Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-10-19
E|DNAPPERS co TO JAIL
Phi'sCe ohia's Now Famou' A.
ductors Held Without Bail.
STATE CLIECHES ITS CASE

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lace, Finley and Dunlap were arraigned
at the Central Station yesterday after
non for further hearing upon the
charge Of kidnapping and robbing
Mabel Goodrich. Practically nothing
new was developed at the hearing. the
commonwealth being content with ocy-
roborating the Goodrich woman's tes-
timony by witnesses. None of the
prisoners went on the stand. At the
conclusion of the hearing Sloan, Fin
lay and Dunlap were sent to prison
to await trial at this term of court
upon charges of kidnapping. conspir
acy, assault and battery and robbery.
Wallace, Finlay and Sloan were also
committed upon the charge of aiding
and abetting kidnapping. The greatest
crowd in the history Of the Central
Station court was present at the hear
ing.
Richard Salinger, attorney for Dun
lap, pleaded that his client had not
been connected with the case except
by the testimony of one witness. who
said he saw the barber at Mabel Good
rich's acting as coachman of the party.
The lawyer said Dunlap had been left
alone on country road by the other
men AFTER he had gotten out of the
carriage to find shoe which one Of
the horses had cast.
When he could find his way he went
home and resumed his occupation the
next day believing he had only been
assisting the Law and Order society ri
make an arrest and not thinking /
had done anything culpable. He asker
that bail be fixed, but the magistrate.
ignored the request.
Andrew T. Jenkins made a cimilaf
request on behalf of Wallace, declar-
ing that outside of Mabel Goodrich 8
story the young man had not been i'm
plicated in the case except by an alleg-
ed letter from him to Finlay regarding
the Stafford street house.
After John r. X. Scott, Mabel Good
rich's lawyer, had summed up the case,
the magistrate gave his decision and
the young men were led off to prison.
Defense Scores Point.
After testimony had been taken for
two hours, there was still no new de-
velopment in the case. The defence
had, however, scored one point which
will bother the police, in forcing the
paying teller of the Third National
bank to say that he thought woman
cashed Mrs. Goodrich's check. The
police declare Sloan cashed the bit OF
paper in question.
d. Clarence Gibboney, secretary of
the Law and Order Society, stated
that he had never offered a reward for
the capture of Mabel Goodrich, and
that he had so informed man who
called him up by telephone and stated
that his name was Sloan.
Mrs. Catharine Frisby, 2446 North
Eighth street, testified that Sloan and
Finley came to her to rent the prem
inses 1855 North Twelfth street. At
first she referred the two men to
Agent Lamb. She finally cleaned the
house for them on Friday and leased
the house to them.
Mrs. Magic Miller, wife of the toll
gate keeper near the General Wayne
Hotel at Narberth, Pa, and her IA
year-old daughter Maggie both testi-
fed that they identified Mabel Good
rich sitting on the rear seat of
buggy with Sloan. Finlay was recog-
nized as the coachman.
John NJ Ramsey, 1910 DIVINITY
place, testified that he is employed as
a bookkeeper in The North American
office, and that Finlay gave him dia-
mond ring because he had asked him
the loan of it. Ramsey further stated
that he wanted to wear 1T on a Sun
day afternoon Finlay also showed
him three rings and diamond stud.
He asked Finlay no questions, as he
did not think anything suspicious
about Finlay's possession of the dia-
monds.
There were several other witnesses
whose testimony was of minor i'm
portance.
Story of the Crime.
The Goodrich woman is the proprie-
tress of a house on North Tenth
street. She alleges that on Wednes-
day. September rs, young man who
had been calling upon her and spend
ing his money freely asked her to
take a drive. She consented and was
driven out along the Lancaster pike.
Some distance from the city she
claims that a man representing him.
self to be Mr.. Gibboney, of the Law
and Order Society, stopped the car
riage and said she was under arrest.
He gagged and blindfolded her and
she was taken into a building where
there was fire engine and truck.
There, she says, she was kept pris-
oner until Friday night without any
thing to eat, the coachman standing
guard over her. Then she was re-
moved to a house in Philadelphia
where she was kept prisoner and
finally robbed of her jewels and com