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Show BOMB PLACED III GOVERNORS HOI AN UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE GOVERNOR SPRY AND FAMILY. Bomb Buried in Snow on Sidewalk Leading to Front Porch of Governor's Gov-ernor's Home Was Powerful Enough to Wreck Building. Salt Lake City. The discovery of a bomb in his front yard Monday morning morn-ing frustrated what is regarded by police authorities as a plot to assassinate assassi-nate Gov. William Spry and his family fam-ily and destroy his home. The bomb was found at 8 o'clock buried in the snow on the sidewalk leading to the governor's front porch, and three feet from the porch steps, directly in the path the governor followed when he returned home at 3 o'clock Sunday from a trip to Washington. Police officials characterize . the bomb as a deadly missile, powerful enough to have wrecked not only the governor's home, but adjoining houses, had it been exploded. As the bomb is one that can be exploded by concussion or friction, their theory is the plotters expected the governor to step on or stumble over the bomb as he approached the steps. Richard !F. Neslen, local agent for th Burlington Itoute, whose home adjoins ad-joins that of Go'vernor Spry, uncovered uncov-ered the bomb while he was sweeping the snow from Governor Spry's walk. After discovery of the bomb friends of Governor Spry posted a reward of $500 with Chief White for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction con-viction of the person or persons responsible re-sponsible for the deed. On the theory that the plot was instigated in-stigated by members of the I. W. W. to avenge the execution of Joseph Hillstrom, the police Monday night arrested six members of the organization organi-zation and are holding them in jail for investigation. Four were arrested in a shack at Ninth South and Jordan river, and the other two were taken in custody in Murray. They gave their names as Edward, Till, Charles and John Eselius and Oscar and Robert Rob-ert Erickson. With the finding of the bomb, officers of-ficers explain the explosion Sunday night at the home of James E. Jennings, Jen-nings, which is directly in the rear of the governor's home. The attempted destruction of the Spry home and the ! explosion at the Jennings, residence were planned by the same men, officers of-ficers believe. Chief of Police J. Parley Par-ley White ascribes the work to the I. W. W. The explosion at the Jennings home, according to police theory, was intended in-tended merely to attract the guards on duty at the governor's home to the scene of the explosion to give the would-be assassins opportunity to "plant" the bomb in the governor's yard without detection. |