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Show DETECTIVES SPOIL PLANNED CAPTURE PHILA DKLPHIA, Feb. 12. Detectives Detec-tives early today inadvertently spoiled ( (the capture of a man alleged to have: ! attempted to extort money from K. T.J Stotesbury. widely known banker and: member of J. P. Morgan & company, j New York, on a threat of harm to him j und bis family. 1 A letter had been sent to Mr. Ptotes bury instructing him to place a sum of i money in a black box at the entrance! of a, certain church. Detectives carried out the instructions and arrested a I workman who picked up the box. lie j proved his innocence. j Detectives said a number of persons' socially prominent have recently re- j ceived similar letters. |