Salt Lake Herald | 1900-10-16 | Page 2 | Family Blown to Pieces by Dynamite because of Homestead Dispute

FAMILY BLOWN TO PIECES BY y DYNAMITE BECAUSE OF HOMESTEAD DISPUTE Hot ot Springs Ark Oct Oct 15 loA A father r i I i mother and four our young children were j j blown to fo atoms this evening at Sells Hells Sels i Montgomery county count fur four f ur miles mies from Hot Springs While the family Wt at nit 3 supper their home was wrecked bf by b an I explosion of dynamite The names of the time dead ded are Jeff ef and L Maggie Jones mes and and their children rang ran raning ing in age as from from fr G years jers to 4 months It I is i believed that a dispute over a 3 homestead claim prompted the outrage outre The cOunty c officials wired tonight that they hey were w re close elos on the te track of ofte the tiie te guilty Ut person terson eron