The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-10-12
CASE OF BOLD KIDNAPPING
WOMAN ROBBED OF JEWELS.
Daring Aet ny Newspaper Mea--
TheiF scheme Carried Oat All
hish'' Thsn One Confessed Of the
D"ed-Pvissner Had signed cheels.
ahd Was starved for Three Days.

aad Was starved for Three Days.
fhlladeiphia. Oct. Enlarged with
kidnapping woman and holding her
prisoner for four days, robbing her OF
Jewels worth more than $1,000 and com.
peihng her 70 sign bank checks for
large sums OF money, two newspaper
men saenognapher In a newspaper
once and barber. are now locked up
al the police station. They are How
ard X. Sloan, an unemployed reporter:
henry wallace. society editor OF one OF
the morning papers; J. knight Findlay
Of Wayne. near here. stenographer In
the business once OF another morning
paper, and Oscar Dunlap. a barber en-
ployed In one Of the most prominent
shops In the city.
The victim Is Mrs. Mabel Goodrich,
the proprletness Of an establishment on
North Tenth street
Mrs. Goodrich went 20 police head.
quarters and said that for some time
past young man who represented him.
self as resident Of Germantown had
been . frequent visitor at her esta5.
iishment He was well dressed, and
spont money freely. Last Wednesday
week. she said he proposed a drive
through Fairmount park He asked her
10 dress In her BEST clothes and 20 wear
All her diamonds and other Jewels. be-
cause on the returning drive be intend
Cd 10 take her 10 the finest dining room
in the city. and he wanted her 20
shine" with the other women in the
place. She accepted, and the next day
abe went out with him In q carriage
with a pair OF richly cAparisOned
horses and with a coaehman on the box
wearing a stylish livery.
At lonely place In Fairmount park
the carriage was stopped by a man
gho. she said. Represented himself as
d. Clarence GIbboney, secretary and
attorney Of the Law and order society
Of ehis city. This man. she went on 20
say. told her that he had a warrant
for her arrest on the charge OF keeping
disorderly house. but that the matter
could be nxed up. He was invited into
the carriage. and the next moment she
wAs gagged and biindfolded. She was
driven somewhere. she did not know
where. but she noticed from one corner
os the handkerchief over her eyes that
be had paid toll NJ two toll gates. and
that they took her into a building
where q Gre engine and a hook and
ladder truck were standing.
She was kept a prisoner from Tues.
day night until Friday night without
anything 20 eat or drink. and was then
taken on another long drive. blindfold.
ed. to house where she was kept from
Friday until Monday. In the latter
place the men. who were masked.
stripped her Of her iewelry. and. at the
point Of a revolver, compelled her TO
sign hank checks for various sums OF
money she had deposited In the Third
National bank. They made her sign
for more than she posse SGD. but com
PEELED her 20 promise that she would
make up the deficiency when they re
leased her. The men. she said, then
took her on another long drive and
put her out OF the carriage at Tenth
and Polar streets, about q mile from
her house.
With other information given them,
the detectives began work on what they
believed to Be fairy tale. They 90,
several clues which led them 10 a Are
engine house In Fort Wayne, fifteen
miles from this city. The fire company
to a volunteer Organization, and the
key 60 the place was kept In the near.
est dwelling. The nearest house was
occupied by a family named Flndlay.
and there the police learned that one OF
the sons. ]. knight Flndlay, had been
home but little during the past two
weeks
Getting a description. the police re
turned TO the city and found the young
man, who Is only 81 years old. Ia the
once where he is employed. He was
charged with the crime. and broke
down and implicated tire others. Find.
lay said that he Impersonated the
eoachman: that sloan, the unemployed
reporter, took the part OF Attorney
Glbbony; that the barber played the
part OF the rich Germantown resident:
that Wallace. the society editor, had
rented a house in Germantown. where
Mrs. Goodrich was to have been held
captive.
Findlay told substantially the story
as that narrated by the woman, He
said that they kept her confined In the
are house and then took her TO house
AZ No. 1855 North Twelfth street, where
Sloan was arrested yesterday. The
plan TO keep her in the Wallace house
. in Germantown was abandoned In Ia
yor Of the Sloan house. Sloan. the 20
lice say, conceived the whole plot, and
| It was he that got the barber into II.
, He had asked Dunlap to play the part
? Of the rich man and get Mrs. Goodrich
. out Of doors, 20 that they could serve
the warrant on her for keeping dls.
orderly house. He did not reveal the
@ real purpose Of the scheme to the bar
d Der.
n An the jewelry was recovered, most
= Of 4 having been found In the posses-
sion of Findlay and Sloan, who were
r wearing several OF the rings. Only one
|, check for Sib5 was oashed. and most OF
r this money was also recovered,
u.