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Show exposes C BIIP I sl i V u JLy PLANS Doctor Says Men Asked Him toHelpThem to Kill Aged Wealthy Miner San Francisco. March 2. Exposed by Dr. Joseph L. Howard of this city, Sidney J. Danby, formerly of the Dan-by Dan-by Investment company, and his partner, James O'Loane, are In Jail j charged with conspiracy to mako way j with James Goodwin, an aged and wealth v miner of Nevada. Dr. Howard I was offered one-third of the fortune of I the old miner If ho would consent to give the conspirators a death certificate certifi-cate stating that Goodwin had died from alcoholism. Several days ago, Dr. Howard waa summoned by Danby to treat a woman wom-an alleged to be Mrs. O'Loane, whom he found suffering from alcoholism. After treating her he was taken Into another room where ho found Goodwin, Good-win, who was so ill from the effects of drinking that the physician had to give him a hvpodermlc injection. At a later call, the men disclosed their plot to make way with the miner with the assistance of Dr. Howard The men had already secured a power of attorney from Goodwin. Thoy had planned to keep him drunk until he died from the effects, but on running out of funds, they brought Howard into the plot. After arranging to have tho men call at his hotel. Dr. Howard told the story of the plot to Captain of Detectives Anderson. Detectives Freel an. Bunner were stationed behind a screen in the doctor's apartments, and after listening to enough of the conversation con-versation to convince thmr that a grave crime was contemplated, they emerged from their hiding place and arrested Danby and O'Loane. : The detectives detailed on the cae I stated that the woman alleged to bo Mrs. O'loane was the decoy used to i keep Goodwin on a continuous debauch. de-bauch. O'Loane Is a stranger in this city, but Danby was the head of the Danby - Investment - company., before the fire. While serving in that capacity, ca-pacity, he was arrested for embezzlement, embezzle-ment, but the charge was dismissed at the time of tho disaster. The arrested ar-rested men are held on the detinue hook, but they will probably be formally formal-ly charged fbday. I |