The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-12
|I|N TERROR
|BDNB PLOT
A. Found Near Homes of
4 President and Mayor
n american Fork
BARN
|,apOIED BY FIREBuGS
p.l;ovad to BE Result
|yi,bt Waged Against
ihs Saloons.
. Tribune.

/ The Tribune.
as FORK, May n'-An at
no the residences OF Mavor
+. Chipman, president OF
stake. together with their
-. made one night this
4. facts of the case have just
roday 1t became known that
4 s.d found under his bedroom
- sticks Of dynamite wired
An a giant cap attached and
], s,d been set off and burned
W - The cap. A sort OF a
- machine, containing eight
, 5pnsmite and a box containing
rnexploded giant caps were
q p-ssldent Chapman under the
~. residence. In both cases
IN the caps had been plnched
=. 100 tight with nippers and
n raussd the fuses to go out
4: rngder had burned as far as
/, Mi this should happen in ooth
srss 10 show tha; the attempt
a by the Same person or per-
.n.rduer. who is employed at the
t.5 of the Chipman Mercantile
N which President Chapman is
mon his arrival at the store
r6yuIug went TO Chapman and
isat an attempt had been made
4 me by someone who Intended
ro him. and his entire family.
4 thpnan was inclined to make
- matter and told the mayor
artdered 1t a joke and that
VIC had been using powder had
ars 10 give him a little scare,
'npmsan Finds Bomb.
Its time President Chapman said
|,llled on the telephone and re-
h 10 10 his farm at Cedar Fort.
4 10 his house, which is across
( Eore. 10 make preparations, and
b. tls house he noticed a gunny-
|the ground near the house. but
1arbcrlar notice OF 1t, thinking
fH one that the hired man had
n lie went over TO the farm In
My and returned that evening.
b he went into his yard he no
y ths sack was still there. He
1 hex and told the hired man TO
, and put II away, off the lawn,
4 be Kicked It ne noticed there
I.ihlng In II that was heavy. He
i6su and felt inside Of II and
2ahed 10 find II contained giant
He then Instructed the hired
1se II over 10 tine store for In
n They found Il was a sort OF
rial machine. The dynamiters
b cigar box and had made
2 each end Of il. and had then
Ilag fuse through one end OF the
lrs g coll on the inside. The fuse
|nIccgh the other end Of the box
ihs end and down into one stick
t5ter. the eight sticks OF pow
Z u the box Immediately on the
y fuse. Beside the sticks and
% vas the tin box containing
y giant caps, The cigar box
p sss placed in the gunnysack
'ee OF the sack doubled over and
:. bor.
'H showed that It had been
"a hsd burned clear 10 the edge
y and then gone out.
Fowler Makes Escane
:efnan sald that after he had
examined the device he be-
S1eYe there was some grounds
-sIot 10 feel a little nervous over
~ OF The dynamite at his resi-
~ mayor placed a guard near
i ,ne following night and about
: us morning (Tuesday) a man
70 the gate OF Mr.. Gardner's
u 5000 there for a minute or
~ loward the house. He then
%T q short distance, but came
w gaze again and looked
n This time the watchman
~ ol his hiding place and as
~s man saw him he took to
nd escaped.
~ y o'clock this same morning
sne Peace Hunter heard some
!, Aoout his place and got
= sW a man prowling
q MS lot. but as soon
!Auce ooened his door the
~ away. About thirty minutes
q Ms barn of cx-City Marshal