East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-02

A Gordon OF determined and vigilant
citizens surrounds the entire town of
Caldwell Idaho, to prevent the escape
of any person from the city whom it
may be suspicioned knows anything
Of the murder or murderers of ex-
Governor Frank Steunenberg.
The entire official machinery of the
state is now in action in the work OF
apprehending the criminal and 1t is
not likely that the perpetrators Of the
dastardly crime will long remain at
large.
Every suspicious character in the
city of Caldwell and vicinity has beer
nailed before a commiuee oil WNn
known citizens within the past two
days and made TO give a minute expla-
nation Of his business and where
abouts for the past week. Three men
who were -seen all last week in the
vicinity were arrested yesterday, but
upon examination it was shown that
they were common tramps and were
not connected in any way with the
crime.
The entire force of state officials
and detectives is now at Caldwell and
everything that 1t is possible for hu-
man ingenuity to do is being done TO
capture the assassin.
Yesterday a man giving the name
of NJ. ]. Hoglan, who has been stop
ping at the Saratoga hotel at Cald-
well, was placed under arrest and is
now held for further examination.
Everything points to the fact that he
knows something OF the crime and
that he was in some way connected
with il. The Boise Statesman of today
says in regard to Hogan;
Officers who have been working on
clews which they hope will lead to the
apprehension and conviction of the
assassin of Ex-Governor Frank Steun-
enberg, today amassed considerable
evidence. which resulted in the arrest
of one of the former suspects on the
charge of being implicated in that
henious affair. The man now under
arrest registered at the Saratoga hotel
about three weeks ago as NJ. J. Hog
Ian.
The damaging evidence against this
the facts that n secret examination of
his suit case disclosed the fact II con-
tained white powder of a high ex-
plosive nature. other explosive mater
ials and suspicious articles. In his
room were found an old overcoat.
slouch hat and fish lines. The man
habitually is well dressed and seems
to be well supplied with money.
Sunday morning after the assassi-
nation. when officers began TO make
n cursory search of the hotels of Cald-
well for suspicious characters, Hog
Ian came to Sheriff Moseley and ad-
mitted that he was stranger and
that IL the officers wanted to question
him or had any suspicion of him he
desired them to make an examination
at once. so frank was the request,
and so natural. that the officers made
but q perfunctory investigation.
The following facts later learned by
the officers led them to suspect that
Hoglan might have had hand in the
ASA sassnation: 1t was learned that the
man had been in the city some months
previous to this time and had then
registered at the Pacific hotel asI
Thomas Hoglan. During the time that
he spent in Caldwell at that time,
about 10 days, and during the time he
has been here on the last visit 1t has
been noticed that he had no visible
line of business,
He had become acquainted and was
on speaking terms with a number of
citizens, some of whom had conversed
with him on different topics and at
various times None of these can re-
member of his ever having spoken to
them regarding what his business
might be.
The clerk at the Saratoga hotel says
that he has always paid his bills
promptly as they came due and SEEM
ed to have abundance of money at all
times. The only time he ever men
toned business of any kind was one
evening when he requested call at