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The L'Anse Sentinel
Saturday, October 28, 1898


                           A DASTARDLY ACT.
                         
                     An Attempt Made to Blow Up
                        JAMES PENDILL'S Home
                           in Marquette.
                         
                       CITIZENS MUCH AROUSED 
                     
                    No Clue Has Been Obtained As
                     to the Perpetrators of the
                     Crime - Little Damage Done.
                   
              A dastardly attempt was made Tuesday morning
            to wreck with dynamite the home of JAMES PENDILL
            at Marquette. MR. PENDILL has been active of late
            in enforcing the Sunday closing law against saloon
            men, and it is suspected that this outrage is the
            direct outcome of his efforts in that line.
              The explosive was placed just below the surface
            of the ground, next to the stone foundation of the
            house, and was evidently done by one inexperienced
            in the use of dynamite, so that the house did not
            get the full force of the explosion. Most of the
            windows in the house were shattered, but very lit-
            tle other damage resulted. Several windows in the
            neighborhood were also broken, and the occupants
            of the houses were pretty badly scared. MR. PEN-
            DILL'S family of five, and two servant girls,
            were asleep in the house at the time, but no one
            was injured. People generally are very indignant
            and the attempted murder has strengthened the
            hands of MR. PENDILL in his fight against the
            saloons. The police are working diligently on
            the case, and they believe they will be able to
            run down the perpetrators of the outrage.
            
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