Show I I PAPERS PAPER'S iwi's OffiCE IS lOWN UP LW Dynamite Placed in Presses and L Linotypes in a Missouri Missouri Mis His Newspaper Plant Large Reward Offered JOPLIN l Mo 10 Sept 17 Unknown H.-Unknown Unknown persons exploded e dynamite in tho tIme two to presses and four foul linotype machines of the News Herald tho the local afternoon Republican ra paper por it at t night causing damage of OOOO Six packages es of dynamite of two sticks each were vere used usell One package had bad been placed in each of the tho two presses and the tho four linotype machines All of 01 the linotype machines were v wrecked and one ono press was badly dam dam- aged The rime ay amito in tho the other press failed to explode P. P E. E Burton Durton manager of tho the News News- Herald said tonight The Iio outrage e was as perpetrated by persons per per- sons eons who oppose the thc policy of decency advocated b by the thc News Mr Burton would make mako no other statement except to offer a reward rc of 1000 for the tho apprehension of the tho guilty persons Ever window in the tIns buil huil ling hug which is situated at Fourth and Joplin streets s in the tho heart of tho the business district was as broken and the new Goss perfecting press and four linotype machines wore destroyed Several thousand people were attracted to the scone scene an rind and it was soon found that no one ODe was in m tho ho i building when tho explosion occurred l Three sticks slicks of dynamite exploded beneath beneath be be- neath tho press and two sticks of the explosive c destroyed the tho typesetting mach ma ma- ch chUtes chines i ties The News Herald is owned by P. P E. E Burton and J J. P P. Farrish Parrish |