The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-19

much nearer to the scene than any other
building. Fifty windows were knocked
out Of the 2. c. NJ. ]. factory. One Of
the plate glass windows in the studio
OF Olson & Griffith, ~ East South
Temple street, was carried out on to
the sidewalk. On Main street only one
window was broken, that being in the
Intermountain Electric company's
store, Is South Main street. Several
windows were broken in the Deseret
News building and in the Deseret gym
naSium.
Wagon Loads Of Glass.
Several wagon loads OF glass carried
away from the Templeton building yes
terday represented the damage done
there. The plate glas was insured.
Two large plate glass windows IN the
building occupied by the State Bank
OF Utah were thrown clear out on the
sidewalk.
The Beneficial Life Insurance COM
pany. occupying Offices in the Temple
ton building, were minus two big
French glass windows.
There were a score or more window
lights broken in nearby residences.
II Is believed that the loss IN window
glass alone will amount to close to
$4,000.
They've blown up the vault" This
was the lacOnic message that J. 3.
Walkley. head janitor Of the Temple
ton building, gave o. c. Beebe, cashier
or lions Savings bank, over the tele-
phone a few minutes after the ex-
plosicn. Walkley had been warned
that the bank had been notified through
a bankers protective association that g
pair of desperate characters had left
Denver several days ago to blow the
safe In the lions bank. When Walkley
heard the explosion he Immediately
took it for granted that the safe
cracking information was correct.
Union Not Under Suspicion.
With clews pouring into police head
quarters hourly, majority OF the pa
cally every corner Of Salt Lake yesteT-
day.
Chief of Detectives George A. Sheets
and his force of plain clothes men spent
hours in the investigation, and the con-
Sensus of opinion was emphatic that the
motive could not have been one of labor
strife. 1t was argued that amateurs
were not in the habit Of making free
with nitroglyceTin, few understanding
its application as an explosive.
Early yesterday afternoon the police
were given information that d. r. Os-
borne, los West South Temple street,
night Watchman, might know consider
a bic about the explosion. PatrOimen l..
+. Wire and Joseph NeVe were sent 10
the room of Osborne and took him be-
fore Chief of Police S. n. Barlow he
had hardly entered the office Of the
chief when Richard ID. Jones. manager
of the Jones Construction company,
trailed into police headquarters
Jones asked Lieutenant r. /. Shannon
II II would be possible to get into imme-
date communication with Chief Barlow.
The lieutenant replied that he was hold
Ing very private session with Watch
man Osborne. This lasted nearly half
an hour before Jones was admitted.
Don't Suspect Waterman.
Both Chief of. Police Barlow and
Chief OF Detectives Sheets say that it is
ridiculous TO even hold Osborne under
suspicion. He told the chief. and his
statements were corobborated, that he
was firing the hoist engine boiler when
the explosion occurred. He was daZed
and escaped death by a miracle. The
distance from where the boiler is To-
Gated to the place Of the explosion is
less than seventy feet.
Osborne went into every detail of his
actions prior to and after the explosion.
He regards his timely attention to the
boiler as salvation from death. Chief
Barlow Immediately dismissed Osborne
and the latter left police Headquarters
arm in arm with Jones.
The conference with Jones resulted
in few developments. He is said to
have furnished a few hazy theories for
the outrage, in which the police placed
no credence, having investigated the
theories earlier In the day. In the hear
ing In police court in the case of Frank
Wilson and Ed Delaney. who were ar
rested for the previous attempt to blow
up the steel work of the Utah hotel
Police Judge J. NJ. Bowman was not
satisfied with testimony furnished by
Richard Jones. Jones was then star
witness in the case, claiming that he
had been approached by Wilson, who
asked for 500 to reveal the identity
of the men responsible for the previous
explosion.
In the final decision in the case of
Wilson and Delaney, after the hearing
had lasted twelve days, Judge Bowman
made the statement from the bench
that he had not been satisfied with
the testimony of Richard Jones. ex-
pressing the opinion that Jones knew
more about the case than he had Of
fered in the testimony and that there
was reason 70 question certain items OF -
the testimony of Jones. Wilson was
dismissed and Delaney was held re-
spOnsible for the first attempt TO de-
stroy the steel work, being sentenced
to serve six months in the county Jail
In answer TO the request of J. 9.
in charge Of the work on the
Utah hotel building, the city council
last night appointed +. W. Newton, ,.
Quinlan and j. NJ Barlow as special
without pay from the city,
TO guard the premises of the Utah hotel
against further trouble. The appoint
nents were confirmed upon the request
Of Chief OF Police Sam N. Barlow.