Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-05-10 | Page 3 | Dry Battery Causes Scare in Missouri

DRY BATTERY CAUSES SCARE IN MISSOURI It I Looked IiI Ii Like I Infernal Machine anti and ul St Story of f Destroy ing 1 Capitol n i 01 and Tiu i Stat I Jefferson CI City Mo 0 May In 9 An An attempt has been made to blow up UI the thc capItol capital building and anti Guy Gov Foi Folk was wa-s wac tl the sensational dispatch that reached several Missouri papers late hate this after afier- noon For a while the same Ame opinion prevailed in Jefferson Jeferson CI City hut but investigation proved that there was as no truth in the story stor This afternoon some some on one connected with some of or the state departments de tie- discovered IUSCO et neat near the capItol what he lie thol thought ht to be Ito an In infernal I machine Jt It was ivas exhibited to a dozen people who handled I the lie supposed HJ m machine with the tho utmost t care cate I 1 lt t UH i b bu u hH long the Suggestion gg taL It IL was U ii-h ii s with dynamite and placed where it i was found with wih th the Intention of doing Injury to the state tatE buldin buildings H and pos and possibly pos pos- sibly the governor was WU generally ac n- ac- ac t ed The rue arrival arival of a state stale put Puta n a quietus on the story tor nn an ol old dl fly dry battery s said h he one of m my lay men picked up ul In Owa the Ow grass a s the other day nv and antI threw It I pway to get et It out of f the tho WD way of th the the- lawn mowers mower ended the s scare le