As the story concerns a neighboring county, I though that the following Kansas Tidbit from my GenuineKansas site might be of some interest to forum members.
http://www.genuinekansas.com/tidbit_civic_propriety_in_coffeyville_1871_kansas.htm (http://www.genuinekansas.com/tidbit_civic_propriety_in_coffeyville_1871_kansas.htm)
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sounds like that could be the case in many towns in this day and age.
I should probably also point out that terrorism is not all that new. The following paragraph is also from the history of Coffeyville, specifically the Frank W. Blackmar Cyclopedia of Kansas, published in 1912:
In 1888 an incident occurred in Coffeyville which startled the whole state and led to an investigation by the state officials. A package directed to Winfield was left at the express office on Oct. 18. While still in custody of the express agent it exploded and killed Mrs. Upham and her daughter, Mabel. It was a package of dynamite and a political murder was intended by the party who prepared it.
Yikes!