Show MANY LIVES WOUlD HAVE BEEN lOST Two S Made to BlowUp Blow Up Immense Reservoir in Ohio Two Farmers Arrested and Warrants S Issued For Othe Others s T MARYS 0 Aub Aug a rG re ST sui suIt of tn an official investigation or of orthe the two attempts to blow uP the reservoir near hWe here durIng ng the pat past Jear year two arrest arrests were m made d tOay tollay and more are Thoe Those against whom a rat were ere i issued sue are farmer farmers near the the re res reservoir Riley C Colton of charged with haYing having blown biown up he bulkhead In an attempt to destroy tle the reservoir aud Parker Wright e i ib b es is on t the south sid side of the r re aeu t of r being an were arrested today today and taken e i fore the prosecuting attorney at Wa Wapakoneta I pal oneta i The are accused of I guit guilty l of the two attempts i ito to rele se the water of the big pond I Accused Ordered Arrested i iw w H McCIntock secretary or of tIme the i state board of public works arrived In st St lIars Marys toda today and ordered the arret arrest of aU all the accused parte parties Te rho first attempt to blow out the bulkhead ead gates was s made on th the e night nIgh Q Aug 2 23 1904 who when a charge or of dynamite under the top beam of te the south gae gate tore away aay the beast and part of the upper post to which the gate is hinged badly shattering the abutment and releasing one or of the wickets from Its fastenings Second Attempt On the night f lIa May 4 1905 a heavy barge of dynamite was placed in the ok lt at the bae base of the lower north the lock The damage damageS to was oven even geater than on the frt first attempt the gate beIng bJon clear out of the lock The masonry o the south wal wall was completely shatter shattered d 1 if the wal wall had been blown out i it would have re released leased the immense bOdy of water and drained the largest artificial body of water in the world Had the Ule plot sue suc ceded the property damage would have been Immense and loss of life would also have probably been heay heavy |