| Show irs BLOW UP SIX ASSAY OFFICES IB CRIPPLE CREE believed to be the work of the mine owners in their efforts t rid the district of ore buyers who deal in stolen specimens victor cob feb 24 cripple creek is in a state of terror owing to a attack upon assay offices doing in the district beginning at 3 this morning and following in rapid succession six explosions wrecked as many assay in victor cripple creek and goldfeld llie raiders did not hesitate to jeopardize life as all but one of the buildings were also occupied by sleeping families men women and children were out of their beds by alio shocks and injuries tho fuu extent of the cannot bo estimated in alie city llie davenport office was wrecked by two explosions involving a loss of 1200 almost at the time the assay offices of er morgan williams were similarly destroyed the loss was approximately as largo as at davenporte davenports Daven ports A miner was passing williams office at the mo of the explosion hying debah struck him in the face gashing his eyes aud may result in total blindness in cripple creek benjamins assay office located on exina street north of tha florence and cripple creek depot wag blown up but only partially wrecked in the town of goldfeld about a milo and a half north of here almost simultaneously lioy ceA and Swin charta were blown up mrs boyco was blown out of oed but without fatal injuries A family living in tho other ashay office was also blown out of bed but fortunately escaped serious injury i I 1 he giant powder was blown through tho windows at goldfield in this city the powder was placed under tho building the house in which a family lived next to assay office here t was much damaged and a woman was prostrated by nervous shock and at present is hysterical sheriff has called his deputies and his dorco is taking all means to discover if possible the perpetrators of the crimes the general impression here this morning M that the acts are the result of an attempt to rid the district of all institutions which buy high grade ore in small quantities the big mines of the district it is alleged have been systematically robbed of much rich oro and 50 to assayers it is said havo mado handsome profits by dealing in this ore the aline owners association recently discovered eliat high grade ore was being shipped by assayers from this district to a smelter at bait lake and to the selby smelter at sin francisco but all their cuorts to stop the traffic were unavailing |
