Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 January 1906 — SLAIN BY BOMB. [ARTICLE]

SLAIN BY BOMB.

Former Governor of Idaho Killed While Entering Home. . fFrank Steuuenberg, former Governor of the State of Idaho, was kfiled by the explosion of a dynamite bomb Saturday evening,- and thus, after the intervention of a number of years, the inner circle of the Coeur D’Alene dynamiters whom he so relentlessly prosecuted while Governor is believed to have secured its long-threatened revenge. v The asssination of Steunenberg was one of the most cold-blooded and revolting crimes of its nature in the history of the United States. Never before has the- dreaded Weapon of the Russian anarchists, with whien the Czars of the empire are kept in constant fear, been turned on any man, no matter how hated, in American public life. The bomb was placed at the gate of the former Governor’s home in such a manner that the opening of the gate would set it off. The Steuneuberg residence is situated in the Boise suburb of Caldwell, and Steunenberg was later than usual in getting to his home Saturday evening. He reached the gate at about 0:40 o'clock and swung it open with a shove. Instantly there was a mighty explosion, ’the noise was heard miles away. Windows were shaken in houses blocks distant. Members of the Steunenberg family immediately rushed to the scene of the explosion. The gate had been shattered into a thousand bits and lying in the midst of the debris was the former Governor. Both legs had been carried away and what was left of the body was horribly cut and bruised. “Who shot me?” muttered Steunenberg faintly. He then lapsed off into unconsciousness. He was carried into the house and died twenty minutes later. He never _ recovered consciousness. The authorities are, firmly convinced that the assassination was-the result of the prominent part Steunenberg played in the prosecution of the Coeur D’Alene dynamiters while Governor in 1899. His life has frequently been threatened by men identified with the inner circle of the dynamiters.