The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-10
ESCAPED DEATH
BY MERE SCRATCH
Denver Detectives Foil Adven-
turess Who Had Two Sticks
of Dynamite.
SOCIETY WOMAN IN PERIL
STARTLING ADVENTURE OF
MRS. PHIPPS.

Denver. Tov 9-After haunting the res
idelce of her intended victim for two days
and making efforts in every way imagin-
able to get into communication with her,
an unknown woman who threatened Mrs.
Genevieve Chandler Phipps, divorced wife
OF Lawrence Phipps. the Pittsburg mil
lioaire. with death unless she was given
by the clever work of bank and city de-
tectives. When she discovered that she
was beaten. the woman cast the dynamite
sticks intended for Mrs. Phipps at the de-
tectives but fortunately they fell against
the upholstered wall of an enclosed auto
mobile which prevented them from eX-
ploding. The woman was quickly placed
under arrest, and efforts are being made
to find some clue to her identity.
Refused to Give Name.
She persistentIy refuses TO give her
name. but insists that she is under the in
fluence of a hypnotist and that this eX-
Dlairs her attempt at Matchmaking Mrs
Phipps. The woman went about carrying
out her plans with a determination evil
IDENTITY born of desperation. Ever since
Saturday she had repeatedly teiephoned
the PhiDpS home and called there in an
effort to have an audience with the well
known society leader. Finally, Mrs.
Phipps became alarmed and today went
automObiling in City park to avoid the
woman. who made several calls at the
IDENTIFY saw her leave in the machine. for
she attempted to attract the attention of
Mrs. PhpDS as she was being driven slow
~ along one of the park driveways- She
was standing behind tree at the time.
Jumped Into Auto.
Mrs. Phipps directed her chauffeur to
continue past her. but the woman leaped
from behind the tree and into the ma
chine as 1t was going by. She quickly
engaged Mrs. Phipps in conversation, as
surfing her that her apparent fears were
entirely unnecessary: that she was
magazine writer, and had no desire to do
injury 20 Mrs. Phipps. She talked so
kindly that Mrs. PhippS became treasured
and they talked together for fifteen or
twenty minutes Suddenly the woman
produced two sticks of dynamite and
commanded that Mrs. Phipps give her
$4,000 within an hour or she would be
destroyed. She directed that the automo-
bile be driven to the WolcOtt school. and
Mrs Phipps daughter be taken along, this
evidently for the purpose of Having a
hostage. Mrs. Phipps agreed to go to her
bank and get the money. whence the
party headed after stopping at the school
to get the little daughter of Mrs. Phipps.
Capture of Adventures.
Arriving at the bank. all but the
strange woman left the @. evil
IDENTIFY not intended in her n, but
she made no protest Once Il le the
DGllullS, MIS- uippS huIIleuiN leldleu
her experience to a bank official. and
police headquarters were communicated
with. Two detectives FASTENED TO the
bank. In the raeantime special -detec--
tive had engeged the strange woman in
conversation from the window of the en-
closed machine next the sidewalk. The
two city detectives quietly walked around
the rear of the machine and slipped open
the door on the street side. The woman
saw that she was entrapped and dashed
the dynamite sticks at the two officers.
They struck against the machine and fell
to the floor intact Had they exploded
great damage and loss of life might have
resulted. for the scene is located in the
very heart of the city