New Britain herald., 1928-01-20
Frederick ". EnVri6ht Asserts FIR. Dutton and Two Other
 Men ThrsatenM Life
LATTER ISSUES DENIAL;
 HELD IN $10,000 BAIL
Owner Delares He Was Taken by DuttOn to Shack in Ma hant Where He Was Freed When He Promised Men .i,ooo in Cash in Boston-Claims He Was Told of 4c5, 900 Murder Plot.

Lynn. Mass. Jan. 2o.-lR>-The story told to the Lynn police by Frederick w. Enwright. Lynn news paper publisher. of his having been kidnapped and threatened with death yesterday in an attempt to extort money from him had sequel in the district court today. Frederick k. Dutton. who has been employed for some time as chauffeur for En- wright, pleaded not guilty to charges of assault with attempt to kill. | blackmail and Kidnapping. Judge Reeve continued the case until January 31. He held Dutton in s10.O00 bonds on the assault charge 1 and fixed nominal bonds on the other charges.
 Meanwhile police are Investigating 1 the sensational story told by the 1 newspaperman of plot againstS his | life and the safety of his wife and daughter.
 Three others beside Dutton are sought, including former Enwright employe who with the others is all legged to have forced the publisher at gunpoant to agree to temporary truce in consideration of an imme- diate payment of s1.n0o. l Names Not Divulged The name of the former employe. q columnist on a now defunct paper i l1,1 1Sy,u .ri irhf nt Boston, was not revealed by police. 1 The two others were known only as "Cannonball' and Snake"
 Enwright said the men told him they had been hired for $25,0o0 to murder him.
 The meeting occurred at lonely shack in Nahant some miles out of Lynn. Enwright told the police that just before leaving home yesterday morning for his Boston office, he noticed an expensive coupe draw up near the house. A few minutes later ] Dutton. who has been in his employ three years. reported and they start ed for Boston.
 kidnaped m Road The chauffeur failed to take the usual route. going instead by road leading to Nahant. On their way, the coupe crowded the Enwright car to the curb and the former employe jumped on the running board and then took a seat beside the publish CT.
 He drew a revolver and poked 1t against EnWright's ribs and said to the chauffeur. ''go to the place we agreed upon." Dutton, Enwright de- clared. sped at 70 miles an hour over the road to Nahant finally drawing up at a deserted shack.
 There "Cannonball' and Snake" were waiting and there were ropes and a gag inside of the place.
 Murder Threat
 "Wcll." Enwright asserted the former employe said, You owe me plenty of money. and I'm going to get 1t all back. We are going to get $25,00O for knocking you off. After We kill you we're going to weight your body and drop it in the bay. i They II never llnd you
 Then we're going to grab youP daughter and hold her for ran- son." Eleanor Enwrish Int is l9 years old.
 The publisher persuaded the men to desst and to accept Sl,o00 which he promised to obtain in Boston at the office of the Boston Sunday Telegram News. He said the former employe weakened but Dutton was with difficulty persuaded to let him go. Let's bump him off anyway" said the chauffeur, but the other man prevailed.
 Return to Boston
 All five returned 10 Boston. One kept the revolver at Enwright's heart and although he attempted to attract the attention of several traf- fc policemen while passing through Chelsea they failed to notice him.
 At the Boston office of the news paper, Enwright prevailed upon the former employe to accept the money by general delivery mail.
 Afraid to Leave
 Shortly after he emerged to find the other three gone and the chauf feur alone in the car. They drove back here to the office of the Lynr Telegram where Enwright dismissed Dutton and called the home O Deputy Superintendent of Polic. Callahan. He told Callahan he fear, ed to leave the building. Callahan di. rected him to meet him at his home and Enwright called taxi-cab b drove to his own home. where ht told the story to his wife and daugh, !, ter. Both accompanied him to Cal lahan's where. in the presence o . two police inspectors, he repeated his statements.
 Chauffeur Makes Denial ! Dutton was arrested and emphati cally denied that anything unusua had happened. He said the forme