Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-01
SEEKING THE SLAYERS
OF STEUNENBERG
CALDWELL POLICE CAPTURE
SUSPECT
Shoshone County Offers a Reward of
Ten Thousand Dollars for the APP
prehension of Former Governors
Murderers
BY Associated Press.


BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 31.--A man has
been arrested at Caldwell who the Off
GERS think may be the assassin of for
mer Governor Frank Steunenberg. His
name has not been reported. Five men
i'll all have been detained on trivial
charges in order that their whereabouts
at the time of the murder may be
looked up.
When daylight dawned on the scene
of the tragedy it was found that the
dynamite had been exploded by pulling
a wire. Pieces of wire and waxed fish
line were found in the trees on the
lawn. Furtner it iS believed that two
bombs We're used, to- make certain of
carrying out the purpose of the assas-
sins. They seem to have been together,
both being pulled at once. 1t was quite
definitely determined during the night
that the mine was fired by wire. The
explosive was placed against the post
against which the gate closed and on
the inside of the fence. That post was
to the victims left as he entered but
the force of the explosion caught him
on the right, showing he turned partial
ly in closing the gate.
Had the mine been set to go off from
the movement of the gate the explos-
ion would have occurred as he went in,
and it is therefore certain the mine was
J,
knowing his habit of making the stop
to close the gate, waited until he had
turned.
Shoshone county has offered reward
of $4,000 for the apprehension of the
murderers and has sent it's sheriff to
assist in the search. 1t was in that
county in the northern end of the
state, that the Coeur d'Alene riots oc-
CURED in 1899.
The officers af Col1urn1I. boua fbraa
men whom they are sweating vigorous
ly, believing one or more of them have
some knowledge of the crime. One is
named Hogan and is said to have been
a miner. He has been around here for
three weeks and has told flimsy stories
about his business. Another is a
stranger who appeared at one of the
hotels half an hour after the explos-
ion, took a bed and refused to register.
When pressed to give his name he said
they might call him Smith. The third
is a Russian who has been at Caldwell
at times for three years. He calls him
elf Smith. This man has been a free
6ril'ser but yesterday no one could in
, duce m 10 take a drink.
1t - settled that the explosive
used nt giant powder. Those
IaVi bar re of such substance
ano UN Inre med the scene state
t1 p.usiPe 'oubtedly nitro
g tn 'etallic case,
ltr o t. lon of tin
aad A mechanism
has le q" iV". the trigger
| used in b t The nipple
used was I'D on an old
| fashioned Il. ,er shotgun.
| Pieces of metal " Sund sticking in
all the trees.
Governor Gooding. after having spent
the day at the scene, states there is
only one conclusion--that former Gov
ernor Steunenberg was killed for the
stand he took at the time OF the Occur
d'Alene riots. 1t transpires that the
dead leader received a letter of warm
ing while in Washington about one and
one-half years ago. Short letters also
We're received several years ago.
The funeral of former Governor Steu-
nenberg will be held at Caldwell on
Tuesday at II o'clock. The family pre-
ferred to have the proposed honor OF
| lying in state omitted clinging to the
simple idea that always characterized
| the deceased.