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Show I ' ALLEGED PLOT TO MDRDEBAGED IUI San Francisco Doctor Tells of Offers to Enter Conspiracy; Conspir-acy; Arrests Made. SAN RRANCISCO, March 2. Sidney Sid-ney .r. Danby, formorly head of tho Danby Tnvostmeut company, and James O'Loanc, of whom.litUd is known, have been lodged in jail on suspicion of Ictv-in; Ictv-in; attempted to soeuro tho fortuno of .Tamc3 Goodwin, nn aged and wealthy 'miner o Novada, by fraudulent means, possibly involving the old man's death. Tho polioo were notified of tlio alleged scheme by Dr. Joeoph L. Howard of 1 his city, who elated that ho had been offered one-third of Goodwin's fortune if ho would furnish n death certificate stating that llio minor had died of alcoholism. al-coholism. Goodwin is said to have been drinking- heavily and to have given a powor of nttomoy to tho man who desired de-sired tho certificate in case he should Inic. Doctor's Strange Tale. Doctor Howard was summoned to ireac a woman suffering from alcoholism, alcohol-ism, and iu an adjoining room found Goodwin in tho samo condition. On a second visit, he alleges, Danby and O'Loano made tlio proposition regarding regard-ing the certificate- of death. Ho informed in-formed Captain of Detectives Anderson and tho latter dotailcd officers Frccl and Bunnor, who wero stationed behind be-hind a scroeu whilo Dr. Howard talked to tho two men. Tho detectives soon hoard enough to,cnuso Ihcru to arrest "both Danbv and O'Loanc. Tho police utato that Danby was arrested for embezzlement em-bezzlement prior to tho great lire of .190G, but secured his freedom at the time of the disaster. Mrs. Edith O'Loano, wife of ono of the alleged conspirators, says sho knew nothing of any plot, and was iunocont of any wrong intention. Sho was excluded ex-cluded from tho room, she assorts, when the power of attornoy was signed. I Woman Under Arrest. Notwithstanding her protestations of innocence, Mr. O'Loano was placed under un-der arreBt this afternoon, tho detectives detec-tives boing convinced that sho had not told all sho knows of tho affair. Tho two men nskod tho 'landlady of tho house where they lived, Mjsb Esther Gode, for a key to tho old miner's room, on Saturday, saying they wanted to look him in. Sho refused to do so until un-til her suspicions wero allayed by the statement that they feared ho might wander away while undor tho influence influ-ence of liquor. Goodwin said late today that he first mot O'Loano in Nevada about iivo years ago, when he was prospecting. Later ho saw him in Reno, whero ho ran a saloon, and mot him recently in 1 his city. Danby was introduced to Goodwin b- O'Loano. |