Show CHARGE ARGE MAN WITH TRYING TO 10 EXTORT BANKERS BANKER'S MONEY Offic Officers rs Lay Trap and Catch Alleged Idaho Blackmailer I raM Sr special lol Ida April S. S S-A S A cleverly cloverly 1 laid lad ilI plan for the tho extortion of or 1600 from C. C A. A Valentino Y president of or the tho First National r bank it Is declared was f frustrated this morning b by Sheriff Mabey and local detectives Yesterday Yesterday Yester Yester- da day aV evening ovenin Mr 11 Valentino re received ro- ro cl cel an unsigned letter written written writ writ- ten In a 1 hand han ordering him to deposit 1500 1500 in bills wrapped In n a L red handkerchief at the northeast north north- cast east corner of or tho the Motor company's company's com com- 1 pany's tract In North orth at al 7 74 43 p. p m. m The letter also threatened bodily Injury to lo Mr Ir Valentine In case he did dill not nol l keep tho the matter under his hat Upon receipt of the letter Mr 11 Valentino conferred with Sheriff Mabey who outlined outlined out out- lined the tho plans for capturing tho the crook crool Promptly at the scheduled hour Mr II Valentine Valentino drove to the appointed place with Sheriff MablY Mabey Mr lr Sellers and Mr Py Hers ers concealed in the bottom of his hiscar car tn and upon arrival nl at nt North orth Pocatello Pocatello Pocatello Poca Poca- tello a a. red rd handkerchief filled with l paper aper and weighted with lead was left lerL The car drove a away for two blocks and soon a man mm emerged from a a. building building building build build- ing several sc feet away walked to tho the handkerchief and picked It up He lie had not advanced ad over o three feet however how how- ever e before he was arrested b by Deputies Geor George e Smith and Gu Guy Nelson Nelson Nel Nel- son on who wore hiding in the sago sage brush ten tep feet Ceet away awn The man gave ga his name as Charles Solders and stated he lie had no grievance ance against Mr III Valentine In fact did trot not know him and was unable to figure uro out nut how hoP the they cOl connected ed him with an any attempt to blackmail blackman After Alter a 1 two hour gruelling examination examination examina examina- tion he broke down confessing inS that ho he was hard pressed for money and thought such a scheme would bo be caS easy County Attorney McDougall ll L drew up a T complaint against him this morning on charge of attempted mple extortion and nd his bond hond was set at nt He Ho Is 15 being held in the count county jail |