Show STEUNENBERG R ASSASSINATED Former Governor of Idaho l Blown up by Dynamite at Threshold of Home Bomb Had Been Placed at the Gate and Exploded as He Entered Inflicting Injuries Which Resulted Re-sulted In Death In a Few Minutes I Caldwell Idaho Frank Steunen berg former governor of the state I was killed at 645 Saturday evening I at his home In the suburbs of this town A dynamite bomb had been placed at the gate with some contrivance con-trivance by which it was exploded as he entered Both logs were blown off and he lived but twenty minutes The governor was killed at the west gate leading to the back door of his homo It Is apparent the assassin knew his habits since a stranger would have supposed he would go in at the front gate but It was his habit to use the other The victim retained consciousness about twentylive minutes min-utes He was struck down at 645 and died at 710 being conscious until un-til he breathed his last When he was brought In and laid on the bed ho asked Who shot me Then he attempted at-tempted to sit up but sank back with the exclamation For Gods sake turn me over 1 am dying Though he was conscious ho did not seem to understand what was paid to him He thought he had been shot and Inquiries were not noticed nothing being learned from him that Would throw light upon the deed He was terribly wounded by the death dealing missile The right arm was nearly torn off hanging by a few mere threads All his right side was fearfully torn the leg being mangled and shattered The left leg was also badly shattered The features of the victim of the outrage were not disfigured Portions of clothing were scattered for fifty yards The victim himself was thrown ten feet from the gate where a small hole eight or ten Inches in depth shows the spot where the infernal machine ma-chine lay The gate Is gone not a splinter being found All the windows in the side of the house were broken and much glass was broken in other houses as much as a block away There is no known reason for the outrage but It Is charged to some member of the famous Inner circle of the Coeur dAlene dynamiters whom he prosecuted so relentlessly in 1819 while he was governor Governor Gooding Is In communication communica-tion with the authorities of that county coun-ty and Is prepared to put the full support sup-port of the state behind the otllclals there in running down tho perpetrator of the crime It Is thought probable that the leadIng lead-Ing detective agency of the country will bO asked to send some of its best men to the scene Deceased was governor of the sate from 1897 to 1901 having been twice elected He was born in Keokuk Iowa fortyfour years ago and had been in Idaho since 1887 Ho leaves n wife and three children Five different men are being held on trivial charges until they can explain ex-plain their whereabouts at the time of the murder It is believed the dynamite was exploded ex-ploded by pulling a wire Pieces of wire and waxed flsh line were found In the trees on the lawn Further it is believed that two bombs were used I to make certain of carrying out the purpose of the assassins They seem Ito I-to have been together both being pulled at once e |