The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-12-03
SWEETHEART \
UNDER ARREST
FOR BOMBING
Little Hope Held For Recovery
Of 23-year-oM nlinois
School-teaeher
STOVE BLOWN 10 PIECES
Man Admits Putting Explssivs
in Stove Bseasaa cki m
sisted On WeD111e

Ottawa, ILL.,, Dec. 6.-Ck9Whi1o
lola Bradford, 2s-ysar-old !countxy
school teacher, lay near dda&a To-
day, moaning in her moments sek
half consciousness the name u
Hiram Reed, her sweetheart. Red
was being held under 4l6,Ooo bondD
on charges Of assault and q bomb
ing.
The young woman, whose mar.
riage to Reed had besn set for To-
morrow. was injured, possibly tat
ally. by the explosion Of dynamite
in the school house stove in whlcA,-
she was attempting to start . firo.
Reed told officers that he put IN
dynamite in the stove because -
didn't want to get married Int
yet"
Only for the fact that shs wae
kneeling low beside the st6Ve when
the dynamite exploded, Miss Brad
ford would have been docapitatod.
officers believed. Had she boea
standing, they said, she would have
been struck by the top Of the stove
which was blown off with great
force.
Faces u Years IN Prisoa
The charges On which Reod w.
arraigned were assault with 4.
tent to kill, bombing I buildinn.
and injuring Z person b. bomhlne.
Even should the teacher nve, StatGh
Attorney Hanson said, Reed might
possibly b sentenced TO 76 yoets
Imprisonment.
It was the approaehing mother.
hood Of the young woman and hor
insistence that the date Of their
marriage BE- no longer postponed,
that prompted the plot, Reed said.
In = delayed account Of tho events
leading up to tho placing Of the
dynamite in the stove, Reed said the
plan began forming In his mind two
months ago.
lola became insistent that I
marry her about week ago" he
told officers, 80 I agreed g next
Sa9day - the asts Ard sts1d hsr. = /,
had ordered . ring. After leaving
her Wednesday, night, / walked haR
. mile to the school where she
teaches. I stuffed the dynamite in
to the flue, wadding it with waste
paper. ] attached the caps and ran
the fuse to the firewood % that Il
would be touched off when she lit
the fire in the morning.
Reed II Optimistic
After his talk with officers Rad
who is "a and the SON of = prosper
ing farmer, expressed confidence
that the girl would recover. would
not prosecute him and would marry
him.
"She was too crazy about me-" h
said.
The school teacher, who b the
daughter Of . retired minister of
Chillicothe, H., arrived ct the one
room school houss in the morning
ahead Of the pupils. Grace John
son, nine years old, WAS with her.
A few seconds after she had
lighted the fire there WAS IN sx-
plosion. The old fashioned stove
was blown to pieces, desks were
wrecked and windows shattsrod.
The johnson girl, uninjured, ran
screaming from the school
Tells OF Wbat He Did
Taken to the home Of her sister.
Miss Bradford ct intervals called
the name Of Reed, not connecting
him with the explosion. Officers
looked up Reed. who expressed no
concern when told Of Miss Brad
ford's injury and no knowledge o1
the dynamiting. He accompanied
the sheriff 70 the school, surveyed
the wrecked interior With polite IN
terest and then suddenly began
talking, describing in. dstsil what
had led to the explosion.
Miss Bradford was % badly
naangled that there Il little hope for
recovery. The case against Rcd
was put over Tor 10 days, pending
the outcome of her injuries.