The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1909-03-24
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CAUGHTzANDsM MONEY RECOVERED
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arrests here last night of a man and
woman having $9,7s0 in their posses.
sion the, police believe they. have cap
,tured the; ;lddnappers ,otWillie Whitla.
Inlfact, the woman in the case, who
Isl somewhat ;befuddled. admitted that
she had been responsible for tle kid.
mapping. When placed in custody at
the GENITAL police station she said to
Captain shattuek:
.I am the one who planned the
waole thing. There will be trouble for
me and nell In Sharon tomorrow
Beneath the woman's skirt was
found 1890. All oiit but $40 was
bound In packages with the original
slips placed on the. money when Whit.
la took 1t from the bank still around
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Captain Norman Shattuck and De.
.tectiye 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 police official
fired two. snots from his resolverl into
tae air and the man stopped. The
woman made no attempt to escape.
y The Woman's Story
The woman appears to be well ed
ucated and Is refined in manners. She
says she spent fifteen years OF her
life In a convent in Pennsylvania, but
denies 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 they are
not man and, wife.
According to. the police they were
intoxicated when placed In custody,
Due to their condition they were not
questioned closely by the police and
were locked in separate cells. Both
will be arraigned ia&pollce court to-
day on the charge Of abduction, ac.
'cording to Detective Wood.
y Attempts were made to communi.
cate with & Whltla In Sharon. but he
could not be located The mnni says
that he has been a resident of Cleve-
land for seventeen years. He claims
to nave a mother and sister here. Cap.
tain Snattuck Is said to have secured
his description OF the kidnappers from
Willie Whitla and this description u
Led to the Arrest.
Willie told Captain shattuck on
Monday that the woman who kept him
a prisoner had smallpox scars on her
face. The woman In custody has red
spots on her cheeks and appears to
nave had smallpox. sne Is VI tail
blonde, probably twenty-five years old.
She was dressed inga black skirt, a
gray coat and black hat. The man Is
dark and smooth faced.
J Detectives heard that a man and
woman, answering the description OF
the kidnappers. had been seen on the
outskirts Of the city. They came down
town and bought numerous articles Of
clothing, rendering IS and SO; bills in
payment, It was learned. Later re-
port came that the people iad left a
package in a down town store whicn
proved TO consist Of discarded cloth
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3 .TralIed for Hours. @ si22,,
E Captain 5hattuck and Detective
Wood traIIed the man and woman
around the business district, Of the
city for several hours during the aft.
ernoon, but2delayed taking them into
custody Shortly after nlghtfall the
police learned that the two had gone
to the East End Of 1 the city. The
police walked up beaind the pair and
Captain Shattuck took the woman by
the arm, Detective Wood securing the
man. The couple staggered, say the
police. as II they we're Intoxicated.
They made no protest against accom-.
panying the officers. The man was
dowucast and would not talk. 7s.llsfi
The woman chatted with the police.
man Mt her side at first and asked to
be released It was then sae admit.
ted having planned the kidnapping. Z
'5 In the meantime the man attempted
to escape and the revolver shots Of
Captain Shattucl brought him. to q
standstlll. Whltla says he has the
numbers Of the currency bills handed
the kidnappers and the police are com.
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