The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-23

experience at Ashtabula served as
warning.
About 2 o'clock this afternoon he
went to a candy store in the east end
With him he carried the $4,000. ex-
pecting that it would be demanded of
him there. He was met by a woman,
who detailed to him the terms of the
kidnapers. With all the eagerness of
a distracted parent, Whitla agreed to
them Immediately. Detectives in his
employ say that he paid the money. but
on this point the father declines to
commit himself. Half an hour later, he
returned TO the Hollenden hotel and
awaited developments.
Waited fer His Boy.
His entrance to the hotel was shroud-
ed in secrecy. By a previous arrange
ment made with the hotel management
he did not register. Detective c. v.
Perkins, who has superintended the
search for the boy in behalf of the
father. was in the lobby of the hotel
calmly smoking and pretending to be
unconceTned. But the hearts of both
parent and detective were beating anx-
iously. The agent Of the kidnapers
promised that the boy would be started
toward the hotel shortly after night
of the child approached. Whitla became
nervous. He disregarded the advice of
the detective, who had told him to
keep out of sight of the newspaper
men and the crowds of curious people
who had learned that he was in the
city. Emerging from his room, he
walked up and down the hall on the
second floor with hands clasped across
his breast. Then, unable to stand the
suspense longer, ne went into the lobby
and seated himself. A few newspaper
men walked over to talk to him, but he
refused to converse.
On Verge of Prostitution.
"In heavens name, men, do not say
anything TO me: | am on the verge of
nervous prostration," he said. II ex-
pect the boy will be back tonight, but
I cannot state positively whether he
will be returned safe and sound. Do
not ask me to reveal the settlement.
That might ruin all of the plans"
For more than an hour Whitla waited
in the lobby smoking cigars and NUT
tering to himself. He was very ner-
vous.
In the meantime Willie Whitla, the
kidnapped boy, feeling con. paratively
safe in the hands of his kidnapers, was
being prepared for his return to his
father. The woman at the candy store
had done her duty. She communicated
with the captors of the boy and told
them that the father had made no at
tempt to trace them. The kidnapers
were satisfied. But Whitla, ST., de-
clines to name the woman in charge Of
the confectionery store and almost
dares the police to locate her.
Kidnaper Was Cheerful.
So the boy was brought from his hid
ing place-where it was no one knows
to a car line in the east end of the
city which would bring him into town
quickly. The kidnaper, according TO
Willie. was cheerful enough. The mys-
FERROUS one and the yOungster skipped
in schoolboy- fashion toward the trolley
line, testing in the meantime
A few rods from the car line the man
stopped the boy. Pulling a pair of
smoked glasses from his pocket he ad-
justed them to the lads head with the
remark:
You'll look better in these"
The sides of the black yarn cap were
pulled carefully over the boys ears.
A slip. which Willie was to hand to
the conductor. was put into the boy S
pocket. 1t read:
Send this boy to the Hollenden no.
tel, double-quick-"
Skipped Along GaiIy.
With all arrangements made and his
tracks apparently we'll covered, the
kidnaper took the boys right hand in
his brawny one and they continued
briskly along toward the car line. The
lad skipped gaily enough with his COM