Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1907 — DEAD MAS FULLY IDENTIFIED [ARTICLE]

DEAD MAS FULLY IDENTIFIED

Went East from Chicago, and Had Lived at Garner, la. With the finding later of the personal effects of the man who threw the bomb It was established that he was Rollo Steele, once of Garner, la. The Lomb-thrower was found to have slept Friday night at the Grant House, a bosterly on the outskirts of the Tenderloin frequented mostly by respectable working people. The man registered as J. R. Steele, of New York. He carried a grip which he refused to allow the colored porter to carry to the room. When Detectives searched the room they found several yards of alow fuse, a number of detonating caps, a revolver, and a box of cartridges. A man answering the description of the bomb-wrower earlier in the day visited the Equitable Trust company, on Broad and demanded a lean of <SOO on securities he declared to be in his possession. Receiving Teller McDevitt, whom be approached, ordered the stranger away. The man fumbled tn his pockets, but finally withdrew. He stopped at the doorway and again fumbled In his pockets. The watchman, following instructions of the teller, ordered him out and he reluctantly left the building. A telegram from Chicago snys that Steele's widow lives at 1770 North Ashland avenue, that city. His widow has received a telegram from some unknown person saying that he has been badly hurt He went to Chicago from Garner, la., and worked as foreman of steel construction. He left Chicago a year ago to work at Washington, and since then has also worked at Lynchburg, Va. He left there, as he, In a letter informed bls wife, for Philadelphia. His wife never observed any signs of Insanity in him, nor was he so far as she knows, an anarchist or a socialist.