The age-herald., 1901-10-07
Newspaper Man Originates and Carries Out a Daring
 Plan of Robbery
INVEIGLED INTO CARRIAGE
Driven a Few Miles from Philadelphia Held Without Food, Relieved of Diamonds and Forced
 to Sign Checks.

Philadelphia, Pa. October 6-Charged with Kidnapping a woman and holding her prisoner for four days, robbing her of jewels worth more than 5000 and com- polling her to sign checks for large sums of money, is the story which the police unfolded here today when they announce ed the arrest of two newspaper men, | stenographer in another newspaper of- flee and barber, all of whom are charg- ed with complicity in the crime
 The men now locked up at the Central police station are Howard K. Sloan an unemployed reporter; Henry Wallace, so- ciety editor of one of the morning pa- pers; J. Knight Findlay of Waine, near here, stenographer In the business of- flee of another morning paper and Os- car $. Dunlap barber employed in one of the most prominent shops in the city. The victim is Mrs Mabel Goodrich. the proprietress of an establishment in North Tenth street
 Told Startling Story. Last Monday Mrs. Goodrich went to no- a Kidnapping and robbery so daring that the police at first doubted it's truth. She said that for some time past a young man, who represented himself as a resi- dent of Germantown, had been a freouent visitor at her establishment He was well dressed and spent money freely. Last | Wednesday week, she said. he proposed a drive through Fairmount Park. He asked her to dress in her best clothes and for her to wear all her diamonds and other jcwelry because on the return 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 accepted and the next day she went cut with him in a carriage with a pair or richly caparisoned horses and with A coachman on the box wearing stylish liv- 1 cry. At a lonely place in Fairmount Park the carriage was stopped by a man l whom she said represented himself as D. l Ciarence Gibbon, the secretary and at | torney of the Law and Order Society of tnis clty' This man she went on to say toid her that he had a warrant for her arrest on the charge of Keeping a disor- derly house. but that the matter could pc nxed up. He was invited into the carriage and the next moment she was gagged and blindfolded She was driven somewhere she did not know but she notlced rom one corner of the handker- Dcnlef over her eyes that the men paid toII | al two toll gates and that they took her ihto a building where fire engine and A. nook and ladder truck were standing.
 Had Nothing to Eat. She was kept prisoner from Tuesday mi
 thing to eat or drink, and was then taken on another long drive blindfolded to a. mousse where she was kept from Friday uhtil Monday In the latter place the men, who were masked stripped her of the Jeweiry at the point of a revolver. compelled her to sign bank checks for various sums of money she had deposited Tn the Third National Bank The men. she salu then took her on another long drive and put her out of the carriage at Ienth and Poplar streets about mile from her house.
 with other information the women gave them, the detectives began to work on what they believed to be fairy tale. They got several clews which led them to a lire engine house in Fort Wayne four teen miles from this city. The fire com pany is volunteer organization and the Key to the place was kept in the nearest dweiling The nearest house was occu- pied by family named Findlay and there the police 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 re- turned to the city and found the young man, who is only 21 years of age, in inc office where he is employed. He was charged with the crime and broke down and implicated three others. Ffndlav said that he had impersonated the coach man. that Sloan. the unemployed reporter acted the part of Attorney Gibbon, that the barber played the part of the rich Germantown resident. and that Wallace the society editor, hsd rented a house iy Germantown where Mrs. Goodrich was to have been held a captive
 Reporter Conceived Plot.
 He said that they kept her confined in the fire house and then took her to a house at No. 2556 North Twelfth street where Sloan was arrested yesterday. The plan to keep her in the Wallace house in Germantown was abandoned in favor of the Sloan house. Sloan. the police said. conceived the whole plot. and 1t was he that got the barber into 1t. A.e had asked Dunlap to play the part of the rich man and get Mrs. Goodrich out doors so that he could serve the warrant on her for keeping disorderly house. He did not reveal the real purpose of the scheme to the barber.
 All the jewelry was recovered most of it having been found In the possession of Ffndlay and Sloan, who were wearing several of the rings. Only one check for $155 was cashed and most of this money was also recovered Sloan was to have begun work on the same newspaper on which Findlay was employed tomorrow. Wallace has been society editor of the paper on which he was employed for only two weeks.
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