The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-10-10
HELD FOR VERY BOLD DEED|
Abduction and Robbery of a
Philadelphia Woman.
KEPT CAPTIVE FOUR DAYS.

ahe Four Men Who Are Alleged to Have
Kept Her n Prisoner Are Under Ar
rcst-A Strange Story of kidnapping
from Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Oct S.-Mrs. Mabel
Goodrich, living in North Tenth street.
last Monday told the police a story of
KIDNAPPING and robbery so daring that
they did not give it much credence.
1t was to the effect that two newspa-
per men, one of them a society editor,
stenographer and a barber, had held
her prisoner four days, robbed her of
jewels worth more than 50 O00 and
compelled her to sign checks for large
sums OF money. The authorities here
nave been working quietly, however,
and now they have announced the ar
rest or the following four men for
completely in the crime all Of whom
are now locked up at the central DO
lice station: Howard K. Sloan, an I'M
employed reporter; Henry Wallace,
society editor of one of the morning
papers; j. Knight Findlay of Wayne,
aeaf mere, stenographer in the bust
ness office of another morning paper;
end Oscar S. Dunlap, barber en-
ployed in one of the most prominent
shops in the city.
Invited for Drive.
Mrs. Goodrich said that for some
time past young man, who repre-
sented himself as resident of Ger
mantown, had been a frequent visitor
at her house. He was we'll dressed
and spent money freely. Last Wednes-
day week, she said he proposed a
drive through Paramount park. He
asked her to dress in her best clothes
and for her to wear all the 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 of the place.
she accepted and the next day she
went out with him in a carriage with
pair of richly caparisoned horses and
with coachman on the box wearing
stylish livery. At lonely place in
paramount park the carriage was
stopped by a man who she said repre-
sented himself as D. Clarence McGib-
beny, the secretary of the Law and
Order Society Of this city.
Placed Under Arrest.
l MI.
This man, she went on to say. told
her that he had warrant for her ar
rest on the charge of keeping a dis
orderly house. but that the matter
could be fixed up. He was invited into
the carriage, and the next moment she
was gagged and blindfolded. Where
she was driven she did not know, but
she noticed from one corner of the
handkerchief over her eyes that the
men paid toll at two toll gates and
that they took her into building
where fire engine and hook and lad
der truck were standing. She was
kept prisoner from Tuesday night
until Friday night without anything
to eat or drink, and was then taken
on another long drive, blindfolded, to
house, where she was kept from Fri
day until Monday. In the latter place
the men, who were masked, stripped
her of the jewelry and at the point OF
a''revolver compelled her to sign
bank checks for various sums of mon
ey she had deposited in the Third
National bank. They made her sign
for more than she possessed, but com
PEELED her to promise she would make
up the deficiency when they released
her. The men, she said, then took her
; on another long drive and put her out
of the carriage at Tenth and Poplar
streets, about a mile from her house
Thought 1t Fairy Tale.
With other information the woman
gave them, the detectives began to
work on what they believed to be a
fairy tale. They got several clews
which led them to a fire engine house
in Fort Wayne, fifteen miles from this
city. The fire company is volunteer
organization and the key to the place
was kept in the nearest dwelling. The
nearest house was occupied by a fam
lily named Findlay, and there the po-
lice learned that one of the sons, J.
Knight Findlay, had been home but
little during the past two weeks. Get
ting description of him, the police
returned to this city and found the
young man, who is only 81 years old,
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 i'm
personated the coachman; that Sloan,
the unemployed reporter, acted the
part of Gibbony; that the barber
played the part of the rich German
town resident; and that Wallace, the
society editor, had rented a house in
Germantown, where Mrs. Goodrich was
to have been held captive.
Convict Assassin of Girl.
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