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Show NOTHING TO THE I ABDUCTION STORY PUISSIIHINT OP rill'. MOHMON CIICHCII NOT UOHKAIM'. AsMMlntrtl Pros Scut Out Sensational Story Prom Denver, C'cdo, of Intended In-tended Plot of llontllt Hi Capture Churchman nnd Hold lllm Por n Hundred Tliouand Dollars llnnom. WA8HINOTON, I) C, Jul) M. A report that department of justice officials of-ficials were Investlgatng the alleged plot to aliduet Joseph V. Htnllh. president presi-dent of the Mormon church, nnd hold him for the iyment of n hundred thousand doltars ransom, whs pronounced pro-nounced pure fabrication b) department depart-ment officials toda) Confcloii Made II) KIcIihiht. ULACKI'OOT, Ida Jul) l.eo-nldas l.eo-nldas M Dean. Imndlt who kidnaped A Krnest Hmpe). wealth) cattleman of Idaho Palls, last Week, was brought to lilac kfoot last night In the prs-erne prs-erne of Hherlff Simmons and District Attorney Adair he signed n confession During the Interview with officials Dean was nked what he Intended doing do-ing In the event that the ransom mono of six thousand dollars was not paid He said he had planned to writs another note giving nn addition nl ten da) for the pa) ment of the ransom If at the end of thnt time the ransom were not paid, he said he Intended to tin Kmpey to n tree, give him an old knife nnd make hi escape es-cape David Kdward. Plnkerton detective, detec-tive, who figured prominently In the Ogden blackmailing ruse, nnd who obtained ob-tained the reward for the arrest or Joseph Henry Martin, took part In the chare for the Idaho bandit IM-wards IM-wards returned to Halt Ijike City last nlghf According to Kdwards. there never was any Intention of delivering the six thousand dollars for the release re-lease of Kmpe) He said the Impression Impres-sion was allowed to go out as n part or a plot to rapture the bandit Pd-wnrds Pd-wnrds said that had an) nttrmpt tieen made to obtain the ransom, the bandit ban-dit would have been captured and Kmpey rescued as well Kdwards ridicules rid-icules the Idea that Dean Is Insane |
