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The Record Union
Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
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In Butte, Montana, Judge Speer of the District Court summoned a grand jury on April 1 to investigate the January 15 dynamite explosion that killed 59 men and injured over 100, after the prosecuting attorney refused to file charges.
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BUTTE (Mont.), April 1. - Judge Speer of the District Court to-day summoned a Grand Jury and instructed them to investigate the great dynamite explosion of January 15th, by which fifty-nine men were killed and a hundred or more injured. The Judge told the jury that someone was responsible for the death of these men, and he hoped that the blame would be fixed by the jury. The prosecuting attorney had refused to take the responsibility of filing information, and the Grand Jury was called.
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Butte (Mont.)
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April 1
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fifty-nine men were killed and a hundred or more injured
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Judge Speer of the District Court summoned a Grand Jury and instructed them to investigate the great dynamite explosion of January 15th. The Judge told the jury that someone was responsible for the death of these men, and he hoped that the blame would be fixed by the jury. The prosecuting attorney had refused to take the responsibility of filing information, and the Grand Jury was called.