Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1906-01-05
EX-GOVERNOR
Of IDAHO met
HORRIBLE FATE

One OF the most dastardly crimes
ever comitted in the northwest occur.
red at Caldwell, Idaho, Saturday night
when ex-governor Frank Steunenberg
was almost instantly killed by an ex-
plosion as he was entering his yard,
about $40 in the evening.
A dynamite bomb was placed under
the gate and was exploded by means of
a wire just as it was opened by Cover
nor Steunenberg. The body of the
governor was terribly mangled by the
explosion and he lived but half an
hour.
The only possible reason for the out
rage is believed to be the part he took
in the trouble in the Occur d'Alenes
during the great mining strikes in
1899, when he was governor of the
state.
Careful investigations since the
tragedy of Saturday night have fully
convinced the officers that the explos-
ion was managed by means of wire,
and that it had been very carefully
planned and carried ont. Five men
have already been arrested on suspic-
ion, and every effort on the part of the
officers is being made to discover the
perpetrators of the crime. Governor
Gooding, in behalf of the state, has
offered a reward of $4,000, the county
OF Shoshone has offered a similar re-
ward, Canyon county $1,000 and the
family of the deceased has offered
$4,000, making total of $l3, 900 re-
ward that has been offered for the cap
ture and conviction of the men guilty |
Of the outrage.
The officers at Caldwell believe they
have one Of the men responsible for
the assassination of the governor. 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 adj
dress. A year ago he stopped at the
Pacific hotel, registering as Thomas
Hoglan.
A search of his room at the hotel re-
suited IN the finding of an old overcoat ,
and some other rough clothes, also {
some fish lines similar to the pieces l
found at the scene of the explosion, i
supposed to be part of the string with {
which the trigger of the internal ma
chine was pulled. Further, in his grip '
was lot of white powder, believed to a
be high explosive. There was also \
that looked like brown
paper, but it would not burn. .
The contents of the rooms have been
placed in the hands of chemist. 4;
IL Is stated that Angus Sutherland. =
former sheriff or Shoshone county, who +
Is on the ground, has recognized this :,
man as one who was in the famous -
Dullpen after the Occur d'Alene riots 9
n 1899. This story has not been con- :,
nor another that Sutherland
has his right name.
lt is stated that Governor Steunen- h
'erg took very active part in the sup n
PRESTON OF the riots in the mining dis S
riots In 1899, and to the best of his "
'olhty enforced the laws of the state
ma national governments. On this f,
account no made many enemies among NJ
ne miners, and since that affair he o.
lasreceived many threatening letters. h
ne last one reaching him about year q,
md half ago, when he was in Wash o,
ngton. -
The fact of his having received these
et'ers was never given ont to the pub. n
io' although IL was known to many of q
us intimate friends. I.
Inc entire state of Idaho is in mourn Of
ng oveT awful tragedy, and no f
teps wifxf" left untried to capture In
md convict the perpetrators. w
Governor Stuenenberg was highly es- re
eemed all over the state as man who Al
eheved in law and order and was un. vc
inohlng in his enforcement of the ce
avs OF the state aud nation. After n
curing form the office of governor he G,
ave mp politics entirely and has given
Is entire attention to the practice of
aw.