The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-04-04
BLOWN UP IN
BED At HOME
ATTEMPT TO MURDER GEN. 0UI.
KELLEY WELLS At PANDORA
NINE NEAR TELLURIDE.
BED TORN TO SHREOs
WOUL-eE ASSASSIN cREEPS INTO
SLEEPING ROOM AND PLACES
DYNAMITE.

Telluride. Colo.-The discharge OF
an explosive under the bed Of Gen.
Bulkeley Wells. general manager Of tho
SmuCgler-Unionm mine. Saturday morn
ing. shortly after O'Clock. wrecked
the sleeping porch OF the building,
hurled the general across the room.
completely destroyed the bed on which
he was slecping. tore out the walls and
broke many Of the windows.
General Wells, by telephone sum
monsd his employees and called upon
Sheriff C. A. Fitzpatrick and his depu-
ties % investigate the affair The ef,1
forts OF the generals men and tha
sheriff up to q late hour Saturday
have resulted in no tangible clews No
one, savc the general. was in the house
when the explosion occurred. The
house is a. Pandora, near the Snug
gler-Union mill. and is used az head
quarters for the office force and As a
residence by General Wells The build
ing 10 closely guarded by employees OF
the company. and as an additional pre-
caution an immense searchlight at the
mill sweeps over the house and takes
in all OF the property OF the company
and the roads and trails leading to 1t.
General Wells was only slightly
bruised. Saturday night ne distatet
tn following statement:
Il went to bed at IL 80 on my sleep
ing porch on the second story OF my
house ct Pandora, where the mill OF the
company is located:
The explosion occurred about 2
o'clock. the hands OF the clock in the
dining room having stopped at 2 G3
o'clock l was asleep at that time and
was rendered unconscious from the
ShnCE 7 fOnpJ YyuSo1f af ho nthar
of the room from which the bed was
located. covered with pieces OF bed
ding and debris OF the wreckage Of the
room
LAS soon as could collect my senses
l called upon the guards at the mill
and my men here to look for the man
or men who had placed the explosive
in my room. I then telephoned Sherin
Fitzpatrick, who left town with a mum
Der Of men and came to Pandora The
men formed line about my house
and searched diligently, but neither
party met with success.
Yesterday morning someone with
ladder climbed into the second stoA
OF my house and placed the EXPLOSIVE
there. This must have been done SOM
time between and IL O'Clock. when I
was in Telluride. returned here at 70
o'clock.
Il have not as vet formed anv
theory or opinion to which can at this
time give expression. Sheriff Fitzpa
rick is conducting the investigation
and ! can give out no statement as 10
who did this deed until those investiga-
tions are finished
Il was not badly injured, though Sc
verely shaken up. My hands and face
are cut. The floor underneath my bed
was blown out, hole about two and
half feet in diameter being made
The stripping was torn from the room
and am battered considerably.
My opinion is that the explosive
used was dynamite.
Il have received no threatening let
tiers OF any sort for fully three months.
though prior to that time l received
many
The county has offered $1,000 Tor
the apprehension OF the man who
caused the explosion.
The person who placed the dyna-
mite under my bed must have entered
from the back Of the house, as the
house Is right against a hillside. The
searchlight does not cover the back OF
the house, or rather the end OF tn.
house. and person could gain en-
trance there without being shown b.
the searchlight
THE mottress underneath me was
torn to bitstorn to bits. attribute my
miraculous escape to the fact that I
was sleeping between heavy woolen
blankets. | was alone in the hous<
the time Of the explosion. my fanlly
being in Colorado Springs"