The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-03
TO SECURE
MINERS WEALTH
Two Men and a Woman Under
Arrest on a Serious
Charge.
BETRAYED BY A PHYSICIAN
LATTER HAD BEEN ASKED TO
FURNISH DEATH CERTIFICATE.

San Francisco, March 2.-Sidney X.
Dandy, formerly head of the Dandy In
vestment company, and James O'Loane.
Of whom little is known, have been
lodged in Jail on suspicion of having at
tempted to secure the fortune Of James
Goodwin. an aged and wealthy miner
of Nevada, by fraudulent means, posi-
bly, involving the old mans death. The
police were notified of the alleged
scheme by DIR, Joseph l.. Howard of this
city, who stated that he had been Of
fered one-third of Goodwin's fortune
if he would furnish a death certificate
stating that the miner had died of alco-
holism- Goodwin is said to have been
drinking heavily, and to have given a
power of attorney to the men VINO de-
sired the certificate in case he should
die
Detectives hidden Behind Screen.
DR.. Howard was summoned TO treat
woman suffering from alcoholism, and
in an adjoining room found Goodwin in
the same condition. On a second visit,
he alleges, Dandy and O'Loane made
the proposition regarding the certificate
of death. He informed Captain of De
tectives Anderson, and the latter de-
tailed officers Freel and Bunner, who
were stationed behind a. screen while
DR.. Howard talked to the two men. The
detectives soon heard enough to cause
them to arrest both Dandy and O'Loane
The police state that Dandy was arrest
ed for embezzlement prior to the great
fire of 1906, but secured his freedom at
the time of the disaster.
Woman in the Case.
The woman in the case, who is be-
lieved to be Mrs. O'Loane, one of the
alleged cOnspiratoTs under arrest. has
been closely questioned by the detec-
tives. but the information obtained from
her has not Yet been given out. O'LOane
is said to have been a mining promoter
at the time Tonopah first came into
prominence. James Goodwin, the OBJ
tanning of whose fortune was the OBJ
Ject of the plot revealed by DR.. Howard
to the police, is about sixty years of
age His estate is said to consist of
mining properties at Eiko, New, and in
Idaho, valued at about $4,000
Ihe only reason DR.. Howard can give
for Dandy and O'Loane calling him into
the scheme is that about five years ago
he performed an operation on Dandy,
and the latter probably thought of him
when it was decided to call in a physi-
clan.
Convinced of Plot.
James c. Good win, the aged miner,
told the detectives today that he was
convinced that a plot had been formed
to make away with him in order to Sc
cure his property. The officers have re-
covered the power of attorney given by
Goodwin to O'LOane, enabling him to
sign checks for the miner, to make
loans on his properties at Sebel creek.
Humboldt county, Nevada, and Silver
City, Ida; to transact all other business
for him, and naming O'Loane and Dan
by his sole executors in case of his
death One loan for S125 is said by the
police to have been obtained on the
power of attorney. The detectives are
looking for stock in gold mining COM
pany owned by Goodwin and valued at
S25 900. Goodwin asserts that some of
his checks have been raised. but as yet
has made 10 formal accusation.
Mrs. Edith O'Loane, wife of one of the
alleged conspirators, SAYS that she knew
nothing of any plot and was innocent
of any wrong intention. She was ex-
cluded from the room. she asserts. when
the power Of attorney was signed.
Woman Locked Up.
Notwithstanding her protestations of
innocence. Mrs. O'Loane was placed I'm
der arrest this afternoon, the detectives
being convinced that she had not told
all she knows OF the affair. The two
men asked the landlady of the house
where they lived, Miss Esther Code, for
a key to the old miners room on Satur-
day, saying they wanted to lock him in.
She refused TO do so until her sus-
picions were allayed by the statement
that they feared he might wander away
while under the influence of liquor.
Goodwin said late today that he first
met O'Loane in Nevada about five years
ago when he was prospecting. Later he
saw him in Reno. where he ran a sa-
loon, and met him recently in this city.
Dandy was introduced to Goodwin by
O'Loane.