Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-03-25
POLICE CAPTURE kIDNAPPtRS
Man and Woman Arrested in Cleve-
land Have 5000 in Their
Possession.

Cleveland, March 25.-In the arrest
here last night of a man and a wom-
an having $9,790 in their possession
| the police believe they have captured
the kidnappers of Willie Whitla. In
somewhat befuddled, admitted that
she had been responsible for the kid
mapping. When placed in custody at
the central police station she said to
Capt Shattuck: II am the one who
| planned the whole thing. There will
be trouble for me and HI in Sharon
tomorrow"
| Beneath the woman's skirt was
found $3.50. All of it but $40 was
bound in packages with the original
slips placed on the money when
! Whitla took it from the bank still
around it.
Capt Norman Shattuck and Detec-
tive Frank Wood made the arrests
in the East end of the city. When
near the police station the man broke
away from Detective Wood and ran
towards an alley. The policeman fired
two shots from his revolver into the
air and the man stopped. The wom-
an made no attempt to escape.
Boy Given Ovation.
Sharon, Pa, March 25.-The whole
borough of Sharon turned out last
night and participated in the demon
stration over the Homecoming Of
Willie Whitla, who, with his father,
arrived here soon after noon yester
day. A big parade was led by the
Bull Independent Rifles, national
guard company, and the Bull Rifles
band, both named for Willie's uncle,
and thousands of persons marched
behind them through the principal
streets of the town to the Whitla
home, where fully 5000 persons as
sembled on the lawn, cheering and
giving every evidence of the public
participation in the family joy over
the recovery of the little wanderer.
The band took a position on the
front porch of the Whitla home and
played several selections. In a front
room were the Whitla family and De-
tective Ward.
WhitIa Thanks Everybody.
When calls were made for a speech
Mr.. Whitla appeared on the porch,
accompanied by Rev. Joseph Mozart
ney of the First Presbyterian church,
who spoke briefly.
Mr.. Whitla then addressed the
throng. extending his thanks to all
the officials and individuals who had
assisted in the search for the boy
and expressing the gratitude of his
family and himself for the sympathy
of the people, which, he said, had
done so much to help the family bear
up during the darkest hours of their
sorrow
With the singing of the doxology
by several thousand voices the dem
onstration was ended.
Boy furnishes Clue.
Cleveland, March 25.-The simple
childish habit of Willie Whitla Of
spelling out the names on street cars
may prove helpful to the police of
Cleveland in finding the house in
which the boy was held a captive dur
ing his enforced absence from home.
While the boy was seated at a ia
BILE yesterday he began spelling street
nomenclature. Among others was the
name of a street car line in Cleve-
land. Detective Ward, who was near
the lad, asked him what he meant by
spelling the word which he had seen
displayed On the top of the car.
Spells Street Name.
why, that's the name of the street
car which passed the hospital where
Mr.. Jones kept me- answered the
boy.
Detective Ward at once communf-
Gated the clue to the police in Cleve
land. Private detectives were sent
to go over the car line and look for
the house described by Willie in his
prattle. Detectives refuse to desig
nate which car line the house is be-
lieved to be located on.
1t is believed that the car line is
not far distant from the corner at
which Willie was placed on the car.
Officials Hard at Work.
No arrests were made by the po-
lice yesterday. While the boy, in
charge of his fath2r, was the center of
triumphant HOMECOMING, the Off
Gals were at work on the clues
given them by the boy, who had been
safely returned to his father here
Monday night after the payment of
the $4,000 ransom. The officials are
working independently, as Mr.. Whit
Ian has declared that he will take no
mart in the search