Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-03-24
STILL NO CLUES TO
KIDNAPPED BOY
MILLIONAIRE UNCLE LEAVES
FOR CLEVELAND TO TAKE
UP SEARCH.
DETECTIVES UNSUCCESSFUL IN
LOCATING HIM WHERE HE
HAD BEEN SEEN.

Sharon, Pa, March 20.-There were
absolutely no tangible clues yester-
day to the whereabouts of William
Whitla, the S-year-old son of Attorney
James P. Whitla, who was Kidnapped
Thursday Frank H. Buhle, the boys
millionaire uncle, left last night for
Cleveland to take UP the search there
Whitla, last night, gave out the fol-
lowing statement which he asks the
newspapers to publish in full
Nothing has developed during the
1day. Last night about five o'clock
the rig in which men carried the
boy away was found in front of liv-
cry stable in Warren, O. Where the
party left the buggy is not known as
no one saw them in it at this point
The buggy contained new cap which
| apparently had not been worn. 1t
was not the cap of young Whitla, as
first reported. The police in near
cities and towns were promptly set
to work, yet Whitla is not pushing
matters vigorously, his great wish
being to get his boy back He is
hoping that parties having the boy
in custody will at once open negotia-
lions for his speedy return
| The lawyer and his close friends
and assistants in the kidnapping in
vestlgation refuse to give out for pub,
ilclty letter received from the kid
nappers. 1t is said, however, that
the letter contained some striking
sentences in addition to those made
public. One alleged remark is "our
perceptibilities are as keen as yours.
and we have brains to help u.s.
1t threatened the instant death of
the boy should the letter be made
lpublic or shown to detectives, accord
Ing to reports here. 1t is also intimat-
| ed that the letter contained something
which had to do with the method in
which the money was to be paid over
to the kidnappers.
Work Down Clue.
Cleveland, O., March 20-That Will
lie Whitla, the Kidnapped son of At
torney James r. Whitla of Sharon.
Pa, would be restored to the hands of
| friends within few hours was the
| prediction made by the Cleveland DO
lice late last night, after they had
placed under arrest man whom they
CANNED answered the descriptions of
| the kldnapper. Upon the alleged state
ment made by this man detectives in an
| automobile hurriedly departed for the
eastern section of the city, where the
| boy is said to have been sequestered.
Definite clews to the whereabouts of
the lad were obtained here yesterday
when George Dougherty, clerk of the
Hotel Euclid, recognized in the pub
lished photograph of Willie Whitla,
| the features of the boy who, in COM
pany with man appeared at the hotel
Thursday night. The man told the
clerk he was waiting for the appear
ance of a friend with whom he ex-
Epected to traDsac important business
Dougherty paid no immediate atten-
ton to the matter but yesterday in
formed detectives of his suspicious.
Every detective in the city was
placed on the trail and late last night
Clerk Dougherty accompanied by of
ficers, was whisked away in an auto
mobile, apparently to assist in the
identification of the boy who came to
the hotel Thursday night
Unable To Find Boy. 4
At IL O'Clock the officers returned
and reported that they had been I'M
able to find the boy at the address
given.
According to the police the man
who furnished them with the informa-f
ton is Henry Ball, porter in a res
taurant. Ball tod the officers al
friend who lived at the Hotel Ben-
way met him on the street Thursday
night The friend had the boy with
him. saving he was son of a Mrs.
SaIchell and asked Ball to take the-I
child to a business place near the
Erie depot where the boys father
would meet him. Ball received two
dollars as remuneration, he says. He
failed to find the father and then pro
ceeded to visit all the hotels in the
hope of locating him. Not succeed
ing Ball took the child back to the
Hotel Benway and left him. 1t was to
this hotel the police went last night.
Frank II. Buhle, millionaire uncle of
Willie Whitla, arrived here last
night from Sharon. Pa. and immedi-
ately assumed charge of the hunt for