Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1908-11-12

WOMAN ARMED WITH DYNAMITE
THREATENS LIFE or DEN
vEH SOCIETY LEADER.
WAS Fooled BY DETECTIVES
Unknown Female Attempts TO unsue-
cessfuIly 70 BlackmAIl Mrs. 0ene.
We've Chandler Philips
Captured BY Strategy.

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Denver, Nov. 1O.--After hunting the
residence Of her intended victim fol
two days and making every effort IN
every way imaginable to get into com
munication with her, an unknown
woman who threatened Mrs. Gene
We've Chandler Phipps. divorced wife
Of Lawrence. Phipps, the Pittsburg
millionaire with death unless she was
given $4,000 in money, was foiled In
her design by the clever work Of the
bank and city detectives. When she
discovered that she was beaten, the
woman cast dynamite sticks intended
for Mrs. Phipps at the detectives, but
fortunately they fell against the up
holstered wall Of an enclosed automo.
bile which prevented them from ex-
DIoding. The woman was quickly
placed under arrest and efforts are
being made to find some clue to her
identity. She persistently refuses to
give her name, but insists that she
Is under the influence of hypnotist
and that this explains her attempt to
blackmail Mrs. Phipps. The woman
went about carrying out her plans
with determination evidently born
Of desperation. Ever since Saturday
she had repeatedly telephoned the
Phipps home and called there in an
effort to have an audience with the
well known society leader. Finally
Mrs. Phipps became alarmed and
Monday went automobiling in City
park to avoid the woman, who had
made several calls at the house dur
ing the day. The woman evidently
saw her leave in the machine for she
attempted to attract the attention, OF
Mrs. Phipps as she was being driven
slowly along one Of the park drive
ways. She was standing behind a
tree at the time. Mrs. Phipps direct
ed her chauffeur to continue past the
woman, but she leaped from behind
the tree and into the machine as 1t
was going by. She quickly engaged
Mrs. Phipps in conversation, assur-
Ing her that her apparent fears we're
entirely unnecessary, that she was a
magazine writer and had no desire to
do injury to Mrs. Phipps. She talked
30 kindly that Mrs. Phipps became
treasured and they rode together for
IL or 20 minutes. Suddenly the
woman produced two sticks Of dyna-
mite and demanded that Mrs. Phlpps
give her $4,000 within an hour or
she would be destroyed. She direct
cd that the automobile be driven to |
the Wolcott school and Mrs. Phipps'
laughter be taken along, this evident
Iy for the purpose Of having a hos
tage. Mrs. Phipps agreed to go to
her bank and get the money, whence
he party headed, after stopping at
he school to get the little daughter Of
Mrs. Phipps. Arriving at the bank,
III but the strange woman left the
machine, evidently not intended in
Ter program, but she made no pro
est. Once inside the the building,
Mrs. Phipps hurriedly related her ex-
,erience to a bank Official and police
headquarters were communicated
With. Two detectives FASTENED to
he bank In the meantime special
,ank detective had engaged the
trange woman in conversation from
he window of the inclosed machine
lext to the side walk. The two city
electives detailed quietly walked
round the rear Of the machine and
Tipped open the door on the street
ide. The woman saw that she was
ntrapped and dashed the dynamite
ticks at the two officers. They struck
.gainst the machine and fell to the
Ioor intact. Had they exploded great
amage and loss of life would have
esulted, for the scene Is located In
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