Evening journal., 1909-03-25
BILLY TELLS OF
KIDNAPPING
Dorothy Dale, Of the United
Press, Has an Interview
With Him
HOW STRANGER TOOK
HIM FROM THE SCHOOL

(By Dorothy Dale staff Correspond
ent of the United Press.)
SHARON, Pa, March 25-This is the
story of Billy Whitla's abduction from
the time he was taken from the East
ward school in Sharon last Thursday
morning, to his return to his mother,
here yesterday as told by the little
boy at his home here. This is what
Billy said:
Last Thursday morning at school.
Mr.. Sloss (the janitor) stuck his head
in the door, and told Mrs. Lewis a
man was there for me sent by my dad.
She put my jacket and cap right on
and 1 hurried because 1 wanted to see
dad.
"Outside there was man sitting In
a buggy. He told me to jump in, and
I did. Then we drove TO the corner
where put a letter in the post box.
The man said the letter would tell
mother all about where / was going,
and he had me write mothers name
on the envelope.
'When I mailed the letter thought
was going to dads office but the
man said right away:
'Billy-he always called me Billy
Billy he said, L am not going to take
You TO dod's office. am taking care
Of you for your dad. You know there's
smallpox around and you've been ex-
posed and dad says the doctors are
after you TO take you to the pest
house
1.-THE man said his name was Mr..
Jones, and that he going TO take me
TO Mrs. Jones. and was to be Billy
Jones, so the doctors would not know
me, and everybody would think I was
their little boy and not Billy Whitla
And 'Jonesy' said that II anybody
found out that I was Billy Whitls
dad would be awfully angry with me
and with 'Jonesy,' and the doctors
would put me in the pest house.
"Jonesy was mad when we got e
the depot at Warren. for the train wal
gone-it was the train he wanted e
go to Cleveland on-and ii wen
straight to Cleveland--and Jonsey sai'
a swear word and said we would hav'
to wait and then get a train that wen
a longer way to Cleveland.
"You know Just before we got int
town, the first time-when we wer
driving in-he had taken his mustach
right off. He said 1t was not rea
J one. He wore it to keep his fac
warm when he was out riding ant
when he took his mustache off-it wa
kind of gray-he took off his cap. an
! put II under the seat Of the bugg,
q and put on a stiff hat like dad wears
"When we went down the street
where the barber shop was, Jones
: left me outside while he went into
store and got me two picture books
funny ones. Then he took me to tn
lumber yard and found a dandy plac
! to hide while Jonesy went and got hi
face shaved.
'Then we went to Ashtabula. i sa'
that name on a sign. When we &c
J out he was mad again. because W
had missed a car. and he swore.
1.-THE next place where I could rea
any signs Il said 'Painesville' an
that's ali the chance I got to rea
signs until we got to Cleveland.
did not know 1t was Cleveland. an
after we got in the house Jonesy tol
me it was Newcastle.
"When we got to Jonsey's house,
only had two rooms and lived upstair
There were more stairs. and they sal
that up there was a lunatic asylui
and had to look out for crazy peopl
Once they said If 1 made any noi'
they would send me up to the lunat
asylum.
"On the door where he raped va
a figure 2 and Mrs. Jones opened
quickly. She was a nurse and dresse
in nurses clothes. with a wlfite apro
and a little white cap. He said "hei
is little Jones for you, and 81
laughed and asked how l was, an
took of my things.
"Jonesy had to cook the supper, an
he bought all the things and cooke
everything while 1 was there. Nurse