Word: clew
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...life and property, and surrounded by what appeared to be an impenetrable mystery, had aroused the structural iron corporations to action and Mr. Burns was engaged to make investigations. An attempt to wreak destruction on a mill in Peoria, Illinois resulted in the discovery of the most important clew in the whole investigation. A peculiarly constructed bomb had failed to explode, and this was found by Mr. Burns...