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Show JENNINGS RESIDENCE SHAKEN BY . QYN1ITE Attempt Is Made to Blow Up Home of Local Lo-cal Capitalist and Real Estate Dealer Just as Members of the Family Go Upstairs to Retire for the Night. POLICE UNABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR ACT Explosion Is Heard at Great Distances; Breaks Glass in Windows Win-dows of Near-by Houses and Creates Much Excitement in the Neighborhood. An attempt to blovv up the residence of James E. Jennings, capitalist and large real estate holder, at 425 East South Temple street, was made shortly after 11 o'clock last night. It is believed that one stick of dynamite dyna-mite was used. The dynamite was attached at-tached to a fuse, for, shortly before the explosion, the members of the family, fam-ily, who had just gone upstairs to retire, re-tire, smelled smoke. The explosion took place on the outside out-side of the house at the northwest corner. cor-ner. Two bricks were blown out while , all the windows near by were broken into fragments. Other windows were cracked. The explosion was heard for a great distance, and many persons in the vicinity appeared at their doorsteps door-steps with a view to ascertaining the cause of the noise. Stick Placed Near Corner. Police headquarters were notified and Patrolmen L. L. Larsen, C. M. Patten, Pat-ten, A. S. Thompson and Joseph Neve rushed to the Jennings home. Patrolman Patrol-man Larsen picked up a small piece of leather near the scene. It was that type of leather which is sometimes bound around a stick of dynamite and connected to a fuse. Besides breaking windows and shaking the house, the dynamite made a hole about a foot deep iu the ground where it was evidently evi-dently placed near the corner. Mr. Jennings was questioned at length-Mi'. length-Mi'. Jennings is a partner in the Jennlngs-1 Jennlngs-1 lanna Warehouse company. He was asked If he knew of any employee who had been recently discharged who might have nursed a grievance and resorted to dynamite for rpvenge. Mr. Jennings replied re-plied that he knew- of no such enemy. He also Mated that he knew of no business enemies. He declared the affair was a complete mystery to him. Mr. Jennings remarked that he was a member of a Jury some years ago which found a man guilty of slaying another, but he added that he did not believe his action in that case had been treasured against him. Tramps Made Calls. Other members of the family were questioned. ques-tioned. They stated that a few tramps had called at the residence during the last few days. They were unable to describe any of them. One of the tramps called lute at night asking for something to eat. The door was not opened to him. Through the keyhole he remarked that he had just arrived from Ogden and all he wished was something to eat. "I am not a burglar," he Is reported to have said. Upon being told that the police would be summoned unless he departed, he left the house. N. M. Hamilton was attending to a tire on his automobile near the scene of the explosion a few minutes before it occurred. oc-curred. He said that he saw a limousine stop near the house and that a tall man Jumped out of the machine. Whether this man had anything to do with the explosion explo-sion it was impossible to ascertain. No Motive Is Known. The police arrived at the conclusion that there was apparently no motive for the act. It was thought that the dvna-mlter dvna-mlter might have mistaken the house for thitt of Governor William Spry, who lives a short distance away on First avenue. In that event the explosion would be laid against members of the I. W. W., who! threatened a campaign of terror following the trial, conviction and execution of Jol seph Hillstrom. J Mr. Jennings said that he had never antagonized an-tagonized the labor or I. W. W. element end he could not give the slightest elud as to who was responsible for the das-i tardiy at't. f |