The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1901-10-10
AN INCREDIBLE TALE
Young Woman Abducted, Starved and
Robbed by Philadelphia
Journalists.

L n1LADELfdlA, a., OCI. &
-Four men charged with abduct
ing a Philadelphia woman in
broad daylight and of binding,
gagging, starving and robbing
her are now under arrest IN this
city and were before Magistrate
Kochesperger at 10 o'clock this
morning. The woman in the
case is MABEL Goodrich of 241
Forth Tenth street.
The men now locked up at
the Central Police Station are
Howard K. Sloan, an unemploy-
ed reporter; Henry Wallace, So
ciety editor of one of the morn
ing papers; J. Knight Findlay of
Wayne. near here, stenographer
in the business Office of another
morning paper; and Oscar S.
Dunlap, a barber employed in
one Of the most prominent shops
in the city.
Disguises, pistols. masks and
a lone house on a country road
figure in this modern emulation
of fifteenth century methods.
The plunder was S65 in cash,
S2, 600 in jewels, and about $500
in checks. With the exception
of the cashing of one check for
S155, all of the stolen property
has been recovered.
According to the police, young
Wallace had begun visiting Miss
Goodrich as early as last April.
The real story of the abduction,
however, starts on Wednesday,
Sept. 25. On that day, it is
charged, Oscar S. Dunlap called
at Miss Goodrich's house and in
vited her to take a drive with
him the next day. On Thursday
afternoon, Sept. 26. Dunlap call.
ed to keep his appointment. He
had a we'll appointed team, and a
liDor;ol 1,.,x-o. hold +l,o ,,1,,,o
The driver, the police say, was
j. Knight Finlay, one of the con.
spirators, suitably disguised for
the occasion.
The carriage drove to the park
crossing Girard avenue bridge,
where the driver said the horse
was going lame. Dunlap jumped
from the carriage, and as he did
SO a man who is said to be How
ard K. Sloan emerged from be-
hind clump of bushes. Sloan
jumped into the carriage and
Dunlap disappeared down the
road.
''Let US continue the drive"
said he. Miss Goodrich shrugged
her shoulders, leaned back in
the carriage, and said nothing.
Presently it grew dark, and in a
lonely part of the drive the bogus
coachman and the make believe
law and order man bound Miss
Goodrich hand and foot and put
a gag in her mouth. Then both
donned masks. Finlay jumped
into the carriage and Sloan took
a seat and they drove on. While
the carriage rumbled on Sloan
blindfolded the woman, threaten
ing her with a revolver.
She was driven somewhere,
she did not know, but she noticed
from one corner of the handker-
chief over her eyes that the men
paid toll at two toll gates and
that they took her into a build
ing where fire engine and a
hook and ladder truck were
standing.
There the woman was locked
up in bedroom until Friday
morning, Her captors told her
that $40, 600 was wanted and that
when that was forthcoming she
could go. On Friday the woman
was again bound and taken in a
carriage to 1856 North Twelfth
street. From Friday until Mon
day she was guarded day and
night.
On Monday morning she be-
gan to weaken. She had S65
with her, and that was given up
to her captors. Then 1000
worth of jewelry went next. She
had nothing else with her, she
declared. Finally, however, she
found some blank checks of the