The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-01-04
Dynamite:S Send steunen-
berg ofldaho, to His Doom.
AANGLED BY. A BOMB
Deadly Explosive Was Placed at Vic
TINS Gate-Couer d'A!ene Miners
Suspected - Immense Re-
ward is Offered.

Frank Staunenberg, former govern
pr Of Idaho, was killed at 6:4O o'clock
Saturday night at his home, in Cali
well, that state.
A dynamite bomb had been placed
at his front gate with contrivance
with which it was exploded as ne
entered. Both legs were blown of,
and he lived but twenty minutes.
There is no reason known for the
outrage, but is charged to some mem
Der of the famous inner circle Of the
Coeur d'Alene dynamiters, whom ho
prosecuted so relentlessly in 1899,
while he was governor. Governor
Gooding is in. communication with
the authorities Of that county, and
is prepared to put the full support
of the state behind the officials there
in running down the perpetrators OF
the crime.
stuenberg was the governor of
the state from 1897 to 1901, having
been twice. elected. He was born in
Iowa, forty-four years ago, and had
been in Idaho since 1887. He leaves
a wife and three children.
Governor Gooding has notified the
Cannon county officials that the state
will offer a reward Of $4,000 for the
apprehension of the murderer.
The latest information from the
scene is to the effct that the bomb
was probably placed by the gate post
md that the moving Of the gate ex'
/, ,leded it.
when persons rushing to the spot
cached the prostrate man, the latter
aid something like this, "Who shot
-ne?' -.
He also mutterea something about
them turning him over, but he lapsed
into Inconsistencies at cnce, and
died without giving any information.
The victims clothing and his shoes
were torn to tatters and his back
was terribly injured. Both legs were
shattered frightfully. The shock of
the explosion was, felt all over the
town. and broke all the glass in that
side of the governors home. Every
road out OF town is being guarded,
and It is hoped to intercept every
suspect.
Two men are under suspicion who
had been lying about Manila several
days, and left for Caldwell. They
lived in Coeur d'Alene at the time
,sof the riots there in 1899. Descrip-
tions of them are being wired in
eyery direction.
In May, 1899, after the cancentrator
of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Min
ing Company at Wardner was blown
up by dynamiters led by 1000 OF the
Occur d'Alene district miners, Gov
ernor Steuenberg declared martial
law in Shoshone county, and with the
assistance Of the United States troops
conducted the county government for
nearly year. f
The Bunker Hill and Sullivan Min
ng company employed non-unioa men
n its mines and for many months
bitter contest was waged between
he miners union and the company,
which eliminated in the blowing up
of the conpany's concentrator and
the destruction of property valued at
S300,dt0.
After long trial the, leaders In
/. the insurrection were sent to pris-
on. A permit system was also es'
tablished by the military and no miner
Who did not make affidavit that ne
was either not member OF. the union
or had severed his connection with 1t
and would not again join.
This drastic treatment resulted IN
the extermination of the miners or
ganization in the Occur d'Alene, and
1t has never been re-estabhshed.
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