The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1909-03-27
KIDNApERS
Give UP BOY
Little Willie Whitla Now in
Mothers Care.
FATHER PAYS OUT $4,000

Woman In Candy Store at cleve.
land, o., Is the Go 5etween-5oy
Says His captors Treated Him Well
But he Grew SO Lonesome''-
Meets Father at Hollenden Hotel
--Abduetors Arrested and identified
by the Stolen Boy.
Willie Whitla now rests securely In
his mothers arms at Sharon. Pa. The
woman hardly would let anyone come
near her boy. His father greeted him
in the corridor OF Cleveland hotel.
After $4,000 was paid through a
mysterious woman in Cleveland. the
boys father went TO the Hollenden
hotel there. lie waited for some time
and Willie walked In.
The youngster states he was treated
we'll But | grew SO lonesome" he
said
The father was too busy when seen
this morning to discuss a hunt for the
kidnapers. II don't care for 10000"
he exclaimed. I've got my boy"
After remaining mute for hours.
Whitla admitted that he had paid
$4,000 10 the woman in the candy
store. II was in currency and bills.
The woman did not count the money.
Whitla refuses TO disclose her iden.
tity.
Guided by Two Boys.
In compliance with an agreement en-
tered into between Whitla and an
agent OF the kidnapers. the boy was
placed on a street car on the outskirts
OF the city and started TO the hotel
shortly after s o'clock. Two boys. q.
w. Ramsey and Edward Mahoney.
recognized the lad on the car and TAX.
ing him In charge conducted him TO the
hotel.
An attempt had been made TO dis
guise the lad. He wore pair OF
smoked glasses and large black cap
which was pulled down over his ears
and the father said II would have been
difficult to have recognized the boy In
such a garb had he passed him on the
street
Willie Is in perfect health. He says
he was kept indoors. He believes he
was taken from Sharon 10 Warren and
thence TO Newcastle. Pa. II is his
opinion expressed in a happy school.
boy way. that he was in Ashtabula at
the time his father was TO leave
$4,000 In Flatiron park.
Shortly after noon he left Sharon for
Cleveland. He was unaccompanied.
His immediate family and the private
detectives he had in his employ had
been appraised OF the proposed secret
meeting, but he insisted on making the
trip alone Every one solemnly was
warned that he must be allowed 20 go
UNDECIDED and no attempt at the cap.
! ture OF the kldnapers be made
Agreed TO Terms at Once.
I About 2 o'clock in the afternoon he
i went 10 q candy store In the east end.
I With all the eagemcss OF distracted
\ parent Whitla agreed to the terms
\ proposed Immediately Half an hour
later he returned 10 the hotel and
awaited developments.
Ills entrance 70 the MOTEL was
throuded hi secrecy By previous ar
rangcmDnl made with the hotel man.
aPement he aid not reristcr
/ In tie meantime little WINE. the
kidnapped boy feeling comparatively
safe m the hands of his cuniors for he
was being treated kindly and even al
this time does not realize what danger
he vas I'M. was being prepared for his
4 return ~ his father The woman az
tile candy store bad done her duty She
communicated with the captors ~ ne
4 boy and told them that The father had
made no attempt 10 trap them. The
\ kldnapcrs were satisfied
TWO Arrests at Cleveland
One man and n woman ARE under mr.
rest at Cleveland IN connection with
the Whitla kidnapping case The police
report they had q satchel filled with
currency
part 81 me SeSi55O they Ind was
found IN q sntchel which was carried
by tho man and upon being searched
at The police station more OF the
money ln currency form was found se-
cretcd in The skirt az the woman.
Willie tol8 ne captain chat The wo
man who Kept him prisoner had
smallpox scars on her face The wo
man "a custody has red spots oil her
checks md appears 20 have had small
pox She rs tall blonde, probably
twenty ivs Years old
Tho names on tho arrested persons
are glYcn as Helen Foulkner, formerly
uf Sharon. and James Boyle
They have been positively Identified
\ By Willie Whitla ak the people who