The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1908-04-02
WOULD-BEASSASSIN
SEEKS Wells lice
FORMER 1ADJUTANT GENERAL
is NEAR DEATH AT HANDS
OF DYNAMiTER. ~
ACTIVITIES
GIVEN AS aREASON
Explosive Skaters His Bed,sBut
I Leader Escapes Unscathed-Re.
newaI Of War Is Said to Be in
Progress-Precautions Taken..s

Telluride, . Col, Mar. 30.-Former
Adjt.-Gen. Bulkeley Wells narrowly$es-
capped death OF serious injury att, his
home here Saturday, from .aa~well-
planned effort to assassinate himswith
dynamite.
Despite precautions against suchsan
attempt, such as patrols and arcslights
about the, house, stick of dynamite
or a prepared bomb was placed under
or near Gen. Wells bed.
Gen. Wells was sleeping, as was his
habit. on an outer porch of the house
and he hurled with the. debris
many feet from theywrecked house.
Side of4HousesTorn Out.
The side OF: the house was torn
completely out, hardly a stick of the
bed remained. Gen. Wells took AHEAD
ing part in the suppression of labor
troubles. inGthis state: in 1904-05 and
was prominently identified with the
recent prosecution of. officers of the
Western Federation of Miners at Boise
on the charge of completely in the as
sasination of former Gov. Frank
;Steunenberg. He had been active also
in securing the %extradition from Ida
no of Steve Adams, to be tried here
on charges. of murder in connection
with the miners strike in:19O4.
Gen. Wells is general manager, of
the Smuggler Union mine = and Ibis
home where the explosion occurred
Is located on that property, at Pan
dora, several miles from town. The
general appeared in town Saturday
night with his head bandaged, but 9th
erwise apparently none the worse for
his experience.
One.Suspect Arrested.
One suspect has been arrested and
Is held in the city Jail pending a thor
ough investigation relative to his al
legged connection with the explosion.
The entire city and county police
forces are working on the case and
more arrests are expected Saturday.
Il have formed no opinion concern
ing the affair, and perhaps will not un-
til the matter is fully Investigated, -
said. Gen. Wells. 1T is all strange to
me. was in>town last night and did
not return home until midnight or
thereabouts. I noticed nothing out of
the ordinary about the house, and re.
tired as usual in the sleeping porch
which 1 use almost the year. around.
Awakened by Loud Report.
1.-THE next I remember was being
awakened by a loud report and found
myself flying through the air. must
have been hurled against the roof. of
the porch. When I had fully regained
my senses I was buried under a mass
of wreckage, the bed having been re.
duced to kindling and the porch bad
ly damaged.
AT first 1 did not realize what had
happened. AS soon as 1 could extri-
cate myself. I made tour about the
house.
II saw.no one. I then notified the
sheriff by telephone. I could not say
whether it was a bomb or a stick of
dynamite that placed under the bed"
Posse Hurries to Scene.
When news of the explosion reached
Telluride the. sheriff with a corps of
deputies hurried to the scene. The
neighborhood for miles around was
thoroughly secured, but NO trace of the
dynamiters was found. The bomb or
stick of dynamite had evidently been
placed under the bed some time Fri.
day and set off at the time desired
by the use of clockwork or a time
fuse. Every nook and corner about
the house and in the vicinity was
searched inaan effort to find rmachin.
cry of some sort and the failure to dis
cover anything of the kind has caused
the officers to believe that an odorless
fuse had been attached to- the ex.
plosive.