Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1908 — FINDS EXPLOSIVE IN HOUSE. [ARTICLE]

FINDS EXPLOSIVE IN HOUSE.

Saloon Keeper at Gary Makes Discovery Before Damage is Done. Hammoud, Ind., Nov. 30. —A new mystery was developed today in the saloon tight at Gary, between saloon owners and the Indiana An-ti-Saloon League, when eight sticks of a peculiar explosive were found in the home of Jacob Labovich. Labovlch is a saloon keeper, and believes the explosive was placed in his house by a secret enemy. An expert from the powder mills at Aetna pronounced the explosive a mixture of nitroglycerin and gunpowder. Chief of Police Joseph Martin says that if one of the sticks had exploded the damage would have been large, as Labovltch’s house is in a thickly settled community, where there are scores of people.