The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1901-10-10
STRIPPED OF HER JEWELRY AND
COsIPELLED TO SIGN BANK
CHECKS.
KEPT A PRISONER FOR -FOUR DAYS
-FOUR MEN ARRESTED CHARGED
WITH COMPLETELY in THE
CRIME.

I
of Jewels worth more than $4,000 and
compelling her to sign bank checks for
sums OF money, Is the story which the
police unfolded here yesterday when
they announced the arrest of a news.
paper reporter, a society editor OF q
morning paper. d stenographer on an
other morning paper and barber,
whom the police charge with compile
ity in the crime. The men now locked
up are Howard K. Sloan, an unem-
ployed reporter; Henry Wallace, So
ciety editor of one Of the morning pa
pers; j.. knight Findlay of Wayne,
near here, stenographer in the business
office of another morning paper, and
Oscar Dunlap, "a barber employed II
one of the most prominent shops in the
city. The victim is Mrs. Mabel Good
rich, the proprietor of an establish
ment on North Tenth street.
Last Monday Mrs. Goodrich went to
police headquarters and told story Of
kidnapping and robbery SO daring that.
the police at first doubted its truth.
She said that for some time past 4
young man who represented himself as
resident Of Germantown, had been
frequent visitor at her establishment.
He was well dressed and spent money
freely. Last Wednesday week he pro-
posed drive through Fairmount Park.
He asked her to dress in her best
clothes and for her to 5s
Wear All Her Diamonds
and other jewelry because on the re-
turn from the drive he intended to take
her to the finest dining room in the city
and he wanted her to Shine" with the
other women in the place. She accept
ed. and the next day she went out with
him in carriage with a pair Of richly
caparisoned horses and coachman In
the box wearing a stylish livery. At a
lonely place In Fairmount Park the
carriage was stopped by a man whom
she said represented himself as d.
Clarence Gibbony. the secretary OF the.
Law and Order society In this city.
This man told her he had warrant
for her arrest on the charge Of keeping
a. disorderIy house, but that the matter
could be fixed up. He was invited
into the carriage and the next moment
she was gagged and blindfoided. She
was driven somewhere, she did not
know where, but she noticed from one
corner az the handkerchief over her eye
that the men paid toll ait two toll gates
and took in gateway where heavily
laden truck was standing. She was
kept prisoner from Wednesday until
Friday night without anything to eat
or drink, and was then taken to anoth-
er house, being. driven, where she was
kept until Saturday night. She was
stripped Of her jewelry by two men and
com PEELED to sign checks on the Third
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money deposited. They made her sign
for more than she possessed but COM
PEELED her to promise to make up the
deficiency
when she Was Released.
One of the men, she says. then took
her on long carriage ride and put her
out at Tenth and Poplar streets. q
mile from her home. With other i'm
formation the woman gave them the
detectives began to work on what they
believed to be fairy tale. They
gained several clews which led them
to a fire engine house in Fort Wayne.
fifteen miles from this city. The fire
company is a volunteer organization
and the key to the place Is kept in the
nearest dwelling. The nearest house
was occupied by family named Find
lay, and there the police learned that
one Of the sons. J. knight Findlay, had
been home but little during the past
two weeks. Getting description OF
him the police returned to this city and
found the young man. who is only
twenty-one years of age, in the office
where he is employed. He was charged
with the crime and broke down and
implicated three others. Findlay said
that he had impersonated the coach
man; that Sloan, the unemployed re-
porter, acted the part of Attorney Glib
honey; that the barber played the part
Of rich Germantown resident, and
that Wallace, the society editor, had
rented a house in Germantown where
Mrs. Goodrich was to have been held
a captive. He told substantially the
same story as that narrated by the
woman.
All the iewelry was recovered. most
OF it, having been found in the posses
sion OF Findlay and Sloan, who were
wearing several of the rings Only one
check for S155 was cashed and most of
this money was also recovered.
CRUSHED TO DEATH by WIRE.
Two Men Killed In STRANGE Accident