Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-04-02
XIDNAPERS IN TOLLS;
$3.50 CASH FOUND
Woman Arrested at Cleveland Cons
fesses She and Man Were
Plotters Against Boy.
WILLIE WHITLA AT HOME AGAIN
Confession Of Prisoner Hints That
Trouble May Be Expected in
City of Sharon.

William Whitla is now safe with his
father. and the hunt in which hun
dreds of detectives and police have
searched scores of cities since the little
boy was kidnapped from his school in
Sharon. Pa, on Thursday, is ended.
The father turned oyer to 4 m
The agent of the kidnapers. the $4,000
ransom they demanded. lie then re
turned to the Hollenden Hotel. in
Cleveland. and awaited the arrival Of
the boy. according to instructions de-
Hvered by the mi Willie. severa!
hours later. walked in. He had been
/Sent in from the edge of town on q
= ear.
Mr.. Whitla not only had given the
IN the ransom, but he had placed
IN her hands all the letters he had re-
ceived from the gang and promised he
\ would give no clew that could lead tc
her identification.
A woman and a man with So 100 in
currency in their possession were
arrested in Cleveland Tuesday night,
and the police declare beyond doubt
they are the k%idnapers of S-year-old
'A'tt vi SIdlou l d.. II "do
returned to his father Monday even
ing.
What IS believed a threat against the
Whitla family was uttered as a boast
by the woman as she was taken into
the Central Police Station. Apparent
~ hefuddled by liquor, she said in an
swer to questions:
81 am the n who planned the whole
thing. There will be trouble for Inc
n h in Sharon Tomorrow
Beneath the woman's skirt was found
the 50, 100. All of it but $40 was bound
In packages with the original slips
placed on the money when Whitla took
it from the ban still around it.
Captain Norman Shattuck and De-
tective Frank Wood made the arrests
In the east end of the city. When near
the police station the man broke ava
from Detective Wood and ran toward
an alley. Shattuck fired two shots
from his revolver into the air and the
man stopped
The woman appears to be we'll edu-
Gated and is refined in manners. She
says she spent fifteen years Of her life
.yin a convent in Pennsylvania. but de-
MES that she has ever been in trouble
before. Both the man and the woman
deny that they know the name of each
other. They admit that they are not
man and wife.
According to the police, the two were
intoxicated When placed in custody.
SDue to their condition they were not
questioned closely by the police and
were locked in separate cells. The man
says that he has been a resident of
Cleveland for seventeen years. He
claims to have a mother and a sister
there. Captain Shattuck is said to
have secured his description of the kid
napers from Willie Whitla, and this de-
scription led to the arrest.
Willie Whitla told Captain Shattuck
that the woman who kept him a pris-
one had smallpox scars on her face.
The oma in custody has red spots
on her cheeks and appears to have had
smallpox. She is a tall blonde. prob
ably % years old. She was dressed in
a black silk skirt, Il gray coat and
black hat. The man is dark and smooth
faced.
Tuesday detectives heard that a man
and a woman answering the description
of the kidnapers had been seen on the
outskirts of the city. They came down
town and bought numerous articles of
clothing, rendering s. and $40 bills in
payment, it was learned. Later a re-
port came that the two had left a
package in Il downtown store. which
proyed tO consist of diSro rdnd clOtbjpr
Captain Shattuck and Detective Wood
trailed the man and woman around the
business district Of the city for several
during the afternoon, but delayed
taking them into custody.
GOV. CURRY DECIDES TO STAY.