assistance of United States
troops, conducted the county government
for nearly year. The Bunker Hill
and Sullivan Mining Company employed
t1on-union men in its mines, and for
many months bitter contest was waged
between the miners union and the COM
pany The struggle eliminated in the
! blowing UP of the company's concentra-
\ .or and the destruction of property val
ned at 100000.