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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>August 3,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>EXPLOSIVES IN TRUNK</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Three Sticks of Dynamite and Twenty Nitroglycerine
Caps Taken From No. 18</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Yesterday morning when train No. 18
[<EM>Gary, WV to Bluefield, WV local</EM>] arrived in this city a package
containing about twenty dynamite caps and three sticks of dynamite was carefully
lifted from the train by detectives and the nitroglycerine caps were treated to
a solution of water which was in a pail in the baggage room. The three
sticks of dynamite were taken out of harm's way by detectives who were put on
the track of the men suspected of carrying the explosives in a trunk which was
put on the train in the ordinary way between Gary and Bluefield.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> When the train left Gary yesterday morning a
number of foreigners got aboard and put their baggage in the car where it was
taken in charge by a negro [<EM>sic</EM>]. The regular baggage agent is not
supposed to be up when the train leaves Gary at an early hour.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Shortly after the baggage was put on, the
negro noticed that it contained nitroglycerine caps which had fallen from the
trunk. He reported the matter to the conductor but the foreigners, who
smelled a rat, denied ownership of the truck and contents and left this city
without their trunk. They evidently knew it was against the law to carry
explosives in trunks or baggage. The contents, dynamite and caps
included, were not worth more than five dollars. This is the second time
this week that foreigners have been found carrying explosives in baggage and the
railroad is determined to put a stop to it. There was enough dynamite in
the trunk found yesterday to blow the train to pieces if it were properly set
off.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>