Omaha daily bee., 1908-11-11
WOMAN WITH DYNAMITE
Unsuccessful Attempt to ExtOrt Money
from Mrs. Phipps in Denver.
CLEVER PLOT FINALLY FoLED
Explosive Sticks Throws at Detec-
tive-, but They strike Cushion of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS to
Reveal Identity.

DENVER. Nov. 1O.-After haunting the
residence of her intended victim for two
days and making every effort in every way
Imaginable to get into communication with
her, an flied women who threat
ened Mrs. Genevieve Chandler Phipps, d.
vorced wife OF Lawrence Phipps, the Pitts
burg millionaire, with death unless she
was given $4,000 in money, was fooled in
her design by the clever work of the bank
and city detectives. When she discovered
she was beaten the woman cast the dyna-
mite sticks intended for Mrs. Phipps at the
detective, but fortunately they fell against
the upholstered wall of an enclosed auto
mobile, which prevented them from explod-
ing. The woman was quickly placed under
arrest. She persistently refused to give her
name. but insists that she is under the In
fluence Of a hypnotist and that this ex-
plains her attempt to blackmail Mrs
Phipps.
Plans Are M~ethOdIcnI.
The woman went about a carrying out her
plans with a determination evidently born
of desperation. Since Friday she had re-
p~eatedly telephoned the Phipps home and
called there in an effort to have an audi
ence with the we'll known society leader.
Finally Mrs. Phipps became alarmed and
yesterday went automobil ng in City park TO
avoid the woman, who had made several
calls at the house during the day. The
woman evidently saw her leave in her ma
chine, for she attempted to attract the at
tention of Mrs. Phipps as she was being
driven along one of the park driveways.
She was standing behind a tree at the time
Mrs. Phipps ordered her chauffeur to con-
tinue past the woman but she leaped from
behind the tree into the machine as 1t was
going by. She quickly engaged Mrs. Phipps
in conversation assuring her that her APP
parent fears were entirely unnecessary,
that she was a magazine writer and had no
desire to do injury to Mrs. Phipps. She
talked so kindly that Mrs. Phlpps became
treasured and they rode together for
fifteen or twenty miles.
Suddenly the woman produced two sticks
of dynamite and demanded that Mrs.
Phipps give her 10000 within an hour or
she would be destroyed. She directed that
the automobile be driven to the Wolcott
school and that Mrs. Phipps's daughter be
taken along this evidently for the purpose
of having a hostage. Mrs, Phipps agreed
to take her to the bank and get the money,
whittier the party headed, after stopping
at the school to get the little daughter of
Mrs. Phipps. Arriving at the bank, all but
the strange woman left the machine. This
evidently was not intended in the program
but she made no protest. Once inside the
building Mrs. Phipps hurriedly related her
experience to a bank official and police
headquarters were communicated with
Two detectives FASTENED to the bank. In
the meantime a special bank detective had
detained the woman in conversation from
the window of the enclosed machine next
the sidewalk TIL two city detectives de-
tailed walked around the rear of the ma
chine and slipped open the door on the
street side. The woman saw that she was
entrapped and dashed the dynamite at the
two officers. They struck against the ma
chine cushion ard fell to the floor intact.