Omaha daily bee., 1906-01-01
ARRESTS IN DYNAMITE CASE
Idaho officials Think They Have Hsa Who
Killed Frank Stsunenberg,
NINE WAS FIRtU BY LONG wlRt
Sboshone County Oners Reward OF
$4,000 for Arrest of Assassin
and Sends Its sherin to =
Assist in work.

BOISE Idaho. Dec. a.-A 5 been
arrested at Caldwell who -ers think
may be the assassin Of er Governor
Frank Stuenenoerg. His name has not
been reported. Five men in ali have been
detained on trivial charges in order that
their Whereabouts 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 fishline were found in
the trees on the lawn Further, 1t is be-
lieved that two bombs were used to make
certain of carrying out the purpose of the
assassination. They seem TO have been to-
gether, both being pulled at once. 1t was
quite definitely determined during the night
! that the mine was fired by wire. The eN-
plosive was placed against the post against
| which the gate closed and on the inside of
! the fence. The post was to the victims
| left as he entered, but the force of the ex-
\ plosion caught him on the right. showing
! he turned partially in closing the gate Had
! the mine been set to go off from the move
ment of the gate, the explosion would have
| occurred as he went in, and it is therefore
| certain the mine was fired by a wire and
that the assassin. knowing his habit Of
making the stop to close the gate, waited
until he turned around.
| shoshone county has offered a reward of
$4,000 for the apprehension of the murderers
and has sent its sheriff to assist in the
| search. 1t was in that county, in the north
ern end of the state, that the Occur D'Alene
riots occurred in 1899. 1t is probable the
funeral will be held in Boise, the body ly-
| ing in state in the capitol building.
Three Men In sweatbox.
The officers at Caldwell have three men
whom they are sweating vigorously, be-
| lieving 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 town for three weeks
and has told flimsy stories about his bust
ness Another is stranger who appeared
at one of the hotels half an hour after
| the explosion, took bed and refused 10
register When pressed to give his name
he said they might call him Smith. The
| third is a Russian who has been at Cald-
well at times for three years. He calls
himself Smith. This man has been free
drinker, but yesterday no one could in
duce him to take a drink. It seems settled
that the explosive used was not giant
powder. Those having knowledge of such
substances and who have examined the
| scene state that the explosive was un-
doubtedly ntroglycerin. 1t was in a
| metallic case, the metal being a combina-
ton of tin and zinc. A portion of the
mechanism has been found, including the
trigger used in firing the charge, The
nipple used was such as is found on an
old-fashoned muzzle loader shotgun
Pieces of metal We're found sticking in all
the trees.
Governor GoOding's Opinion.
Governor Gooding, after having spent
the day at the scene. states there is only
one conclusion that Governor Steunenberg
was killed for the stand he took at the
time Of the Coeur d'Alene riots II
transpires that Steunenberg received a let
ter of warning while in Washington
about one and a half years ago. 1t stated
his time was short. Some such letters
were also received several years ago
The funeral of Ex-Governor Steunenbers
will be held at Caldwell on wednesda,
at II o'clock. The family preferred tc
have the proposed honor OF lying in stat,
omitted. clinging to the simple ideas tha
always characterized the ex-governor.
Two Arrests at weiscr.
WEISER, Iuaho, Dec. 3l-Two men ans
wering the description of the men who I
is thought arranged the Internal machin
| at IdluWell py Wnlcn Ex-Governor Steunen
berg was killed, were arrested in this cit!
today. One has a large scar on his fac,
similar TO the one on the face of the mai
who is suspected of having fixed the dyna
mite to the gate. The men stated that the.
are miners and one of them, who gave hi
name as Caldwell, was unable to give
clear account of his whereabouts durinI
the last few days. He stated he had beer
working at Emmett He was very indig
' nant over his detention and made threat
Of resisting arrest and threatened the off
> GERS telegram was sent to Caldwell am
instructions were telephoned Lack to hol
the prisoners for further investigation.